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- America's Most Admired Companies 2006 (and more) (Fortune Magazine)
- B.E. 100s (Blackenterprise.com)
- Best States for Business (Forbes.com)
- Business Rankings Annual - HG 4057 .A353 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Business Schools - Rankings (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- CensusScope: Census 2000 Data, Charts, Maps, and Rankings (University of Michigan)
- Employee Ownership 100 (National Center for Employee Ownership)
- Forbes Magazine Lists (Forbes.com)
- Fortune 500 (current)
- "List of Lists," by Gary Price, at Special Issues.com
- Lists (Los Angeles Business Journal) - HD 2798 C2L6 - Reference 3rd Floor
- NationMaster.com
- Plunkett Research Online
- Ranker - Business and Company Info
- Statista - The Statistics Portal [free, non-subscription version]
- Statistic Brain: Percentages | Numbers | Financials | Rankings
- TableBase (Thomson Gale/RDS) > Document Type = "Ranking"
- Top 100 Business School Research Rankings (University of Texas at Dallas School of Management)
- Top 200 Advertisers - All Media (Advertising Redbooks.com)
- VARBusiness 500 [largest Value-Added Resellers in info tech]
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies, vols. 7 & 8 - HG 4057 .A584 - Reference 3rd Floor
Real Estate - General; U.S. & International Market Profiles
see also Cities
- Building Cost Index (Turner Construction Co.)
- Business Monitor Online (Business Monitor International) - search Real Estate service > United States
- California Real Estate (California Association of Realtors®) - Current Journal Issues, 2nd Floor
- CRSP/Ziman Real Estate Data Series (WRDS) Connect via Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
and/or - Cushman & Wakefield - Research Reports / Market Data
- DQNews: DataQuick Real Estate Headlines & Statistics
- DataQuick CD-ROM Property Data: Los Angeles County ("Property Pro CD") - CD-ROM HD 1389.5 .U6 D38 - YRL (Young Research Library) Reference Electronic Resources Area
- Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2013 (PriceWaterhouseCoopers/Urban Land Institute)
- Existing Home Sales - Monthly Data for U.S. & Regions (National Association of Realtors®)
- Field Guide to Foreign Investment Trends in U.S. Real Estate (National Association of Realtors®)
- ForeclosureNet.net: Free Foreclosure Search
- Grubb & Ellis - Research
- HUD User - All Housing Data Sets (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development)
- Income/Expense Analysis: Office Buildings - HD 1393.55 .I52 - Reference 3rd Floor
- International Real Estate Market Reports - "Research the Market" (Colliers International)
- Jack Brause Real Estate Library - Research Guides (New York University)
- Julien J. Studley, Inc. - Research & Ideas > search Research & Documents
- Knight Frank Commercial & Residential Real Estate Market Reports
- National/Global Executive Office Space Search (Society of Industrial & Office Realtors®)
- ONCOR International - Market Reports [U.S. and international]
- Office Space / Office Market Information (OfficeFinder.com)
- Plunkett Research Online - Select Industry Research Center "Real Estate and Construction"
- Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers 2011 (National Association of Realtors®)
- Profile of International Home Buying Activity 2011 (National Association of Realtors®)
- Property Assessment Information System (Los Angeles County Assessor's Office)
- PropertyShark.com (Property Research Partners LLC) - Registration required for this free, non-subscription version of the database
- Real Estate & Construction Report (Real Estate Research Council of Southern California) - Current Journal Issues, 2nd Floor
Also available online (2008 --> )
- Real Estate and Land Use Institute - Useful Links (Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, California State University Fullerton)
- RealtyTrac - Foreclosure Real Estate Listings - Basic content is available freely; full access requires a paid subscription
- ReisReports - Metro/Submarket Reports (Reis, Inc.) - Some free content is available
- S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (Standard & Poor's) - Free registration required for access to some of the site content
- ULI Development Case Studies (Urban Land Insitute)
- Wealth Report 2013: The Global Perspective on Prime Property and Wealth (Knight Frank)
- Yahoo! Real Estate - Home Values & Prices
Restricted Securities/Restricted Stock
Salaries and Wages
see also see also Executive Compensation
- American Salaries and Wages Survey - HD 4973 .A447 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Glassdoor.com
- LABORSTA Internet (International Labour Office)
- National Compensation Survey (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Profession-Specific Salary Surveys (JobStar)
- Salary and Benefits Survey Reports (Abbott, Langer, & Associates)
- Salary Calculator: Relocation, Cost of Living, Real Estate (Realtor.com)
- Salary Expert
- Salary.com, including "Salary Wizard"
- Salary Survey - Average U.S. Salaries (PayScale.com)
- The Compensation Handbook: A State-of-the-Art Guide to Compensation Strategy and Design (4th ed) - HF 5549.5 C67 H36 2000 - 1st Floor Stacks
SIC Code (Standard Industrial Classification Code)
see also NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
- Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 [final version; still in very wide use] - HA 40 .I6 U6s 1987 - Reference 3rd Floor
- SIC Code Online
Small Business - U.S. and Global - Profiles, Reports, Statistics
- Business Start Up Cost Calculator (Forest Bluff Financial Services)
- E.M. Kauffman Foundation - Research and Policy
- Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information, 4th ed., August 2010 (Library of Congress)
- Financial Studies of the Small Business - HF 2346 .U5 F55a - Reference 3rd Floor
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor - Data
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor - Reports: Global, National, and Special Topics
- National Federation of Independent Business ("The Voice of Small Business")
- National Small Business Association - Surveys and Reports
- New Businesses Registered (World Bank)
- Small Business Economy (U.S. SBA) - Annual - [formerly State of Small Business]
- Small Business Management: Advice & Guides (Entrepreneur.com)
- Small Business Sourcebook - HD 2346 .U5 S66 - Reference 3rd Floor
- StartupNation ("Everything You Need to Build a Business")
- World Bank Entrepreneurship Snapshots (World Bank)
- YourEconomy.org (Edward Lowe Foundation)
Statistics - Finding Tools/General Compilations
see also Market Share; Market Size; Rankings
- Business Statistics of the United States - HC 101 .A13122 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Fedstats: The Gateway to Statistics from Over 100 U.S. Federal Agencies
- FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
- FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
- Global Financial Data
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Online
- IES (International Economic Statistics) Database (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Liber8 Economic Information Portal)
- International Financial Statistics (IMF eLibrary)
- NationMaster.com
- OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web (University of Auckland Library)
- Oxford Economics - Global Economics and Global Industry Modules
- Passport GMID (Euromonitor International) (Formerly known as Global Market Information Database)
- Plunkett Research Online
- ProQuest Statistical Insight
- RAND California
- Statista - The Statistics Portal [free, non-subscription version]
- Statistic Brain: Percentages | Numbers | Financials | Rankings
- Statistical Abstract of the United States: 131st ed., 2012 (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Statistical Abstract of the United States - HA 202 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Statistical Reference Index (SRI) - Z 7554.U5 S79 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Statistics Sources - Z 7551 .S84 – Reference 3rd Floor
- TableBase (Thomson Gale/RDS)
- UNSD Statistical Databases (United Nations Statistics Division)
- World Development Indicators Online
- Annual Dividend Record (Standard & Poor's) - HG 4908 .S78a - Reference 3rd Floor
- Capital Changes Reports (CCH) - HG 4050 .S61c - Reference 3rd Floor
- Mergent Online > search for company > "Capital Stock" section in detailed record
- Yahoo! Finance Stock Splits Calendar
Stocks - Earnings Per Share
- COMPUSTAT North America (WRDS) connect via Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) and/or
- CRSP - Center for Research in Security Prices (WRDS) connect via Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) and/or
- Mergent Online
- O'Neil Database - HG 4916 .O532 - Reference 3rd Floor (newest issues) & 1st Floor Stacks (older issues)
- Standard & Poor's Earnings and Ratings Bond Guide - Current Journal Issues - 2nd Floor
Stocks - Regulation
- The Costs of Compliance in the U.S. Securities Industry: Survey Report, February 2006 (Securities Industry Association)
- Financial Regulators Gateway: Regulatory Agencies Throughout the United States and Around the World (Heuerman Fund for the Study of Investment Law and Regulation)
- SEC Accounting Rules, Regulation S-X, Annotations (CCH) - KF 1446 .A6 U58 - Reference 3rd Floor
- U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Supply Chain Management / Logistics / Operations Management
see also Distribution Channels
- American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory - HF 5421 .A615 2004 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Operations Management - HD 30.15 B53 1997 - Reference 3rd Floor
- CargoLog - Freight Forwarder, Transportation and Logistic Directory
- Forrester Research
- Freight Shipping Quotes (freightquote.com) (requires free registration)
- Google Directory - Business - Wholesale Trade - Directories
- Operations Management (Free Management Library, Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits)
- Operations Research/Management Science - HD 20 .O63 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Supply Chain Knowledge Base (IT Toolbox)
- SupplyChainBrain.com
- Trans-Directory.com: Listings of Transportation and Related Providers
SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
- Business Monitor Online > Select Service "Country Intelligence" [for country SWOT analyses]
- Business Source Complete > Company Profiles > Company Name
- How to Do a SWOT Analysis: Strategic Planning Made Easy (Management for the Rest of Us.com)
- Marketline/Datamonitor Company Profiles (via Business Source Complete)
- SWOT Analysis Tutorial (New Mexico State University College of Business)
Ticker Symbols
Trade Associations, Professional Organizations, Research Centers
- Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory (Gale Directory Library)
- Encyclopedia of Associations (Gale Directory Library) - Provides access to newest volumes covering International Organizations, National Organizations of the U.S, and Regional, State, and Local Organizations of the U.S.
- Research Centers Directory (Gale Directory Library)
- All Conferences.com: Conventions, Trade Shows, Convention Centers, Meetings
- Biz Tradeshows
- Conference Alerts: Academic Conferences Worldwide
- Conferensum: Conferences on Demand & Directory of Upcoming Events
- Encyclopedia of Associations (Gale Directory Library) - Provides access to newest volumes covering International Organizations, National Organizations of the U.S., and Regional, State, and Local Organizations of the U.S.
- Expo Central.com: Directory of Trade Shows, Exhibitions, Fairs and Festivals, Conventions, Conferences and Seminars
- Trade Events Database (Export.gov)
- Trade Shows, Exhibitions, Conferences & Business Events Worldwide (EventsEye.com)
- Trade Shows Worldwide (Federation of International Trade Associations)
- Tsnn.com: The Ultimate Tradeshow Resource
Venture Capital / Private Equity
- Angel Capital Association - Resources
- Capital IQ
- CB Insights
- The Deal Pipeline (The Deal, LLC)
- FormDs.com - "We track investments into startups, growing businesses, hedge funds, and private equity firms"
- The Funded.com
- Corporate Finance Sourcebook [through 2009 only] - HG 4057 A154 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Global Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index - 2012 Annual (IESE Business School)
- MoneyTree Survey (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
- National Venture Capital Association
- Preqin - Alternative Asset Research Publications
- Preqin - Private Equity Publications
- Private Equity and Venture Capital Glossary (VentureChoice.com)
- Private Equity Growth Council - Research
- PrivCo
- Southern California Venture Capital and Private Equity Directory - 2009 edition - HG 5128 .C2 S68 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Venture Capital Handbook: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Raising Venture Capital - HG 4965 .G57 2002 - 1st Floor Stacks
- Venture Capital Industry Overview (National Venture Capital Association)
- Venture Capital Industry Statistics (National Venture Capital Association)
- Venture Capital Investing: the Complete Handbook for Investing in Private Businesses for Outstanding Profits - HG 4965 .G575 2004 - 1st Floor Stacks
- SDC Platinum (Thomson Reuters) > go to VentureXpert
- Zephyr (Bureau Van Dijk)
Wages and Salaries
see also Executive Compensation
- American Salaries and Wages Survey - HD 4973 .A447 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Glassdoor.com
- LABORSTA Internet (International Labour Office)
- National Compensation Survey (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Profession-Specific Salary Surveys (JobStar)
- Salary and Benefits Survey Reports (Abbott, Langer, & Associates)
- Salary Calculator: Relocation, Cost of Living, Real Estate (Realtor.com)
- Salary Expert
- Salary.com, including "Salary Wizard"
- Salary Survey - Average U.S. Salaries (PayScale.com)
- The Compensation Handbook: A State-of-the-Art Guide to Compensation Strategy and Design (4th ed) - HF 5549.5 C67 H36 2000 - 1st Floor Stacks
Working Papers
- EBSLG Working Papers (European Business Schools Librarians’ Group)
- Federal Reserve Board Working Papers
- Links to Working Papers in Business (Olin School of Business Library, Washington University, St. Louis)
- National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers
- UCLA Anderson School of Management Working Papers - by Academic Area:
- Decisions, Operations & Technology Management
- Finance
- Global Economics & Management
- Human Resources & Organizational Behavior
- Marketing
- Policy - University of California eScholarship Repository - browse by campus
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