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		Research Interests This page is constantly under construction... My primary areas of interest (very broadly speaking) are technology, strategy, and global competition. Narrowing that down from 10,000 feet, we get to specific topical areas such as mergers and acquisitions, the impact of technology on strategy, electronic commerce, knowledge management, chaos / complexity theory and how they can help us understand businesses, and new forms of competition and strategy. Here are some quick jump links to each section: E-mail and Virus Hoaxes \| Search Engine Guides \| General Sources of Info \| Government & Related \| Economic Information \| Bankruptcy Information \| Web Research International Business \| Business Periodicals \| TV & News Sources \| Electronic Commerce \| Chaos & Complexity Theory \| Patent / Trademark Info \| Research Papers \| Job Search Sites \| Job Search Resources \| Freedom of Information Act \| Fraud \| Academic Groups \| Publishers \| Advertising & Marketing Links (Many different categories) Can't find what you're looking for here? TRY THE INDUSTRY SPECIFIC PAGE E-Mail And Virus Hoaxes CIAC Internet Hoaxes Page Computer Integration Hoax Page Symantic Virus Hoaxes Computer Virus Myths Home Page CERT's Virus Advisory Page (real viruses) Search Engine Guides to Business Sources on The Internet Alta-Vista's Business and Finance Section Excite's Money and Investing Section Lycos' Business Section ZD Net's eWeek Yahoo's Business and Economy Section General Sources of Information and Data Sources BRINT MoreBusiness.com Resource Center The Council for Entrepreneurial Development in NC The NC Small Business and Technology Development Center KFBS Research Page The Graziadio Business Report (a practitioner journal from Pepperdine University) Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Library of Congress The Michigan Electronic Library Michigan State's List of International Business Resources on the Web Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations The Public Relations Society of America Spies.com UMI's Proquest Direct (only accessible at KFBS) UNC Library List of Electronic Resources University of Michigan's List of Statistical Resources on the Web Wharton Research and Data Services The White House's Virtual Library Statistics: Bureau of Labor Stats \| Cyber Atlas \| Fedstats \| Int'l Stats \| Population Lookup \| Economic Research Data \| U.S. Statistical Abstract \| Statistics USA \| Umich Documents Center \| US Census Datamaps \| U.K. Statistics Government & Related Yahoo's Section on Politics The Federal Web Locator GovBot The Jefferson Project Lycos US Government Section BEA The Better Business Bureau Central Web Server for U.S. & Canada Bureau of Labor Statistics Census Bureau Home Page Consumer Information Center Declassified Satellite Photographs Defense Technical Information Center Department of Defense DoD Agency Sources on the Internet Department of Education The Department of the Treasury Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Home Page EPA Fed Reserve - Minneapolis Federal Trade Commission Home Page GSA Government Information Sharing Project HOME PAGE : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Internal Revenue Service Library of Congress World Wide Web Home Page The National Park Service Home Page NOAA Home Page Occupational Outlook Handbook Office of the Director of Central Intelligence SBA: Small Business Administration Home Page Search SEC EDGAR Archives SEC Online STAT-USA/Internet Site Economic, Trade, Business Information Government Agencies: Gov't Printing Office \| Gvt.Research Services \| IRS \| OSHA \| US Business Advisor \| US Patents \| US Trademarks \| All Government Agencies \| Int'l Agencies: Foreign Gov't Resources \| IMF \| Int'l Trade Administration \| World Bank Legislature: 2001 Federal Budget \| Federal Register \| Legislator Search Engine \| State Legislatures \| Thomas Legislative Search \| US House \| Email \| US Senate \| Email Law: ABA LawLink \| CataLaw \| FindLaw \| Intellectual Property \| Lawyer Locator \| Tax Library \| West Directory \| Federal/State Code: Code of Federal Regulations \| State Code & Cases \| Tax Code \| U.S. Code \| SEC: SEC Law.com \| Securities Class Action Clearinghouse Economic Information Economagic Howard Aldrich's Page of Economic Data on the Web Bankruptcy Information Bankruptcy Online Bankruptcy List (from ABC Companies) Internet Bankruptcy Library Our Two Cents (A humorous look at bankruptcy) Bankruptcy:American Bankruptcy Institute \| Bankruptcy Stats Web / Internet Research Internet Research & Surveys: eLab \| Electronic Commerce Guide \| Internet Business Surveys \| WWW User Survey The World Wide Web Consortium [W3C] @vantage BrowserWatch - Browser News Room! BrowserWatch - Stats Station! CMP TechWeb Dataquest Interactive Gartner Group, Inc. InformationWeek Inquiry.com IntelliQuest® Home Page International Data Corporation Internet Society Home Page InternetSourcebook.Com InternetWeek Internet Wiretap ( gopher site or web site ) Internet World Merit Network, Inc. Network Wizards PC Magazine Online Web Compare Wired News The World-Wide Web and CERN Zona Research Directory Search:AnyWho \| Area Code Finder \| Switchboard \| 800 Directory \| Yellow Pages \| Zip Code Finder \| Zip Code Finder (Business) \| Electronic Mailing List Directory International Business/Economic Information Alta-Vista's Section on International Business ABCNews Your Business Advice Pages Yahoo's Section on International Economy The CIA's Publication Page The Economist Intelligence Unit The IMF's Publication Page Globus and the National Trade Data Bank The United Nations (lots of information but very slow) ( UN Search Site ) U.S. Department of Commerce's STAT-USA U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration Business Periodicals Barrons Business Week Ecola's Newsstand The Economist Forbes Fortune Harvard Business Review Inc Money Magazine The New York Times USA Today Electronic Commerce MasterCard International Pointers Iowa Electronic Markets CommerceNet Home E-Commerce E-Zines and Resources - Electronic Commerce Research Room E-Commerce Information Electronic Commerce Statistics and Reports About.com Internet Stats Center - Internet Industry eCommerce Info Center- ONE-STOP for eCommerce services, products & technologies. E-Commerce Learning Center @ North Carolina State University \| Dr. Michael Rappa CNET Builder.com - Web Business - 10 Questions on E-Commerce - (8/31/99) United States Government Electronic Commerce Policy The New York Times: E-Commerce META Group, Inc. The E-Commerce Advisor: Internet marketing/e-commerce newsletter/e-zine E-commerce Resource Center, ECRC Bremerton, WA- frontpage EC, electronic commerce, Internet, EDI, CCR, Procurement, E-business internet.com's Electronic Commerce Guide TheStandard.com: homepage E-Commerce Times: the E-Business and Technology Super Site BizReport.com Webcentric Central - Management's Online Resource for Corporate Internet Tips, Best Practices, Info eMarketer strategy+business by Booz Allen & Hamilton EFS - E-Money Electronic Commerce Resources W3C Electronic Commerce Interest Group useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's site (Usable Information Technology) ePaynews - ePayment Resource Center E-Commerce: Doing Business on the Internet Management of E-Commerce home page Welcome to Sapient. We have an idea for you. GartnerGroup Interactive Home Chaos and Complexity Theory Complexity, Complex Systems and Chaos Theory: @BRINT (tm) Burning! Chaos Page "The Chaos Experience" Welcome to the Santa Fe Institute Chaos at Maryland Chaos Matrix Patent / Trademark Information Patent Information US Trademark Database Research Papers IDEAS INFORMS: Searchable Databases Marketing Research Structural Equation Software SIC and NAICS Codes Economic Data Hoover's StockScreener Search LMT - Academic Programs Research Center Business, Management, Technology & Knowledge Management Resource - @BRINT - Knowledge Management - Intellectual Capital - Information Systems - Strategy - Research - Consulting - Intranets - E-Commerce - Electronic Commerce - BPR - Magazines - Journals - News - Complexity - Chaos - Intellectual Property - Jobs - Healthcare - Business Process Innovation - Virtual Corporations - Innovation Directory of /payday Market Guide Inc. The Financial Data Finder A - G Statistical Resources on the Web UMI: ProQuest Direct CyberAtlas: The Web Marketer's Guide to Online Facts KFBS Intranet: Research Wharton Research and Data Services External LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe Home Page UNC-CH Library Electronic Resources KFBS Intranet: Research UMI's ProQuest Direct UNCTAD: Publications Freedom of Information Act Descriptions of Department of Justice Components, Addresses, Locations of Reading Rooms, and Descriptions of Information Routinely Made Publicly Available, and Multitrack Processing Department of Justice Freedom of Information Act Reference Guide Copies of Forms US State Department - Services - Visas FREE CREDIT REPORTS ONLINE! Experian (TRW), Eqifax, Trans Union Credit Report Net Welcome to Trans Union, LLC. The Leader in Credit Reporting and History Equifax :: Changing the Shape of Global Commerce Experian - Global Home Page Welcome to ConsumerInfo.Com credit reports, credit report, credit bureaus, credit bureau, credit information Information Technology and Social Accountability MIB, Inc. - Servicing the life, health and disability insurance industries for over 90 years. Medical Information Bureau Public Sources for SSN (Social Security Number) Get Your Files - FULL DISCLOSURE The Stalker's Home Page -- No More Privacy! -- As Seen on the LEEZA Show The Direct Marketing Association Fraud Consumer Protection Social Security Numbers and Privacy Ancestry.com - Home Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Home Page Social Security Numbers and Privacy Periodically an individual or a business has need to dig up background information on somebody * Proposed Legislation - Sub-Menu - NCI Proposed Legislation - Sub-Menu - NCI SSN Alert! University Web Pages with SSN's Ancestry.com - Home Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Home Page DOJ:Other Federal Government Sites Download U.S. Code National Foundation for Credit Counseling American Bar Association Home Page US Code : Title 15, Chapter 41 Credit Reporting Agencies Credit Bureaus Contact Information! Consumer Credit Repair Experian - Global Home Page FREE CREDIT REPORTS! Re: Credit Bureaus or credit reporting agencies contact information? Credit Repair - Erase Bad Credit debt consolidation loans, bad credit, unsecured credit cards, credit reports, home loans, car loans, personal finance Equifax :: Changing the Shape of Global Commerce Vault.com: Career Advancement for Professionals Academic Groups IRSS Links NACRA Academy of Management Online Strategic Management Society AACSB Home Page Publishers John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers Marketing Research Business and Economics Catalog -- Management SWCP Publishers Marketing & Advertising Links Advertising Online Ad Media \| ClickZ Network \| Iconocast \| Advertising AdAccess - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/ over 7,000 advertisements ADCRITIC.COM - http://www.adcritic.com TV advertisements & video clips Brandweek - http://www.brandweek.com/ Advertising Age - http://www.adage.com/ Analyst Reports* EPA Sector Notebook Reports - http://es.epa.gov/oeca/sector/index.html Gartner intraWeb - Analysis and research reports from 25 areas Investext - Instructions: click on "Advanced Search" then "Investext" Articles ABI/Inform Academic Universe AJR NewsLink http://ajr.newslink.org/news.html Business Source Elite BPubs.com http://www.bpubs.com/ Dow Jones Interactive Special Instructions: UNC-CH is allowed 5 users at a time so Please logoff using the "EXIT" button within Dow Jones Interactive. General Business File International Internet-Based Marketing Readings http://www.chapmanrg.com/IMR/IMR.HTM. . MarketingProfs.Com http://www.marketingprofs.com SME Marketing Library http://marketinglibrary.com Company Information Academic Universe Companies Online Search - http://www.companiesonline.com/ Company Sleuth (free, registration required) - http://www.companysleuth.com Corporate Information - http://www.corporateinformation.com/ Disclosure - is derived from reports filed with the SEC FreeEDGAR.com http://www.freeedgar.com/ 10k and other reports of corporations General Business File International Hoover's Online http://www.hoovers.com/ . Hoovers Company Profiles similar to the info in the "members only" of Hoovers Free corporate annual reports http://www.reportgallery.com/ TableBase Statistics about companies, industries, products, markets, etc. Thomas Register - http://www.thomasregister.com/ (free, registration required) Look up a product and find listings for manufacturers. Competitor Analysis Fuld & Co. http://www.fuld.com Hoovers Company Profiles through EBSCO host North Carolina Chapter, Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals http://www.charlottenet.com/scipnc Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals http://www.scip.org Consumers American Demographics - http://www.demographics.com/ Census - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/stateis.html Government Info Sharing Project - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/ TableBase - Stats about companies, industries, products, markets, etc.. USA Counties 1996 - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/usaco-stateis.html U.S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov Definitions of Concepts & Terms Britannica Online - http://www.eb.com:180/ InfoPlease - http://www.infoplease.com a free encyclopedia, dictionary, and almanac MarketingProfs.Com - http://www.marketingprofs.com Economic Analysis Bureau of Economic Analysis - http://www.bea.doc.gov/ Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov Economic Census 1992 - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/econ-stateis.html Economic Policy Institute - http://www.epinet.org Office of Trade and Economic Analysis - http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ Regional Economic Information System - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/reis-stateis.html U.S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov U.S. Census Bureau Economic Overview http://www.census.gov/econ/overview/index.html U.S. Census Bureau Economic Programs - http://www.census.gov/pub/econ/www/ Employment opportunities College Journal - http://www.collegejournal.com Monster Board - http://www.monsterboard.com Wall Street Journal Career site http://careers.wsj.com Export & Import Information Trade and Export Information by Industry - http://www.ita.doc.gov/ita_home/itakeyin.html U.S. Customs Service - http://www.customs.ustres.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm U.S. Imports/Exports History 1993-1998 - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/impexp.html Forecasts Academic Universe Gartner intraWeb - Analisys and reports from 25 area TableBase - Stats on companies, industries, products, markets, and consumer, etc. Guides to Business Information Sources CEOExpress.com http://www.ceoexpress.com KnowThis.com http://www.knowthis.com MarketingProfs.Com http://www.marketingprofs.com Prentice Hall Directory of Online Business Information http://www.bizinfosearch.com/ Industry Classification Codes (SIC & NAICS) SIC & NAICS - http://www.d.umn.edu/~jvileta/naics.html - differences between Standard Industrial Classification (SICs) and the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) North American Industry Classification System http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html Standard Industrial Classification Search - http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html Industry Information Annual Report on American Industry - http://www.forbes.com/forbes/SubSect/AnnualRe.htm Office of Trade and Economic Analysis - http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ International & Country Information African Industry Profiles - http://mbendi.co.za/indy/afindy.htm Big Emerging Markets - http://www.ita.doc.gov/bems/index.html State Department - http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html Canadian Industrial Overviews - http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_ecnmy/sio/homepage.html County Business Patterns - http://www.census.gov:80/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html Country Commercial Guides http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/index.html Country Links A-Z - http://www.d.umn.edu/~jvileta/ibr/ibr_a.html Country Studies/Area Handbooks Program http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#about International Marketing Links - http://www.d.umn.edu/~jvileta/mktg.html Stat-USA (GLOBUS -- National Trade Data Bank) - http://www.stat-usa.gov http://www.worldbank.org/html/iecdd/wdipdf.html World Factbook - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Magazines & Periodicals PubList.com http://publist.com/ list of 150,000 magazines and periodicals NewsDirectory Magazines (Sales and Marketing) http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/magazine/business/salesmkt/ Links to the web pages of magazines & periodicals Major Competitors Current Industrial Reports - http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/cir/www/ Hoovers Company Profiles Internet Industry Resources - http://mfginfo.com/htm/industry.htm IndustryLink - http://www.industrylink.com Thomas Register - http://www.thomasregister.com/ (free, registration required) Maps Excite Travel http://www.excite.com/travel/ Using A Compass - http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs07999.html How far is it? - http://www.indo.com/distance/ Yahoo! Maps - http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py Map Blast - http://www.mapblast.com/mapblast/start.hm MapQuest - http://www.mapquest.com Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html Tiger Mapping Service - http://tiger.census.gov/ U.S. Gazetteer - http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer U.S. State Highway Maps (Free by mail) - http://www.freemap.com/free.htm U.S. State Home Pages - http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html Virtual Tourist World Map - http://www.vtourist.com City Maps - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/world_cities.html Market Segments American Demographics - http://www.demographics.com/ Market Share TableBase - Stats about companies, industries, products, markets, etc. Marketing Plans American Demographics - http://www.demographics.com/ Sample business plans - http://www.bplans.com News Groups Dejanews -http://www.dejanews.com CataList: the list of listservs - http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html Liszt - http://www.liszt.com Patents IBM patent search - http://patent.womplex.ibm.com U.S. Patent Office - http://www.uspto.gov People KnowX - http://www.knowx.com - Background checks. Switchboard - http://www.switchboard.com - Telephone directory Political Information FedWorld Information Network - http://www.fedworld.gov GAO Reports - http://www.gao.gov - US General Accounting Office reports U.S. Congressional activity - http://thomas.loc.gov Product Development IBM patent search - http://patent.womplex.ibm.com Product Development Management Association - http://wwwpdma.org New Products Showcase & Learning Center - http://www.showlearn.com/ U.S. Patent Office - http://www.uspto.gov Professional Associations American Marketing Association - http://www.ama.org Management Science INFORMS - http://informs.org Product Development Management Association - http://wwwpdma.org Ranking & Ratings Sources List of Lists - http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/listof.htm Regulatory Information Federal Regulations - http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html Federal Register - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov GPO databases - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/db2.html US. Congress activity - http://thomas.loc.gov Small Businesses US Small Business Administration - http://www.sba.gov/ State and Local Information Visit communities around the world - http://www.jobweb.org/catapult/cities.htm City.Net United States - http://www.city.net/countries/united_states/ 50 States by Indiana - http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/lawindex.html 50 States by LC Web - http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html StateSearch - http://www.nasire.org USA CityLink - http://usacitylink.com/ States, cities - http://www.hps.com Statistics African Industry Profiles - http://mbendi.co.za/indy/afindy.htm American Demographics - http://www.demographics.com/ Bureau of Economic Analysis - http://www.bea.doc.gov/ Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov Canadian Industry Statistics - http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_indps/engdoc/homepage.html Census & Demography Links-Pick http://www2.wavetech.net/~davidebz/demography/censusb.html Census - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/stateis.html Data on the Net - http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata/ 788 sites Demographics Journal - http://www.amcity.com/journals/demographics/ Economic Census 1992 - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/econ-stateis.html The Dismal Scientist - http://www.dismal.com/ - economic information analysis FedStats - http://www.fedstats.gov International Council of Shopping Centers - Research http://www.icsc.org/rsrch/research.html The Right Site - http://www.easidemographics.com/ FREE Demogr. Reports National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ Office of Trade and Economic Analysis - http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ Regional Economic Information System - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/reis-stateis.html State Data Centers - http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/sdc/www/ Statistical Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stats.html Statistical Sources - http://www.mnsfld.edu/depts/lib/govstats.html Statistics Links - http://www.d.umn.edu/~jvileta/statistics.html Stat-USA - http://www.stat-usa.gov Trade and Export Information by Industry - http://www.ita.doc.gov/ita_home/itakeyin.html USA Counties - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/usaco-stateis.html US Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov US Imports/Exports History 1993-1998 - http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/impexp.html Supply Chain ManufacturingNet - http://www.manufacturing.net/ Trade Associations ASAE Trade Assocation Directory http://info.asaenet.org/gateway/OnlineAssocSlist.html - 6,500+ sites Yahoo Trade Associations http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Organizations/Trade_Associations/ Trade Shows Trade Show News Network - http://www.mediafinder.com/trade.cfm?tp=b Trade Show Central - http://ww0.tscentral.com/ This page was last modified on 11/25/00. 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