Research Guides: Business: Websites

Small Business & Nonprofits

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies This link opens in a new window
Has case studies on International Business, HR Management, Marketing, Strategy, and more. 2011-2012

Case Center (Free Cases)
Some cases free for educators after registration. Includes full-text cases, notes, articles, and book chapters for a fee.

U.S. Energy Information Administration
Statistics and analysis from EIA
Economic Indicators
Charts about retail sales, manufacturing, construction, food services and more.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Measures labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.
Annual Survey of Manufactures
Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries presents manufacturing establishments statistics at the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) levels. Available from 2008 to 2020.
globalEDGE
Free registration required for data from mid-1990s to present for over 2500 variables, over 200 countries and more.
Current Industrial Reports
Data (2011 ceased publication) on production and shipments of selected products. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and for market analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector.
Conference Board
Provides information on consumer confidence, leading economic indicators and the Consumer Confidence Index.
WTO Statistics
World Trade Organization statistics database covers trade, tariffs, services, and time series of international trade of members countries. Reports trade data, key ratios, merchandise trade and more.
County Business Patterns
Data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
Online edition of annual statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States