How to Find Business Information

A Guide for Businesspeople, Investors, and Researchers

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

This fact-filled guide serves as an introductory handbook or as a refresher for those who want to research a specific topic or update their research skills.The good news is that more business information is available than ever before. But for those drowning in a plethora of data, that is also the bad news. How to Find Business Information: A Guide for Businesspeople, Investors, and Researchers extends a lifeline to those inundated souls, offering sage advice about locating what one needs easily, quickly, and from trustworthy sources.Encompassing print and digital materials, journals (both online and print), online databases, reference materials, and websites, this handbook will prove invaluable to anyone who finds it necessary to research business information. The tips and tactics it offers can, of course, be used by investors, but also by those seeking information about possible business partners, potential clients and customers, or sources of goods and services. Topics covered include banking and finance, economics, company information, industry information, marketing, accounting and taxation, and management, in short, everything one needs to know to make sound business and investment decisions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-07-22
Mått:156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:539 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313362804

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Lucy Heckman is associate professor and head of the Reference Department at the St. John's University Library, Queens, NY.

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This book is a trove for business students and investors, along with business people in general. . . . As the title suggests, this is a book with detailed information about resources that will be useful for business people, investors, and researchers. Beyond that it will be a valuable guide for people interested in areas such as insurance, small businesses, real estate, taxation, and even job hunting and careers.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface1 Introduction: The Business Research Process—Guides to Guides and Resources to Build the Business Collection2 How to Find Industry Information3 Information about Companies4 Personal Finance and Investing—Introductory Sources and Guides5 The Stock Market6 Investing in Bonds, Mutual Funds, and Exchange-Traded Funds7 Commodities, Options, Futures, Derivatives, and Hedge Funds8 Economics9 Money and Banking10 Insurance11 Management and Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship12 Marketing and Advertising13 Careers and Job Hunting14 Accounting15 Taxation16 Real EstateAppendix I: Acronyms and AbbreviationsAppendix II: Major Business LibrariesAppendix III: Directory of Major Business-Related Federal Government Departments, Agencies, and ResourcesAppendix IV: Major Stock Markets and Securities ExchangesIndex