Business: A Research Guide

Provides business owners the knowledge they need to run and advance their businesses and careers. Additionally, the vibrant community of business owners, marketers, and sales experts help further that knowledge through first-hand advice and engaging discussion.

The most comprehensive searchable directory of International Trade Web Resources on the Internet! It contains more than 8,000 links to international trade/import-export websites. They are annotated and indexed for your convenience.

Visit globalEDGE Insights by Industry to learn about twenty different industries and the corporations, trade statistics, regulatory agencies, and international events of each one. Insights by Industry also allows you to search a product by name to receive statistics about the volumes or proportions of exports and imports in its global industry.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) strengthens the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promotes trade and investment, and ensures fair trade through the rigorous enforcement of our trad e laws and agreements. ITA works to improve the global business environment and helps U.S. organizations compete at home and abroad.

MBA Depot is designed for all those interested in business, not just current or future MBAs. Includes articles, tools and resources to aid your study or your ongoing business career.

Created in 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to help small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. The SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.

The USCIB was founded in 1945 to promote an open world trading system and is now among the premier pro-trade, pro-market liberalization organizations.

The USITC is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency that fulfills a range of trade-related mandates.

This guide, from Johns Hopkins, can be applied equally to Internet and non-Internet resources.

UC Berkeley provides a great evaluative framework in a graphically-pleasing chart.

A chart from Cornell's Web site.

IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) list of generic top-level domain name endings (like .com, .gov).