Business Subject Guide
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Each day the site features a business news story, providing reviews and hot links to the featured company or industry and to related sites. Each week, 10 to 20 thematically related new sites are reviewed and rated as to content, speed, navigation, and design. Central to the page is a link to the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition; other company links are in the lower left corner.
The Edward Lowe Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that provides solutions and resources for the entrepreneur and the growth-company community. The Foundation provides services and peer-learning opportunities for emerging-growth entrepreneurs and all who serve them. Edward Lowe PeerSpectives.org is a Web site for business owners looking to take their companies to the next level. PeerSpectives is a combination of two things. 1) Peer Networking (peer learning) 2) Next-Level Thinking.
Everything international provides links to a wide variety of international business, education, and research Internet sites. This site is designed as a resource. It is assumed that people using this resource are on their way to another site, and for that reason, "bells and whistles" are kept to a minimum. Updated approximately (and links verified) every 10 days.
Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State
University (IBC), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects
international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of
information, insights, and learning resources on global business
activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI
B grant, globalEDGE™ is your source for global business knowledge.
Knowledge@Wharton is a bi-weekly online resource that offers the latest insights, information and research from a variety of sources. These include analysis of current business trends, interviews with industry leaders and Wharton faculty, articles based on the most recent business research, book reviews, conference and seminar reports, links to other web sites and so on.
Michigan Small Business & Technology Development CenterTM
The Michigan Small Business Technology Development Center regional office, affiliated with Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University is one of 12 offices statewide, providing services and support to the Michigan small business community in the areas of counsel, training, and research.
The U.S. Small Business Administration, established in 1953, provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses.
The Research Division analyzes the dynamics of the labor market and conducts evaluations of employment programs around the world. The Employment Management Services Division is the administrative entity for the local Workforce Development Board, administering of the federal and state employment programs for our part of Michigan.