Business and management

Academic & Statistical Sites

 
• Asian Studies from the ANU.
• Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management.
• Business School Research Series Working Papers from Loughborough University.
• China's National Bureau of Statistics
• Demography and Population Studies from the ANU.
• Economic Geography Research Group at the University of Southampton.
• National Bureau of Economic Research is a source of academic working papers, most of which can be downloaded free.
• The National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) is a world leader in developing microsimulation models and in undertaking a wide range of social and economic research.
• Statistics from the University of Florida Department of Statistics.
• Stat-USA is the internet source for business and economic information produced by the US federal government.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• Thunderbird Global Gateway is produced by Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management. This page offers links to useful business and research sites.
   

  
  Economic, Financial and Business Resources

• Biz/ed contains company information, business and economic data, and student resources.
• Business and Economy from Yahoo
• ebusinessforum.com offers global business intelligence from the Economist Intelligence Unit.
• Financial forecast center provides forecasted and historical business, financial and economic data. The freely available non-subscriber content includes 6 month exchange rate and stock index forecasts.
• FINWeb lists internet resources providing information on economics and finance-related topics and is maintained by Professor James R. Garven at the University of Texas at Austin.
• GRA Research Hotlinks offers over 100 links for international economic, political and business research.
• Inomics is the Internet site for economists.
• globalEDGE International Business Resource Desk from MSU-CIBER.
• NetEc is an international academic effort to improve the communication of economics via electronic media.
• Refco news provides currency trading news for major currencies, and includes forecasts and analysis.
• Resources for Economists on the Internet is compiled by Bill Goffe.
• Virtual International Business and Economic Sources, or VIBES, provides over 1,300 links to internet sources of international business and economic information.
• Wachowicz's Web World - "Web sites for discerning finance students."
• WWW Virtual Library: Finance and Investments offers links to a wide range of finance sites, geared towards students, academics and investors and is maintained by the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University.
  
  Investment

• AVCAL (Australian Venture Capital Association Limited) is a virtual network of venture capitalists and service providers. Its venture capital firms represent most of the active venture capital companies in Australia.
• ASX (Australian Stock Exchange).
• Dow Jones Internet Index is an index of internet stocks, defined as companies that generate a minimum of 50% of their income from the internet.
• InvestorWeb Australian website offering independant articles, analysts' reports, market news, and other services for investors.
• Moody's Investors Service provides independent credit ratings, research and financial information.
• Standard and Poor's offers investor information, credit ratings, economic and financial news.

  International Trade

• NEW Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement: the official Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade web site
• International Law Page is an excellent site for all aspects of international law, including treaties, and is compiled by Roel Hans Bethlehem.
• Tradeport Global Trade Tutorial provides information on many aspects of international trade.
• Market Access Database Provided by the European Commission, this site contains information on trade tariffs and barriers, searchable by location and industry.
• Edgar Online (Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval Project) SEC electronic corporate filings and related business intelligence tools.
  
  
  Journals and News Services
• Asia, Inc. Online is Asia's first interactive business magazine. Created by the publishers of Asia, Inc., AIO features articles from current and past issues of Asia, Inc. as well as articles prepared especially for AIO.
• Australian Financial Services Directory provides links to financial service professionals as well as company profiles, stock reports, economic indicators and finance publications.
• AutoWeb includes automotive news, car classifieds, and VFACTS industry statistics.
• B.R.W. Online
• BusinessWeek Online
• The Economist
• Fast Company is an online business magazine.
• International Economic Trends is the online version of the journal published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis.
• McKinsey Quarterly offers access to the full text of selected current articles and full access to web-only articles, as well as a searchable archive of articles that have appeared in the McKinsey Quarterly dating back to 1992. Articles cover a range of topics in management, strategy, and economics. Note registration is required to view the full text.
• The Age
• Australian newspapers from News Corporation.
• The Australian Financial Review
• Newspapers on the Internet from the State Library of Victoria. A selection of links to indexes of worldwide newspapers on the web.
• The ABC
• BBC News
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  General

• Australian Copyright Council Non-profit organisation providing information on copyright issues.
• Copyright Agency Limited Australian non-profit agency which provides copyright clearance.
• Australasian Legal Information Institute is a searchable database on Australian law and cases, including the High Court Bulletin.
• Australian Trade Union Archives is an online gateway for researchers and scholars of labour history.
• Federal anti-discrimination laws
• Competition and Privatisation Commissions from around the world is compiled by the Global Competition Review.
• Law Search Online offers access to information on current Commonwealth legislation.
• History and Politics Out Loud  Search for and listen to politically significant speeches.
• Simpson's contemporary quotations - "10,000 quotations from 4,000 sources organized into 25 categories and 60 sections".
• European corporate governance institute A forum for debate and dialogue between academics, legislators and practitioners, focusing on major corporate governance issues and thereby promoting best practice.
• Global Responsibility is a B to B site promoting corporate social responsibility.
• Classic 164 Currency Converter, produced by OANDA, is updated daily and lists exchange rates for 164 different currencies from 1990 to the present.
• Price's List of Lists is a collection of links to sites offering ranked lists on various subjects. eg. Fortune 500.
• Australian Libraries Gateway provides links to, and information about, all Australian libraries, and is maintained by the National Library of Australia.
• Library Spot is a good general page with links to library and reference sites.