Search engines for business research

Zibb: The Global Business Search Engine

http://www.zibb.com/

New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library - Research Guides

http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/guides/

Harvard Business School Baker Library Research Guides

http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/

The Virtual Chase: Database of Sources

http://www.virtualchase.com/topics/index.html

BusinessDictionary.com

http://www.businessdictionary.com/

The Way We Worked: Photographs from the National Archives (Business History)

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/twww/

Florida - related information

How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2976.pdf

Innovation

Value, Protect, Exploit: How Managing Intellectual Property Can Build and Sustain Competitive Advantage

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_tmt_ManagingIP_072607.pdf


A Comparative Approach to the Protection of Fashion Innovations

http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=bclt

Leadership and supervision

Training Supervisors to be Leaders: A Missing Element in Efforts to Improve Federal Performance

http://www.govexec.com/pdfs/ALI_thompsonreport.pdf

Executive Excess 2007: The Staggering Social Cost of U.S. Business Leadership

http://www.ips-dc.org/reports/070829-executiveexcess.pdf

Hospitality and tourism

The Effects of Organizational Standards and Support Functions on Guest Service and Guest Satisfaction in Restaurants

http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/chr/research/abstract.html?repid=14462

Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research

http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/chr/

Workplace injuries and illness

NIOSH Fatal Occupational Injury Cost Fact Sheets

http://www.docuticker.com/?p=8341

Workplace injuries and illnesses in 2005

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/osh.text


Postal Service’s Workplace Safety and Workplace-Related Injury Reduction Goals and Progress

http://www.uspsoig.gov/FOIA_files/HM-AR-07-002.pdf


National Census of fatal occupational injuries in 2006

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf

Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Coverage and Costs, 2005

http://www.nasi.org/usr_doc/NASI_Workers_Comp_2005_Full_Report.pdf

Older workers

Why do boomers plan to work so long?

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/papers/wp_2006-19.pdf

Age, women and hiring: an experimental study

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/papers/wp_2006-23.pdf

How do age discrimination laws affect older workers?

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/issues/wob_5.pdf

Engaging and retaining older workers

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07438sp.pdf

Older Americans Update 2006: Key Indicators of Well-Being

http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2006_Documents/OA_2006.pdf
Labor Market Rigidities and the Employment Behavior of Older Workers

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2996.pdf

What explains trends in labor force participation of older men in the United States?

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2991.pdf

Business and the environment

EarthTrends Searchable Database: Economics, Business and the Environment:

http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/index.php?theme=5

2006 Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Making the Connection

http://www.ceres.org/pub/publication.php?pid=84

Energy Strategy for the Future: U.S. EPA

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_energy_strategy

International and immigrant labor

International comparisons of hourly compensation costs for production workers in manufacturing

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ichcc.toc.htm

Global manpower employment outlook survey 2007

http://www.manpower.com/mpcom/VisualLibraryMEOS.jsp?quarterID=63&articleID=373

A visual essay: international labor market comparisons

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/ressum.pdf

The role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=8024&sequence=0

Comparative civilian labor force statistics, ten countries, 1960-2006:

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf.htm

Foreign-born workers: labor force characteristics in 2006

http://www.bls.gov/news.re.ease/pdf/forbrn.pdf

International comparison of labour statistics 2006:

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/databook/index.htm

Hourly compensation costs for production workers in manufacturing, 33 countries or areas, 22 manufacturing industries, 1992-2005

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flshcindnaics.htm

Farm Labor Shortages and Immigration Policy

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL30395/

A visual essay: international labor market comparisons

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/ressum.htm

International Comparison of Labour Statistics 2007

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/databook/index.htm

Working time flexibility in European companies

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0739.htm

Working Time Around The World - One in five workers worldwide are putting in "excessive" hours: New ILO study spotlights working time in over 50 countries

http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_082827


The flexibility of working time arrangements for women and men [European Union]

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-07-096/EN/KS-SF-07-096-EN.PDF

1995-2005: Foreign-born Latinos make progress on wages

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/572/latino-wages

Department of Labor's Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, 2001-2006

http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/media/reports/iclp/main.htm

Intellectual Property, the Immigration Backlog, and a Reverse Brain-Drain: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1008366

China

Trade balances and jobs: Canada, the U.S. and China

http://policyalternatives.ca/documents/National_Office_Pubs/2007/Trade_Balances_and_Jobs.pdf

China's trade with the U.S. and the world

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL31403.pdf

Is China a threat to the U.S. economy?

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33604.pdf

China's banking sector: growing towards diversification

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/dtt_Boao_BankingEng041807.pdf

Growing pains: the evolving U.S.-China trade relationship

http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/FTBs/FTB-028.html

What's the difference? - Comparing U.S. and Chinese trade data

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22640

Doing Business in China:

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3265405.pdf

Five challenges that China must overcome to sustain economic growth:

http://www.house.gov/jec/publications/109/07-27-06china_economy.pdf

China's car makers 10 years away from being competitive in US and Europe

http://graphics.eiu.com/files/ad_pdfs/eiu_Roland_Berger_China_Cars.pdf

China and India: The reality beyond the hype

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/US_ChinaIndiaReality_Research.pdf

Surviving the China riptide: How to profit from the supply chain bottleneck

http://www.bcg.com/publications/files/ChinaRipTideMay07.pdf

China’s economic prospects 2006-2020

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp_83_polaski_final.pdf

What are the High-Probability Challenges to Continued High Growth in China?

http://www3.brookings.edu/views/papers/20070522woo.pdf

China's economic fluctuations and their implications for its rural economy

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/keidel_report_final.pdf


China’s Growing Demand for Oil and Its Impact on U.S. Petroleum Markets

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/71xx/doc7128/04-07-ChinaOil.pdf


Doing Business In China: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3265405.pdf

China - U.S. Trade Issues

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33536.pdf

China's Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32165.pdf

Strengthening China's Technological Capability

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2007/08/09/000158349_20070809111012/Rendered/PDF/wps4309.pdf

China's Economic Prospects 2006-2020

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cp_83_polaski_final.pdf

What's the Difference? Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22640

Global Value Chain Self-Assessment Tool: Overview of Results for China

http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4015/type,1/

Is the Chinese Growth Miracle Built to Last?

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2995.pdf

Health and Safety Concerns over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22713_20070828.pdf

China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy (01/09/08)

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34314.pdf

China's Economic Fluctuations: Implications for Its Rural Economy (2007)

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/keidel_china_fluctuations_final.pdf

Business ethics and related issues

Rethinking corporate social responsibility: a U.S. perspective

http://www.csrresults.com/

Racial diversity initiatives in professional service firms: what factors differentiate successful from unsuccessful initiatives?

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-019.pdf

Ethical and scientific issues of nanotechnology in the workplace

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9456/9456.pdf

Implicit discrimination in hiring: real world evidence

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2764.pdf

Reluctant gatekeepers: corporate ethics on a filtered internet

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=978507

How do age discrimination laws affect older workers?

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/issues/wob_5.pdf

Evidence of unequal treatment in hiring against obese applicants: A field experiment

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2275.pdf

Social Isolation and American Workers: Employee Blogging and Legal Reform

http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/articles/pdf/v20/20HarvJLTech287.pdf

2007 World's Most Ethical Companies

http://ethisphere.com/2007-worlds-most-ethical-companies/

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Releases 2006 Ethical Sourcing Report

http://www.walmartfacts.com/articles/5235.aspx

Knowledgable consumers? Corporate fraud and its devastating impacts

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/ccjs/knowledgeable-consumer-2007.pdf

Why We Aren't as Ethical as We Think We Are: A Temporal Explanation

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5763.html

Women in the workforce

U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau

http://www.dol.gov/wb/

Women in the labor force 2005

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-laborforce-05.htm

Ask a working woman survey report 2006

http://www.stirringthepot.org/media/AWWsurvey.pdf

Changes in behavioral and characteristic determination of female labor force participation, 1975-2005:

http://www.frbatlanta.org/filelegacydocs/erq206_hotchkiss.pdf

Age, women and hiring: an experimental study

http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/papers/wp_2006-23.pdf

Moms and Jobs: Trends in Mothers’ Employment and Which Mothers Stay Home

http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/subtemplate.php?t=factSheets&ext=momsandjobs

Women at Work: A Progress Report

http://dallasfed.org/research/eclett/2007/el0705.html

The Impact of Minimum Wage Increases on Single Mothers

http://www.epionline.org/study_detail.cfm?sid=109

Marketing

How do consumers make choices? A summary of evidence from marketing and psychology

http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2007/wp2007-005.pdf

The world's best brands

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_32/b3996410.htm

Consumer Expenditure Survey

http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library

http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?loadnav=no&RequestTimeout=2500

Purchasing, Pricing, and Quick Response in the Presence of Strategic Consumers

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/paper.cfm?paperid=1350

Internet Advertising Revenues Grow 35% in '06, Hitting a Record Close to $17 BILLION

http://www.iab.net/news/pr_2007_05_23.asp

It's From Where? College Students Clueless on Where Favorite Brands Come From

http://www.andersonanalytics.com/newsfiles/20070524.htm

Information or Persuasion? An Empirical Investigation of the Effect of Advertising on Brand Awareness and Perceived Quality using Panel Data

https://gsbapps.stanford.edu/researchpapers/detail1.asp?Document_ID=2984

Trade

Trade agreements: impact on the U.S. economy

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL31932


U.S. trade policy and the Caribbean: from trade preferences to free trade agreements

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL33951


What's the difference? - Comparing U.S. and Chinese trade data

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22640


2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers

http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2007/2007_NTE_Report/Section_Index.html


2006 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 8.9% from 2005

http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2007/bts010_07/html/bts010_07.html


Are trade deficits a drag on U.S. economic growth?

http:/www.freetrade.org/pubs/FTBS/FTB-027.html

China's trade with the U.S. and the world

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL31403.pdf

Basic information and online sources for NAFTA and CAFTA research

http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/NAFTA_CAFTA_Research.htm

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, 2006

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad0706.pdf

U.S. trade strategy: free vs. fair

http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/CPCTrade.pdf

Probable effect of certain modifications to the North American Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin

http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/103/pub3881.pdf

U.S.: 2006 National Export Strategy

http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/nes2006FINAL.pdf

The Doha round: no help for America's trade deficit?

http://www.morici-dohareport.org/index.asp

2007 AGOA Report Shows Growth in US Africa Trade

http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Development/Preference_Programs/AGOA/asset_upload_file762_11294.pdf

U.S. Freight Shipments with Canada and Mexico Reached a Record High in 2005, According to Three-Country Database

http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2006/bts053_06/html/bts053_06.html

The Year in Trade 2006

http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/year_in_trade/pub3927.pdf

Shifts in U.S. Merchandise Trade 2006

http://www.usitc.gov/tradeshifts/2007/default.htm

Labor and union issues

Discounting Rights: Wal-Mart's Violation of US Workers' Right to Freedom of Association

http://hrw.org/reports/2007/us0507

The potential impact of National Labor Relations Board's supervisor cases

http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/pm115

Unions and Upward Mobility for Low-Wage Workers

http://www.cepr.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1279&Itemid=8

Changes

In case anyone is watching...I'm changing this blog so that it only addresses issues related to business and management. I'm leaving everything that might possibly have to do with business, and moving everything else to del.icio.us. This will make the blog more user-friendly for our students.

It will take me a while to get everything moved over, so the non-business-related entries will disappear slowly.