FAQs: Frequently Asked (Business Research) Questions
FAQs for Business Research
Over the years, I have noticed that certain business research questions tend to be asked again, and again. On this page, I have attempted to list these questions around their key concepts, e.g., Financial Ratios, Industry Overviews, Company Overviews, Sarbanes-Oxley, and etc. Over 160 such concepts are listed below, and in the web pages connected to these concepts, I have provided annotated links to sources that have this information. So, the terms or concepts you see below are to be viewed in the form of questions like:Please look over these FAQs to see if what you need is to be found here. Depending on how you proceed with your work, you may want to access information that is beyond the scope of these links. If that is the case, feel free to contact me for additional help.
Academic One File
Academic Search Premier
Access World News
Advertising
American Community Survey
Analyst Research
Annual Statement Studies
Annual 10-K Reports
APA Citation Examples
BAOLink
BizMiner
Brands and Branding
Bureau of Economic Analysis Information
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Business Analyst Online
Business Directories
Business Ethics
Business Insights: Essentials
Business Plans Handbook
Business Regional News
Business Research Launch Pad
Business Source Premier
Business Statistics of the United States
Can I access the databases after graduation?
Case Studies
Census Information
Center for Economic Development - now Northland Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Citing Business Resources
Company Annual Reports
Company Histories
Company Information
Company Overview Reports
Comparing Companies
Competition - Finding Customers, Competition and Sources of Supply - FAQ
Consumer Demographics
County, Metro Area, and Zip Code Business Patterns
Country Commercial Guide
Country Overview Reports
Country Overview Reports in EBSCO
Craighead's International Business, Travel, and Relocation Guide to 90 Countries
Cross Disciplinary Research
CRSP U.S. Stock Database
Customers
Current Population Survey
Data-Planet Statistical Datasets
Data Sets for Economics and Business
Designated Market Area (DMA)
Duluth Area Media & Publications
Duluth News Tribune
Economic Census of the United States
EDGAR Database - Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Electronic Commerce
Ethnographics
Emerald Online
Empirical Scholarly Articles
Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing
Exchange Rates & Currency Converters
FactSet
FASB
Financial Ratios
Find Articles
Find Books
Find Videos
Franchise Information
GASB
Geography, Area or Radius
Global New Products Database (from Mintel)
Google Scholar
Guide to starting a Business in Minnesota
Helpful Resources For Calculating Carbon Emissions
Hoover's Company Profiles (from WestlawNext News)
Human Resources in Foreign Countries
IBIS World Industry Reports
Industry Essays from Gale
Industry Overview
Industry Overviews from Gale
Industry Overviews from Mergent Online
Interlibrary Loan
International Business
International Financial Statistics (Online)
Investment Reports
Job Postings on ReferenceUSA
Job Search with Library Databases
JSTOR
Laws and Regulations
Leadership (as a topic example)
Library Hours, Locations & Services
Local
Local Colleges and Universities
Management Theory
Manufacturing & DistributionUSA
Marketing Books
Market Share & Company Rankings
Marketing Scales Handbooks
MarketLine Reports
Market Share & Company Rankings
MasterFile Premier
Medline/PubMed
Merchandising, Display, and Stores: Books held by the Library
Mergent Online
Mergent/Moody's Manual Collection
Milgram Experiment
Mintel Reports
MorningStar
MRI-Simmons Insights
NationMaster
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
NetAdvantage
Non-Profits
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Northland Small Business Development Center (SBDC) - (formerly Center for Economic Development)
Occupational Outlook Handbook
OECD iLibrary
Peer Reviewed Journals
Periodicals, Locating
PEST & PESTEL Analysis
Pew Research Center
Pitchbook
Plunkett Reports
Plunkett’s Sports Industry Almanac
Political Handbook of the World
Porter's Five Forces
Presentation Skills
Private Companies
ProQuest News
Psychographics
Quality Improvement -- Continuous Improvement
Questionnaires, Surveys, and Focus Groups
Reference USA
Regional Business News
Research Guides - Guides designed for specific UMD LSBE courses
RIA Checkpoint - Tax Research
RKMA Marketing Handbooks
Sales
Science Direct
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SEC Reports
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Selling - FAQ
Selling Books - a selected list of the library's books on selling
SIC & NAICS codes
Social Proof
Soft Skills
Sources of Supply
Sports Market Analytics
Sports Marketing
Standard Industrial Classification
Statista
Starting a Business in Minnesota
Stocks, Bonds, and Mutual Funds
Strategic Goals of a Company
Strauss's Handbook of Business Information
SWOT Analysis
Tax Research
ThomasNet
TOWS Matrix
Trade Associations
Trade Publications
Trade Shows
Trust (in Business Transactions)
Ulrichsweb
Value Chain Analysis
Value Line
Wall Street Journal
Ward's Automotive Yearbook
Westlaw
Westlaw News
Wikipedia
WorldCat
World Development Indicators
World Factbook
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Last Update: January 4, 2020
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