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800-CEO-READ
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800-CEO-READ, formed as a specialty subsidiary of Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, features "Jack Covert Selects," a monthly selection of top business books.
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AAAAgencysearch.com
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The web site of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, offers a simple search to find advertising agencies by entering a brand name or company.
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Ad Access
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The Ad Access Project, funded by the Duke Endowment "Library 2000" Fund, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
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AdFlip
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Titled "the world's largest collection of classic print ads," AdFlip provides interesting images from six decades of past advertisement campaigns. You can view ads by selecting a year from the pull-down menu. Note that a portion of the database is for subscribers only.
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ANSI - American National Standards Institute
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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. The Institute's mission is to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity.
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Biznar
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Biznar is a free, publicly available business research site that uses advanced technology to return high quality results. Biznar accelerates your research by returning the most relevant 1990+ results from across the World Wide Web, including blogs, wikis, mainstream searches and deep web sources to one, easily navigable page.
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BizStarts Milwaukee
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BizStarts Milwaukee connects resources, content, and contacts that will assist entrepreneurs to launch new enterprises. BizStarts Milwaukee was formed by a group of forward-looking business leaders in the Milwaukee 7 Region who saw a need to accelerate early stage businesses and ideas.
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Bizstats
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This site lists very helpful access to useful financial ratios, business statistics & benchmarks. For example, you can enter a total revenue figure for a particular industry and Bizstats will translate the figure into a balance sheet of the industry of your choice. Also provides many industry average tables as well as profitability, operating and financial ratio links.
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BizTimes Milwaukee
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BizTimes Milwaukee provides news and operational insight to business owners of southeastern Wisconsin in print and electronic formats. Featured on their website are news and best practices by industry, enewsletters, blogs, industry directories, winners of the annual Future 50 Awards, and more.
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Bplans.com
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Recommended by the Small Business Administration, Bplans.com has a variety of sample business plans to assist the entrepreneur. Click on "Sample Plans" at the top of the page to access a wide variety of examples.
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Build Your Business (Wisconsin)
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From Wisconsin.gov, this site was designed to make it easy for you to obtain the information you need to seriously plan and prepare for the start or expansion of your Wisconsin business. The Business Wizard tool identifies permit, license, tax and employment requirements specific to your business. Links to popular topics include: Sales Tax, Sellers Permit, Tax ID -FEIN, Limited Liability Company (LLC), Non-Profit Corporation, Doing Business As, Grants, Business Plan, Financing,Start-up and Business Forms.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) publishes domestic passenger and freight data for all modes of transportation. Data includes air fares, airline on-time statistics, border crossings, and more.
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Business and Company Resource Center
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The Business and Company Resource Center, published by the Gale Group, is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Covers 1980 to the present year.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee
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The online version of the Milwaukee Business Journal. Full of information about metro area business and technology news.
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Business Plan Templates
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SCORE has Business Plan Templates for start-up and established businesses. Other forms include Balance Sheet, Bank Loan Request, Financial History & Ratios, and more. SCORE The Service Corps of Retired Executives is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Business Resources
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Link here to MPL's Business Resources page and visit the Business and Technology Department's virtual reference room.
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Business Source Premier
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Providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications, Business Source Premier is EBSCO's top of the line business database, offering full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Topics include all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Journals such as Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, and Journal of International Marketing are covered as well as many more. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch, SWOT analyses, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. Business Source Premier provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 key scholarly journals including Academy of Management Journal (1958-present), Accounting Review (1926-present), Administrative Science Quarterly (1956-present), California Management Review (1958-present), Industrial & Labor Relations Review (1947-present), Journal of Accounting Research (1963-present), Journal of Finance (1946-present), Journal of Marketing (1936-present), Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) (1964-present), Management Science (1954-present), Operations Research (1956-present), and others. This database is updated daily. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Business.gov
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Over 40 different Federal agencies assist or regulate businesses. With so many sources of information, finding what you want can be complicated and time-consuming. Business.gov was developed to provide better customer service for small businesses interacting with the Federal Government. It has many links to funding information, start-up advice, tax issues, forms and legal considerations.
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Buzgate.org
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Discover and connect with free small business help and entrepreneurship education in areas of small business funding, small business counseling, small business marketing, international business, small business technology, small business insurance and more. Access free small business help programs by state that are tailored to the interests and needs of women in business, veterans in business, minorities in business, self-employed individuals, business students and all entrepreneurs.
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CareerOneStop
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CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy. It includes: America's Career InfoNet--helps individuals explore career opportunities to make informed employment and education choices, and America's Service Locator--connects individuals to employment and training opportunities available at local One-Stop Career Centers.
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ChooseMilwaukee
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Created by the Milwaukee 7 to cultivate business investment, this site provides information on: demographics; taxes; environmental technology; interactive maps that target available land, offices, warehouses, and factories; leading industries; utilities; transportation; and business assistance programs.
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Consumer Expenditure Survey
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey program provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. Find data on Milwaukee consumers in the Current Metropolitan Statistical Areas Tables.
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Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
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Links to data on labor related topics including Careers/Job Search, Collective Bargaining, Employment and Disability, Human Resource Management, Labor History, Occupational Safety and Health, and Workplace Diversity.
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County Business Patterns
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County Business Patterns, from the United States Department of Commerce, covers most of the country's economic activity. Beginning in 1998, data are tabulated by industry as defined in the North American Industry Classification System: (NAICS). Data for 1997 and earlier years are based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System. This series has been published annually since 1964 and at irregular intervals dating back to 1946. The comparability of data over time may be affected by definitional changes in establishments, activity status, and industrial classifications. (Please note that the series does not include data on self-employed individuals, employees of private households, railroad employees, agricultural production employees, and most government employees.)
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Current Industrial Reports
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Current Industrial Reports are published by the Manufacturing, Mining and Construction Division
of the Federal Government. Divided into numerous industrial categories, the CIP reflects the pulse of our economy and provides a measure for economic change.
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D&B The Million Dollar Database
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Dun & Bradstreet database combining features of Dun's Million Dollar Database Premier and Selectory, their small business product. This hybrid includes over 14 million records. The Corporate Family Linkage option lets you identify relationships by linking corporate headquarters locations with their branches, divisions and subsidiaries. Some information comes from Harris InfoSource, which publishes the well-known manufacturer's directories. Advanced searching provides options for creating downloadable, rankable, customized lists using various criteria on companies, location, industry, size and contacts. Generously sponsored in part by a grant from Rockwell Automation.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Data Zone - Wage Statistics
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This site from the Economic Policy Institute features many tables of current and historical statistics on jobs, wages, family income, unionization and trends.
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Doing Business Database - Compare countries business regulations
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This program is from The World Bank Organization. The Doing Business international database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. Doing Business indicators are comparable across 145 economies. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity and growth.
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ECommerce-Guide
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ECommerce-Guide.com provides coverage of independent and current information about electronic commerce. Included are feature articles, product guides, newsmaker profiles, e-commerce events calendar,
and a e-commerce-focused discussion list and forums.
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Econ Data.net
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This site is devoted to regional economic data from various Federal statistical agencies. Filled with current and sometimes
historical information, Econ Data.net will provide quick access to a variety of up-to-date statistics searchable by subject or provider agency.
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Economic Report of the President
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The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors and transmitted to Congress no later than 10 days after the submission of the U.S. Budget. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive current and historical data appendices.
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Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
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The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values.
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Entrepreneur.com
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Entrepreneur.com is a comprehensive small business site for new entrepreneurs. Search the phrase "Start-up Kits" to find quick and easy-to-read guides on starting the most popular businesses. Also included are newsletters, magazines and how-to guides on every aspect of starting a business.
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Entrepreneurs Help Page
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This Web site distributes basic information on legal, financial, and management issues that are of interest to entrepreneurs. Started by a group of young entrepreneurs hoping to provide others with valuable information.
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Europages: the European Business Directory
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Search this database of over 500,000 companies from 30 European countries involved in all sectors of activity. The entries include company address, telephone, fax, e-mail, and product information, along with useful economic information for doing business in Europe accessible in 6 languages: French, English, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.
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Federal Licenses for Regulated Businesses
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A federal license or permit is needed if your business is involved in activities that are supervised and regulated by a federal agency. Information and contact information provided here.
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Find a Site or Building [for a business]
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Click on a map of Wisconsin to find available sites or buildings for your business on this Forward Wisconsin website. Maps, detailed property reports and contact information is provided. Forward Wisconsin works to boost the state's image, to project the state's positive business climate and to attract industry and workers to Wisconsin now and in the future.
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Forbes Lists
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Search the annual Forbes ranked lists of companies and other Forbes lists, including the "200 Best Small Companies," the "400 Best Big Companies," the richest people, best colleges, 100 best mid-cap stocks, and much more.
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Foreign Trade Statistics
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Current and historical foreign trade statistics published by the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes foreign trade statistics by various commodity classification and country breakdowns and commodity and country detail for each state.
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Foreign-Owned Firms Currently in Wisconsin
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Directory maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.
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Franchise Handbook
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The Franchise Handbook is a useful site for learning about franchise opportunities. The search
function provides information such as contact information, number of years in business, capital start-up requirements, number of franchised units and training and support opportunities. The site is also searchable by category and franchise logo.
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General BusinessFile ASAP
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Use this Gale Group InfoTrac Web database to find over 47 million articles dating back to 1980 on general business topics, including: finance, acquisitions and mergers, international trade, money management, new technologies and products, local and regional business trends, investments and banking. Search results may be printed or e-mailed. For a pdf description of this database, click here.
Generously sponsored in part by a grant from Rockwell Automation.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Get Licenses or Permits (City of Milwaukee)
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Applications, information and contacts for licenses required by the City of Milwaukee.
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Global Sources
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Product and trade information for volume buyers. Includes the Trade Show Center, a global source for trade shows and exhibitions.
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Green Book
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The GreenBook® Worldwide Directory of Marketing Research Companies and Services cross-indexes thousands of companies from all around the world. Search for facilities and services using multiple criteria such as: company name, research services offered, market specialties, industry specialties, computer programs, trademarked products and services, geographic location and key personnel listings.
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Historic Annual Reports Index
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Index to the Wisconsin Business Annual Reports Collection in print. This collection spans six decades and concentrates on Wisconsin-based companies. With a few exceptions, the index lists publically traded companies that were either headquartered in Wisconsin or were subsidiaries of other out-of-state companies.
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Hoover's Online!
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Information on thousands of the largest or fastest-growing public and private U.S. companies. Site allows free access to company address, number of employees, key people, financial data, news items and selected Web links to company Web site, SEC filings, and current stock prices. In depth information is fee-based; MPL does not subscribe to this database.
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IHS
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A major vendor of industry standards, IHS maintains the world's largest collection of technical standards, codes, and regulations from your most trusted publishers and standards developing organizations.
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Inc. 5000
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For more than 25 years, Inc. 500 has been a top guide to the most entrepreneurial companies in America. Now Inc. 5000 explores an even broader cross section of entrepreneurial America to identify and profile the 5,000 fastest growing companies in America. Lists of Companies by Gross Dollars of Growth, those Intending to go Public, by Revenue, by Metro Region, by Industry can be resorted to get customized lists.
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Industry Snapshots
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Easy access to data from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census. Revenue, Payroll, Numbers of employees and Establishments for each industry are provided.
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Inflation Rates, U.S. (CPI-U) 1913+
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Table from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics of U.S. (CPI-U) inflation rates monthly and annually, 1913+.
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Insurance Options for Small Employers (WI)
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The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) developed this Web site to provide information on the different types of insurance policies in the market, how much coverage to buy, and how to buy it wisely.
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International Trade Web Resources
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A giant portal maintained by the Federation of International Trade Associations, The International Trade Web Resources is a wonderful place to begin researching international trade. Browsable by category or searchable by keyword. Categories include Business Directories, Trade Leads, Seaports, Translations Services, Treaties and more.
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KnowThis.com
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KnowThis.com is a leading information and resource website for those involved in marketing, market research, advertising, selling, promotion, and other marketing-related areas. The site offers a FREE textbook quality Principles of Marketing series of 27 Tutorials.
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Kompass
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This international Web site links to information on almost 2.7 million companies in 60 countries, 23 million products and services in 54,300 categories, 3.8 million executives' names, and over 1 million trade and brand names. Basic searching can be done by product, service, company, trade, or brand name. Advanced searching has an additional 14 access points, including location, sales, or year established. Downloading of records is not available, but printing can be done using Adobe Acrobat's free Reader software, which creates a clean portable document format (pdf) output.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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License, Permit, Registration, or Certification in Wisconsin
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Need to apply for a business license, permit, registration, or certification in Wisconsin? Search here for information, requirements, and contacts.
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Market Research, Industry Research, Business Research
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Site featues a step-by-step process to conducting research on an industry or a specific company along with links and resources. Helpful for those considering entering new industries, competitive intelligence professionals, market researchers, economic development professionals, students, investors, etc.
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Metro Milwaukee Area Chamber of Commerce (MMAC)
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The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) and its Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE) advocates capital investment, business development and job creation for Metro Milwaukee companies. Includes business statistics and information on relocating to Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee 7 Water Council
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The Water Council is aligning the regional freshwater research community and water-related industries to establish the Milwaukee Region as the global capital for freshwater research, economic development and education by: Establishing the Milwaukee Region as the global water hub; Providing outreach to water companies looking to move into the area; and Advancing water-related industry, research and business opportunities.
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Milwaukee Department of City of Development
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Milwaukee's Department of City Development site which provides information (including some statistics) about Milwaukee's economy, market, and business climate.
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Milwaukee Downtown Market Analysis
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This report includes the findings of the 2007 Market Analysis conducted by Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, UW-Extension Center for Community and Economic Development and UW-Extension Milwaukee County. It includes a description of Downtown's trade area and corresponding demographic and economic characteristics, a detailed look at five key consumer segments, and ideas to increase Downtown Milwaukee's attractiveness as a place to shop, work, live and play.
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Milwaukee Neighborhood Strategic Planning Statistics
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Here you will find access to a wide variety of information for each of the 18 Neighborhood Strategic Planning (NSP) in the city. By clicking on a name of the NSP, you can view a summary of housing, criminal, census data, safety and health information.
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Milwaukee World Trade Association
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The MWTA is a membership driven organization that links companies and individuals with common interests: the expansion of international business, exchange of experiences, and increasing member knowledge and expertise in international sales and services. The Web site provides links to resources, posts the Association's newsletter and lists their programs and events.
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NAICS
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The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.
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NetAdvantage
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Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage puts the power of many familiar S & P publications to work for you! Included are the Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Outlook, and the familiar Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. News items and market snapshots are also found on NetAdvantage. To fully explore the site, take the guided tour in the lower right hand corner of the page. Information may be printed as an html or pdf page or exported to a spreadsheet. Archival data for many of the publications can also be found on the site.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Producer Price Index
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The Producer Price Index is a family of indexes that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by
domestic producers of goods and services. PPIs measure price change from the perspective of the seller. This contrasts with
other measures, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), that measure price change from the purchaser's perspective. Sellers'
and purchasers' prices may differ due to government subsidies, sales and excise taxes, and distribution costs.
Over 10,000 PPIs for individual products and groups of products are released each month. PPIs are available for the products of virtually every industry in the mining and manufacturing sectors of the U.S. economy. New PPIs are gradually being introduced for the products of industries in the transportation, utilities, trade, finance, and services sectors of the economy.
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Proposal Writer
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This meta-site from an independent grant consultant provides one of a kind coverage of small business resource sites. The directory covers government grants and loans, grantwriting, international grants and procurement, government contracting, and small and minority business.
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Proposal Writing: Internet Resources
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UW-Madison site lists links offering excellent guidelines for proposal writing. Some sites include advice on letters of inquiry, mission statements, and sample proposals.
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Purchasing Power Profiles-Milwaukee
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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute developed comparison data on estimated resident expenditures for 16 categories of common consumer items for 53 residential ZIP codes in the Milwaukee metropolitan area, at the request of the Milwaukee Department of City Development. The profiles are designed to help businesses, developers, and organizations assess the advantages of urban density for underserved city neighborhoods and to spur economic development in central city Milwaukee.
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Purchasing Power Profiles-U.S.
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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute provides comparison data on purchasing power, business activity, and workforce density for all census tracts, residential ZIP codes, and the 100 largest metro areas in the U.S. The profiles are designed to help cities, companies, developers, small business owners, and community organizations assess the advantages of urban density for underserved city neighborhoods.
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Ranking Tables, American Community Survey
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Ranking tables and charts have been created to give a visual quick view of comparative data on key issues across states, counties, and places. Issues compared are education, housing, income, journey to work, labor force, military service, origins and language, and poverty. Data is compiled by the American Community Survey, a project of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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ReferenceUSA
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The ReferenceUSA databases provide information on over 20 million U.S. businesses (with detailed info on 14 million) and 205 million U.S. residents. Easy to use (helpful tips) for quick address checks, but ideal for creating customized and downloadable mailing lists for increasing customers, enhancing market research, and developing business to business leads. These sample searches provide guides for using the database in a variety of ways. Job seekers! Here are some ideas for using ReferenceUSA to find that new job. Available at all Milwaukee Public Libraries and many suburban libraries.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Regional Business News
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Interested in news with a business focus? Looking for a local take on companies or business conditions around the country? Want to see newswire releases? Regional Business News from EBSCO is your source.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Research Starters - Business
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Using a different kind of learning method, Research Starters - Business (from EBSCO) are study and research guides designed specifically for advanced high school students and college students. They consist of comprehensive, yet concise topic summary articles of about 3,000 words in length written by researchers, scholars and other subject matter experts. The topics parallel course offerings at major colleges and universities in the subject areas covered, for example, marketing, management, understanding business ratios, etc. These articles are designed to be starting points for students, providing them with topic overviews, definitions of relevant terms and concepts, detailed bibliographies, and links to top supplementary articles from relevant EBSCO databases. Research Starters supports student textbooks and other materials with current and focused topic overviews, helping students to undertake their assignments and research successfully. Use the left sidebar to limit results to only Research Starters - Business records. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Salary.com
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Salary reports covering many occupations are found on this site. Find out how much you are worth, search for job opportunities, and educate yourself about how to improve your value.
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SBA - Free Training Courses for Starting and Managing a Small Bus
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The Small Business Administration has teamed up with outside businesses to create this series of free training tutorials for starting and managing a small business. Topics include franchising, international trade, marketing, government contracting and much more!
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Schedule B Export Codes
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The Schedule B search engine allows users to search the Schedule B commodity book. Schedule B commodity codes are 10-digit numeric codes used to identify products that are exported to other countries.
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SIC (Standard Industrial Classification Search)
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This site from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA) allows the user to search the 1987 version of the SIC manual. Searchable by keyword or the 4-digit SIC code, users can research categories of industry.
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Small Business Administration
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This site features a very detailed collection of links and assistance for the small business owner/entrepreneur. It has helpful information for every level of small business from business start-up to financing and much more.
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Small Business Times
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Small Business Times provides news and operational insight to the owners, presidents and other top executives of closely held businesses in southeastern Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Racine, Kenosha, Walworth and Sheboygan counties.
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Strategis
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This Industry Canada site provides direct access to valuable Canadian business and consumer information. Search Canadian company directories.
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Techstreet
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A major vendor of industry standards, Techstreet's website and web-based subscription service allows customers to freely search an online database of over 300,000 industry codes and standards aggregated from 350 of the world's leading Standards Developing Organizations.
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Thomas Global
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This is a directory which provides detailed product and company information from over 700,000 global industrial suppliers from 28 countries, organized within 11,000 product categories.
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ThomasNet.com
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The Web version of the popular multi-volume print set, The Thomas Register of American Manufacturers , now only available on the Internet. 607,000 companies in 70,000 product and service categories can be searched to find products, web sites, brand names, supplier catalogs and more.
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Trade Information Center - U.S. Department of Commerce
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The Trade Information Center (TIC) is a comprehensive resource for information on all U.S. Federal Government export assistance programs. The Center is operated by the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This site provides answers to export questions, country information, tariff and tax information, trade offices, and industry information.
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Trade Show News Network
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The Trade Show News Network (TSNN) owns and operates the most widely consulted event database on the Internet, containing data on more than 15,000 trade shows, exhibitions, public events and conferences.
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U.S. Commercial Service Upper Midwest Region
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The U.S. Commercial Service Upper Midwest Region places primary emphasis on promoting exports of goods and services from the United States, particularly by small and medium-sized companies. Services include Finding International Partners, Export Counseling and Advocacy, Market Research Reports,
Trade Events, and Trade Leads.
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Union Membership and Coverage Database
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The Union Membership and Coverage Database, UnionStats. com is an Internet data resource providing private and public sector labor union membership, coverage, and density estimates. Economy-wide estimates begin in 1973; estimates by state, detailed industry, and detailed occupation begin in 1983; and estimates by metropolitan area begin in 1986. The Database, constructed by Barry Hirsch (Georgia State University) and David Macpherson (Florida State University), is updated annually.
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UWM - Center for Economic Development
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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Center for Economic Development (UWMCED) provides unique statistical reports on economic issues involving the City of Milwaukee. An example of one of their recent studies is documents is entitled "Stealth Depression: Joblessness in the City of Milwaukee Since 1990."
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VendorNet
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VendorNet is Wisconsin's electronic purchasing information system. VendorNet was created to provide easy access to a wide variety of information of interest to vendors who wish to provide goods and services to the state as well as state agencies and municipalities.
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Virtual Business Incubator - Wisconsin
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Partially funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce and the WI Dept of Workforce Development, the Virtual Business Incubator assists small business owners in Wisconsin. A business incubator is an economic development tool designed to accelerate the growth and success of small businesses through support, resources and services.
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Wisconsin Department of Commerce
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This site from the State of Wisconsin - Department of Commerce links to dozens of useful sites of interest to all business entities in Wisconsin. Some of the categories include Business Resources, Building and Construction, Licenses and Permits and International Trade.
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Wisconsin Small Business Development Center
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The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center provides counseling and low cost classes to state entrepreneurs at all levels from start-up to established companies.
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Wisconsin State Incorporation Masterfile
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This file from the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions allows the user to search for
corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies registered through the State of Wisconsin. Useful for researching a potential company name and for status of a current or former Wisconsin registered corporation.
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Wisconsin Unemployment Statistics
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Unemployment statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor for the State of Wisconsin. They are divided by metro area as well as tables for seasonally and unseasonally adjusted employment.
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Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC)
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The Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) is an economic development corporation providing quality business education, technical assistance and access to capital for entrepreneurs. Established in 1989, WWBIC provides education and mentoring to small business owners throughout Wisconsin. Their efforts are directed particularly to women, people of color and those of lower incomes.
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Work.com
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Work.com is the entrepreneur's owner's manual to where to go, what to know, and how to get the most value from the ever-growing array of Web resources for the small business owner/operator. It is comprised of more than 3,000 How-to Guides written by business experts. How-to Guides are straightforward, quick-read descriptions of how to get something done, and where on the Web are the best places to help you check those tasks off your to-do list.
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WorkNet
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This site from the Wisconsin State Department of Workforce Development provides statistical data on businesses and job opportunities in Wisconsin.
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