Websites for Business Research
Accounting | Banking | Case
Studies | Companies | Country
Information | Economics | Finance
and Investing | Government/Statistics Industries | International
Business | Management | Marketing
and Advertising | Market Research |Non-profit | Small
Business/Entrepreneurship | Technology/E-commerce | Web
Directories | Working Papers
Note: These links are to free websites, not Northwestern University Library subscription-based databases. For NU Library subscription databases in various areas of business research, go to Business & Management Research Databases
Accounting
Banking
- Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Yahoo! Banking and Banks
Case Studies
- Kellogg School of Management Case Collection
- European
Case Clearing House
allows comprehensive searching of several collections of cases including those of Harvard, Darden, MIT, JFK School of Government, Ivey, INSEAD, and others. - Harvard Business School Publishing Case Studies
- Thunderbird Case Series
- INSEAD Cases
- Research Guide to Case Studies from the University of British Columbia
- Businesscases.org
- Caseplace.org
Companies
US Companies
- Hoover’s Online (Kellogg subscribes, accessible to the NU Community)
- EDGAR Database
- 10KWizard SEC Filings
- U.S. Secretaries of State search for public and private companies
- SuperPages
Foreign Companies
- Corporate Information (offers some free info but requires registration)
- EuroPages
Country Information
- Portals to the World from the Library of Congress
- CIA World Factbook
- World Bank Documents and Reports
Economics
- The Dismal Scientist: Economic Analysis, Indicators and Data for the World
- American Statistical Association Business and Econonomic Data Links
Finance and Investing
Stocks
Bonds
Mutual Funds
Commodities, Options and Futures
IPOs
Government / Statistics
- United States Statistical Abstract
- FirstGov: Your First Click to the US Government
- US Census Bureau
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- US Department of Commerce
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room
- Bizstats.com: Useful Business Statistics online
Industries
- SIC and NAICS codes: North American Industry Classification Page
- About.com Business & Industry
- Current Industrial Reports from the Census Bureau
International Business
- The Internationalist: International Business
- globalEDGE: International Business Resource Desk
- Corporate Information
- Ebusiness Forum from the Economist Intelligence Unit
- Oanda Currency Converter
Management
- Academy of Management Online
- American Management Association
- Ioma.com Institute of Management and Administration
Marketing and Advertising
- AdAge.com Data Center
- Advertising World Directory of Advertising Links
- American Association of Advertising Agencies
- KnowThis.com Marketing Virtual Library
Market Research
Non-Profit
- Guidestar: The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
- Idealist.org: Find organizations in 153 countries
- Give.org BBB Wise Giving Alliance
- National Center for Charitable Statistics
- Internal Revenue Service: Charities & Non-Profits
Small Business / Entrepreneurship
Technology / E-Commerce
- Brint.com Business Technology Portal
- CommerceNet
- Ebusiness Forum from the Economist Intelligence Unit
- Estats from the US Census Bureau
- Nielsen Net Ratings
- Forrester Research, Inc.
- eMarketer
Web Directories
portals to business sites on news, e-commerce, companies, industries, marketing, finance, and statistics
- Business & Technology Research Library
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- Business.com
- CEOExpress Business Portal
- Yahoo! Business and Economy
Working Papers
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Northwestern University Library
Reference Department
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