Business Resources

https://globaledge.msu.edu/
Funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE delivers a comprehensive research tool for academics, students and businesspeople. Connect with over 47,000 people using the gE Network while tapping into a directory of over 5000 quality resources. globalEDGE provides tools and resources to efficiently research nearly any international business question you may have.

http://www.nber.org/
The NBER is a nonprofit economic research organization based in Cambridge, Mass. The site offers business cycle reports, working papers and financial data that is relevant to a variety of industries.

http://www.wto.org/
The WTO's resources listing links users to international trade statistics, tariff data, staff working papers and research reports.

https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/open-access-journals
From the Elsevier website: “All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.”

http://econpapers.repec.org/
EconPapers is hosted by the Swedish Business School at Örebro University. RePEC is a free searchable database comprised of working papers, journal articles and software.

http://www.cbo.gov/
The CBO publishes current and historical data relating to the government's spending and revenues. Economic forecasts and budget projections are also available.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/
The CEA's website features fact sheets, reports, speeches and testimony covering current topics. Members of the Council also post blog entries.

http://www.gao.gov/
The "investigative arm of Congress" is an independent agency that makes available collections of reports and testimonies on its website. Topics include climate change, homeland security, disaster preparedness, etc. Users can also report suspected federal funds fraud.

http://www.sec.gov/
The SEC provides a gateway to the EDGAR database which contains current and past filings by all public corporations. Also links to industry news and individual investor information.

http://www.sba.gov/
The SBA provides information about starting a small business, applying for loans and grants, and registering for required licenses. The site also refers users to local resources across the country.

http://www.commerce.gov/
The Commerce Department posts recent news items and updates on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The site also links to a menu of government grant opportunities.

https://home.treasury.gov/
The Treasury Department's website provides links to current financial reference information, including interest rate statistics and current government programs. IRS information can also be accessed via this site.

http://www.uspto.gov/
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office offers searchable databases of both pending and registered patents and trademarks. The site also provides access to general information and intellectual property law and policy information.

https://www.imf.org/en/home
The IMF's website gives access to economic profiles of individual countries as well as current global reports. "Data and statistics" section include IMF financial data.

https://www.worldbank.org/ext/en/home
The World Bank's website provides information about current projects and programs with a focus on development. A wide variety of development-related topics are included.

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Use this quick link to find a particular journal in the ProQuest databases (ABI/INFORM, Academic Research Library, and ProQuest Medical Library)! At the Publications box, just type in the journal name to find out whether the journal is available and dates of coverage. Please note, this will not find journals in Project Muse, Sage Journals Online or the Annual Reviews databases. To find journals in those databases, go directly to the database itself, and use its browse feature.

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This is the most comprehensive business database available today, and comprises three separate databases: ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. The combined package includes over 7,800 journal titles, and can be searched all at once. Subjects covered include business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques and competitive and product information, both nationally and internationally. Browse a list of titles available in ABI/INFORM Complete. (Please note: due to publisher restrictions, some journals are not available to alumni. Please contact the Hopkins KnowledgeNET librarian for further information.) Click here to view a short video [2:13] with search tips!

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ProQuest's Alumni Research Library contains over 5,300 journal titles across all subject disciplines, including arts, business, education, humanities, literature, political science and psychology. For many of these journals, citations and abstracts are available from 1971 to the present. Full text coverage varies by journal, but typically begins with the mid-1990s. Browse a list of titles included in ProQuest Research Library. (Please note: due to publisher restrictions, some journals may not be available in the alumni version of this database.) Click here to view a short video [2:13] with search tips!

http://www.referenceusa.com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/Home/Home
Reference Solutions compiles publicly available information about U. S. and Canadian businesses, consumers, historical businesses, U.S. jobs and internships and U.S. physicians and dentists into one searchable database. Records include 81 million U.S. businesses and 272 million consumers. Businesses include private, public, and non-profit organizations, regardless of employee size or sales. Uses include: searching for particular individuals or organizations (or type of organization) within a certain location or industry; identifying business opportunities and suppliers; targeting a market; making credit decisions; preparing for job interviews or researching career opportunities; obtaining business counts for planning purposes; conducting research and surveys.

https://hstalks-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/business/
Offers case studies and video lectures from world-renown experts!

https://www-mergentarchives-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Mergent Archives is an online database providing you with access to a vast, indexed collection of corporate and industry related documents. Containing more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries, Mergent Archives uses a reliable and easy to navigate system designed to meet your historical research needs. [From Mergent website]

https://bv-mergent-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/view/scripts/common/index.php
Mergent's BondViewer is the financial industry's latest solution for US taxable and municipal fixed income data.  From pre-sale through defeasance, count on Mergent to provide you on-demand access to a wide-range of bond data including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes. [From Mergent website]

https://www-mergentintellect-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/index.php/search/index
Searchable information about jobs, residential & business directories, industry reports; ratios, demographics.

https://www-mergentonline-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/basicsearch.php
Search global and U.S. company profiles, financials, annual reports

https://sk-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/cases
Description from website: "These cases bring business to life – inspiring researchers to develop their own best practices and prepare for professional success." A growing collection of business cases, in over 16 topic areas of business and management.

https://data-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
SAGE Data, formerly Data Planet, is a collection of billions of multidisciplinary, global statistics for research and instruction. It is a data aggregation tool that allows you to create custom tables and charts.

https://sk-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Sage's social science ebook platform, where you will find a range of SAGE eBook and eReference content. Also contains CQ Press ebooks, including Historic Documents of 2020, The CQ Press Guide to Radical Politics in the Unites States, Guide to U.S. Elections, 7th ed., Washington Information Directroy 2022-2023, Congress A to Z, Vital Statistics on American Politics 2017-2020, State Rankings 2017: A Statistical View of America, State Rankings 2018: A Statistical View of America

https://journals-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Provides full-text access to over 1,000 scholarly and professional journals spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine.

https://methods-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
Description from website: “SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Built upon SAGE’s legacy of methods publishing, SAGE Research Methods is the essential online tool for researchers.”

https://methods-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/cases
Description from website: “SAGE Research Methods Cases are stories of how real research projects were conducted. The collection provides more than 1100 case studies, showing the challenges and successes of doing research, written by the researchers themselves.  They explain why the researchers chose the methods they did, how they overcame problems in their research and what they might have done differently with hindsight: the realities of research that are missing from journal articles and textbooks. Cases are peer-reviewed and come with pedagogical tools including learning objectives and discussions questions. They can be used as a teaching tool to demonstrate a particular method and how it is applied in real research, or as inspiration to students who are preparing for their own research project.”

https://www.ama.org/
The Association's website links to a resource library containing white papers, recently published marketing studies, webcasts, etc. The emphasis is on marketing information rather than advertising.

http://www.marketresearchworld.net/
Developed by a UK-based company, this not-for-profit portal connects users to articles written by private industry experts. Provides mainly introductory market research material.

https://www.bloomberg.com/
Bloomberg provides up-to-the-minute business news along with current market data and personal finance resources.  Please note, this is the publicly available website. We do not have a subscription to Bloomberg Financial Service.

https://www.risk.net/
A complement to Risk magazine, this a unique resource dedicated to anyone who needs to manage risk. Risk.net now allows members to access the full content from Risk magazine, including all special reports and topical supplements, as well as a searchable archive of past issues of Risk." Also includes access to the following journals: Risk, Operational Risk & Regulation, Structured Products, Custody Risk, Energy Risk, Insurance Risk, Asia Risk, Hedge Funds Review, Journal of Computational Finance, Journal of Credit Risk, Journal of Energy Markets, Journal of Financial Market Infrastructure, Journal of Investment Strategies, Journal of Operational Risk, Journal of Risk, Journal of Risk Model Validation.

https://www.aabri.com/
AABRI publishes peer-reviewed scholarly research in business and education. Current journal articles are available along with submission guidelines.

https://www.aaii.com/
The AAII's website provides tools and information for the personal investor. Much of the information is free; a portion of the site requires a subscription.

https://www.bankrate.com/
The Bankrate website allows users to compare mortgage, CD and money market rates across the country. Various investment calculators are also available.

https://www.bbb.org/
The Better Business Bureau's online forum for consumers includes reliable information about businesses and charities. Consumers can also file complaints and request dispute resolution through the BBB.

https://www.sec.gov/
The SEC provides a gateway to the EDGAR database which contains current and past filings by all public corporations. Also links to industry news and individual investor information.

https://research.ibm.com/
IBM Research posts technical reports written by its staff members. The database is searchable by keyword, research area or author.

https://hbswk.hbs.edu/
HBS Working Knowledge features working papers and recent articles by Harvard Business School faculty members. Topics include business history, finance, globalization, leadership and management, operations and strategy.

https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/
Northwestern University faculty and researchers share summaries of their latest research in areas such as accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, international business and marketing.

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania posts news items and special reports with an emphasis on global business issues.

https://www.fdic.gov/
The FDIC provides current and historical statistics on commercial banks and savings institutions as well as information about deposit insurance and consumer protection programs.

https://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/govstat/fedstats/fedstats3.htm
The FedStats website compiles data from 100 U.S. government agencies. Searches can be performed by agency, state or general subject area. Also provides full access to the U.S. Census Bureau's "Statistical Abstract of the United States".

https://www.ici.org/
The ICI publishes investment industry-specific data and examines trends in retirement and mutual fund ownership.

https://data-sagepub-com.proxy.alumni.jhu.edu/
SAGE Data, formerly Data Planet, is a collection of billions of multidisciplinary, global statistics for research and instruction. It is a data aggregation tool that allows you to create custom tables and charts.

https://www.bls.gov/
From website: "The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision-making. As an independent statistical agency, BLS serves its diverse user communities by providing products and services that are objective, timely, accurate, and relevant."