Internet Resources for Management and Operations 492

Information Sources for Small Businesses:

International Trade Association

NIST and Electronic Commerce

U.S. Business Advisor

SEC's Edgar Database

Dept. of Justice's ADA Homepage (includes a Guide to Small Businesses)

OSHA

Employment Law Guide

Small Business Administration

SCORE

SBA's Seattle Office

Business Page, Washington State

Washington Administrative Code and Revised Code of Washington

Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

Columbia River Economic Development Council

Patents and Trademarks

Bryant, Joy, Protecting your Ideas, 1999. Ref T339.B92 1999.

 

Statistics on Web Use:

UCLA Internet Report

Pew Research Center: Internet and American Life

Finding Business Information within Library Databases:

Library Resources

 

Business Plans:

Business Plans Handbook. Reference HD62.7 B865

Business Plans (SBA)

Google Directory Entry for Business Plans


Journal Articles:

Chozick, Amy, "Managing Technology; Appearances are Deceiving", Wall Street Journal, Sept 19, 2005. p R7.

Mohan-Neill, Sumaria, "An analysis of factors which influence small businesses' decision to have a website and to conduct online selling", Journal of American Academy of Business, March 2006, pp 204-209.

Mullaney, Timothy, "Small biz, big bucks", Business Week, June 20, 2005, p 94.

Saban, Kenneth & Stephen Rau, "The functionality of websites as export marketing channels for small and medium enterprises", Electronic Markets, May 2005, p 128.

Auger, Pat, "The impact of interactivity and design sophistication on the performance of commercial websites for small businesses", Journal of Small Business Management, April 2005, pp 119-137.

Gomm, Karen, "Only 3% of smaller retailers trade online", Computer Weekly, August 17, 2004, p 8.

Borzo, Jeanette, "Technology (A Special Report); Lost in Traffic", Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2004, p R9.

Dholakia, Ruby R & Nir Kshetri, "Factors impacting the adoption of the Internet among SMEs", Small Business Economics, Nove 2004, p 311.

FSB: Fortune Small Business. ProQuest. (Example: do search for electronic commerce in this journal.)

Journal of Small Business Management. ProQuest. (Example: do search for electronic commerce in this journal.)

Slywotzky, A. and D. Morrison, "The Rise of the Active Customer", Marketing Management, July/August 2001, pp 22-26. Available in the Library.

Goldberg, Beverly and John Sifonis, "Focusing your E-Commerce Vision", Management Review, September 1998, pp 48-51. Available in ProQuest and in the Library.