Research Guides: BUS 110-Clean Start Project: Suggested Resources

We have access to a number of great streaming video resources that you can view anytime at home, work, or on campus. You can search these resource with keywords, like 'clean energy' or 'start-up business', or by browsing by subject, like 'Business & Economics', 'Marketing', or 'Management'.

See the video databases links below to search these resources.

Films on Demand Video Collection (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Thousands of high quality videos on business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics, as well as travel and fitness programming, how-to videos, indie films, and popular music performances.

For questions/tips you can use the open forum (you probably want to subscribe to the forum) under the collaboration link on Blackboard. We will also have a webinar in regards to playing the simulation.

The three links below are quick resources to get started with.

You can also view the library resources linked to on this page to put together a strategy to manage your small business.

Here are some examples of journal articles you can expect to find from the resources listed to the right of this box.

The Ten Commandments of Recruiting: Best Practices for Hiring the Best Employees
Good hiring choices will enable your office to run efficiently and confront challenges with confidence and will increase your peace of mind. A more structured and rigorous recruiting process is recommended and described. The process is embodied in 10 distinct best practices that, if implemented, can lead to attracting, selecting, and retaining excellent staff.
Non-Pricing Practices in Small Business
This paper examines the non-pricing practices used by very small businesses and concludes that service, quality, and advertising/promotion are the most critical factors used to generate sales by small businesses in small towns and rural areas in northeast Louisiana.
Small Business Marketing Strategy Based On McDonalds's
As individuals decide to open or pursue a small business, an important issue is how to acquire sales or increase monthly revenues coming into the business. The success rate for most business is usually stated to be in the 30% - 50% range. Usually lack of monthly sales or revenue is a key reason for failure. Usually small businesses do not have a good plan on how to increase and maintain sales.
Office Depot, Inc. Finds Majority of Small Business Owners Believe Organization is Linked to Profitability
According to the latest Office Depot Small Business Index, two-thirds (63 percent) of SMBs believe their level of office organization correlates to their business' profitability.
Small Biz Survival: 4 Pricing Strategies Every Small Business Should Know
The words "price" and "right" might make you think about the game show "The Price is Right." However as a business owner, you know, or soon will figure out, that pricing is not a game.
The trouble with too much money: Entrepreneurship: Raising finance
Jonathan Moules finds that less can sometimes be more for start-ups seeking seed capital.
Small Business Growth Strategies
Measure your volume increases (or decreases) by comparing your share with that of the lead competitors. Nothing is guaranteed, but a well thought out plan of action does provide a road map for success in the future.

Databases for Business Articles--

ABI/INFORM Collection (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Business research from journals, trade publications, market research reports, dissertations, and working papers.
Entrepreneurship Database (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Information for entrepreneurs and researchers that includes business start-up plans, video clips, journals, business cases, and more.
Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, reference reports, proceedings, and dissertations covering current news and topics as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting and tax issues.
Business Market Research Collection (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Contains company, industry, economic, and geopolitical market research from three sources, including Hoover's Company Profiles, OxResearch from Oxford Analytica, and Snapshots.

Newpaper and Reference Sources for Business Information--

JSTOR (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Offers scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.
Wall Street Journal (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Full articles from the Wall Street Journal (1984-present).
International Newsstream (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
Credo Reference (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference is a great place to start your research by using encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference resources.