Entrepreneurship & Small Business: Going Global

Provides company profiles and full-text articles on thousands of companies, public and private. Also includes industry profiles.

Company profiles, SWOT analyses (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) where available, industry profiles, stocks & investment info., management-related articles, Harvard Business Review case studies and streaming videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series.

Management-related articles in various fields including Accounting, Education, Food Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Library Services & Information Management, Marketing, Nutrition, and Professional Development. CHECK-OFF "Only content I have access to" for full-text articles and book chapters.

Selective, full-text business and management-related articles. This is a subset of the larger database Business & Company Resource Center.

Full-text articles from over 6,000 newspapers/magazines, national and international. Updated daily. Best source for up-to-date business news.

From U.S. Small Business Administration(SBA.gov). "Provides counseling, training and financing to support small business export opportunities". Includes detailed advice on export/import services/regulations and how to comply with them. Also links to U.S. trade agreements. Very practical and useful site.

Provides international business/trade information on all states. State profile information includes information on infrastructure/logistics, trade contacts, tax climate, exports, foreign direct investments. Also includes data on demographics, economics, state government. Best resource for quick information on a state's trade activity. From globalEDGE, the best "gateway" site for all types of international business/trade information.

From ENTERWeb, one of the best portals for for small and medium sized business development. Links have excellent annotations and are ranked. Outstanding.

From Entrepreneur.com. Humorous but informative essay on international business success.

From About.com. Laurel Delaney provides excellent advice on attitudes/behaviors which, if followed, should provide a positive experience when dealing with export/import issues.