Management & Business: Websites

The website provides statistical data generated by many different U.S. government agencies. You can find statistics on interest rates, inflation rates, wages, consumer credit, and other data.

“The Conference Board [a not-for-profit organization] creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society." You can find monthly press releases of Business Cycle Indicators for the U.S. and other nations. Some files can be downloaded from the Total Economy Database and other online resources on the website.

This triennial survey of the balance sheet, pension, income, and other demographic characteristics of U.S. families also gathers information on the use of financial institutions. You can follow the links to summary results of the surveys, codebooks, andrelated documentation, and to publicly available data.

USA.gov: Small Business replaces Business.gov as the official business link to the U.S. government, created to provide legal and regulatory information to America's small businesses. The site also acts as a gateway to federal, state and local information that affects small business

Here you'll find economic statistics by geography, sector, and frequency, as well as such reports as Survey of Business Owners (including minorities and women), Statistics of U.S. Businesses (by size), and County Business Patterns.

Visit this site to find data and information on consumer and producer prices, employment and unemployment, occupational compensation, workplace injuries and illness, employee benefits, and productivity.

Founded in 1985 and on the Web since 1996, AnnualReportService.com is the oldest and largest free annual report service. The directory lists over 4,500 annual reports and 10-K Filings for online viewing. Companies are added daily. Registration is required for access

Financial data is available on non-profit organizations in the U.S., but you must register (free) to view the information. GuideStar Basic provides a simple search for users who want to verify a nonprofit's legitimacy, view a nonprofit's recent Forms 990,
or find out more about its mission and programs. GuideStar Premium service provides access to full financials (including revenue tables, expense tables, and balance sheets).

Powered by ThomasRegister® and ThomasRegional®. You can search by company name, brand name, or product/service for U.S. public and private manufacturers. There are over 60,000 product heading categories and over 5500 on-line supply catalogs in this database.

"Export.gov brings together resources ... to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies and succeed in today’s global marketplace."

"This free website from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is designed to provide you with all the information and analysis you need to hone your business strategy for the global digital economy." Includes a blog, country links, best practice, white papers, global news analysis, "doing business in...," e-readiness rankings, and more.

The site provides news, information on its member countries, data and statistics from the World Economic Outlook Databases, and full text publications, such as the World Economic Outlook, 2007, and more.

A section of the U.S. International Trade Administration site, this section provides descriptions and statistics on U.S. and international industries and is "dedicated to enhancing the global competitiveness of U.S. industry, expanding its market access,...
and increasing its exports."

The Online Factbook, produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, is "currently updated every two weeks." The World Factbook provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies, including brief factual surveys of demographic, economic, geographic, and political conditions. Reference maps are available in .pdf and .jpg formats.

"BizStats is the leading free online source for small business statistics. BizStats collects, analyzes, edits and adds value to public data and delivers it without cost in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format." Among the statistics available are those for benchmarking, balance sheets, financial ratios, net profit, productivity, corporations and S-corporations, industry markets, calculators, and mo

Established to assist entrepreneurs by providing free advice and information, this site includes sample business plans, marketing plans, and a locator for small business development centers in the United States.

The site provides information about programs and services to help you start, grow and succeed, including: small business planner, services, tools, local resources.