V241: Management Foundations & Approaches
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Business Plan Resources
The entrepreneur's guide to writing business plans and proposals [electronic resource]
The business plan [electronic resource] : how to win your investor's confidence
Business Plan essay from the Gale Encyclopedia of Small Business, at answers.com. -
Various articles on business plan writing from the ABI-Inform journal index.
Wall Street Journal's Small Business Help
Business Plan Templates from SCORE
Small Business News
The Washington Post: Small Business
Nonprofit Resources
Emergency Planning
Ready Business helps owners and managers of small- and medium-sized businesses prepare their employees, operations and assets in the event of an emergency.
Continuity Guidance for Non-Federal Entities
A document by FEMA. Effective continuity planning and programs facilitate the performance of essential functions during all-hazards emergencies or other situations that may disrupt normal operations
Emergency Planning for Employees
Demographic Data Sources
U.S. Census Web Site To find U.S. Demographics and to access the Economic Census. American Factfinder easiest place to find information. Recommend Fact Sheet and Business and Industry sections.
IU Student Spending Habits Survey Results, Fall 2004
Stats Indiana
Indiana Population Projections
Woods and Poole MSA Profile.
A Reference book in the Business/SPEA Information Commons at HC 106.82 .M8. In it you can find statistics on population, employment, income, and retail sales in MSAs (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) across the country. They also provide projected data to the year 2040, in five year increments. example
Industry and Market Research
Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database Directory of US businesses. Can do a custom search by various criteria: company size, industry codes, geographical specifications, etc.
Associations Unlimited Directory information on associations, professional societies, nonprofit organizations, including local, state, national and international. Sometimes trade associations make market research freely abailable from their Web sites.
Datamonitor - Includes 10,000 company profiles, 2,000 industry profiles and 50 country profiles.
MarketResearch.com Academic - Detailed market research reports from leading sources.
Mintel Reports Consumer market studies by Mintel analysts. Covers food, beverage, apparel, beauty and personal, retail, travel and more. Each study provides a synthesis of both primary and secondary data and analysis. International in scope but strong in European countries and the U.S.
S&P NetAdvantage - Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys are a good place to start, located under the Industries tab.
Journal Indexes
ABI-Inform - A trade journal, academic journal and newspaper index.
Business Source Premiere - 2200 business journals with much of the coverage full text.
Factiva - A trade journal and newspaper index.
RDS Business Reference Suite - A trade journal index.
Web of Knowledge - Find journal citation reports under the "Additional Resources" tab.
Last edited by Melanie Groth on 01/19/2011
