“Information You Can Trust”
MGT-410
Alverno College Library
Business Policy & Strategy
The purpose of a pathfinder is to assist you in organizing your library research strategy. Use the information provided below to guide
your search for information about a company and to research a market.
A) Databases for company and industry information:
• Business Source Premier - the Company Reports offer MarketLine Reports on hundreds of companies.
Also includes scholarly journal articles, trade journals, news and industry analysis.
• Business Insights: Essentials - Find company profiles, market share data, and more.
• Mergent Online - U.S. & international data for public, private, and global companies. Access to annual
10K reports for U.S. companies. Includes competitor reports and industry comparisons.
B) Databases for business and management: (Library > Finding Information > Databases by Subject > Newspapers)
• ProQuest National Newspapers - Search The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times
C) Recommended print resources and eBooks
Encyclopedia of Management Theory (2013)
Ref 658.001 E56 vol. 1-2
Encyclopedia of new venture management (2012)
Ref 658.11 E56
Strategic management: From theory to practice (2011)
658.4012 A486
Effective small business management: An entrepreneurial approach (2012)
658.022 S285
The Athena doctrine: How women (and the men who think like them) will rule the future (2013)
305.42 G388
The new one-page project manager [eBook]: Communicate and manage any project with a single sheet of paper
http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b2191282~S0
What it takes [eBook]: Seven secrets of success from the world's great professional firms
http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b2265475~S0
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International marketing data and statistics (2013)
http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b2232920~S0
European marketing data and statistics (2013)
http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b2232921~S0
Standard & Poor's industry surveys (2013)
Ref 338 S785 vol. 1-4
*(reference books not available for check out)
D) Recommended websites & online resources
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
*(see the ‘About Export.gov’ link)
http://export.gov/
WI Dept. of Commerce – International Trade
http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/Ie/
Doing Business
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
Info about business regulations & enforcement in 170+ countries (& some cities). Search by economy or topic.
EuroCommerce
http://www.eurocommerce.be/
“This organization represents retail, wholesale and international trade in Europe.”
European Commission > Your Europe > Business http://europa.eu/youreurope/business/
European Union
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/
“Find: Statistics” – the statistical profiles, updated yearly, are a snapshot of data selected from
more than 40 statistical databases available on SourceOECD, an online library
Eurostat (European Commission) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
the Statistical Office of the European Union
World Bank
World Bank data and statistics
http://www.worldbank.org/
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/
“The World Economic Outlook presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at
global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries.”
See also:
Best Web Sites > Business & Management
http://www.alverno.edu/library/findinginformation/bestwebsites/businessmanagement/
Best Web Sites > Countries & Regions
http://www.alverno.edu/library/findinginformation/bestwebsites/countriesregions/
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