Business Researchers Network articles from April 2003

Business Researchers Network archives from April 2003

India enacts Freedom of Information Act.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... India has enacted its Freedom of Information Act. It provides for the freedom of every citizen to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, consistent with the public interest, in order to promote openness,...

Up-to-date analysis of U.S.-France relations.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.ifpa.org/publications/ francemono_dwnload.htm The Institute for Policy Analysis has issued an extraordinarily timely and up-to-date exploration of French-American relations, including the deep reservoir of anti-American feeling...

State Sci-Tech Indicators.
April 1, 2003... http://www.ta.doc.gov/reports/TechPolicy/ StateIndicators/2003_Pt1.pdf The just-released 2003 edition of The Dynamics of Technology-based Economic Development: State Science and Technology Indicators, available at the above link, provides...

Key source for Russian market/company info.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.troika.ru/ Troika Dialog, available in English at the above link, is the oldest and largest private investment company in Russia. While some of the material on the site is open to clients only, there's much of value for all...

Regulatory oversight of genetic testing.
April 1, 2003... http://www.doh.gov.uk/hgc/genesdirect/ genesdirect_full.pdf Genes Direct: Ensuring the Effective Oversight of Genetic Tests Supplied Directly to the Public is available at the above link. Authored by the United Kingdom's Human Genetics...

The status and future of e-government.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.excelgov.org/usermedia/images/uploads/ PDFs/egovpoll2003.pdf The New E-Government Equation: Ease, Engagement, Privacy and Protection, available in pdf form at the above link, is a 33-page report prepared for the Council for...

Easy access to German company websites.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.germandata.com/pages/ companyfinder.html GermanData: Company Finder, at the above link, is a no-frills site that simply provides, in alphabetical order, a list of German companies with hyperlinks to their websites. The...

Learn or practice Internet research skills.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/business-manager/ The Internet Business Manager, at the above link, is a free online tutorial that teaches users how to search the Internet, what to trust on the Internet, and how to get the most from the...

How Eurasian firms finance trade.
April 1, 2003... http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/financesurvey.cfm Finance Survey 2003, at the above link, provides the results of a finance survey that was conducted in 8 countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, and...

Trade in the Post-DOHA Global Economy.
April 1, 2003... http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/ites/0102/ijee/ ijee0102.pdf A new collection of papers, Trade in the Post-DOHA Global Economy, 29 pages, is available at the above link. Included are articles by top officials at the U.S. Departments of...

Doing business in Spain.
April 1, 2003... http://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/business_spain/ index.html Although written specifically for Australian firms, the recently published guide, Doing Business in Spain: An Introductory Guide to the Market, offers a wealth of guidance and...

China's insurance industry.(Asian Development Bank has published a new study, People's Republic of China: Strengthening the Insurance Industry Regulatory and Supervising System)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.adb.org/Documents/Studies/ PRC_Insurance/default.asp The Asian Development Bank has published a new study, People's Republic of China: Strengthening the Insurance Industry Regulatory and Supervising System. Available at the above...

The geneology of accounting firms.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.icaew.co.uk/library/ index.cfm?AUB=TB2I_50270,MNXI_50270 How is Josiah Wade's accountancy practice, founded in 1780, related to the present-day firm Deloitte Haskins & Sells? You can find out by visiting What's in a Name: Firms'...

CI software report updated.(Intelligence Software Report 2003: Leveraging the Web summary available)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2003/ A free executive summary and the Industry Trends section of Intelligence Software Report 2003: Leveraging the Web is available on the Fuld & Company website, above. It reviews 16 competitive...

Daily news of four consumer markets.
April 1, 2003... http://aroq.com/ Aroq, Ltd., at the above link, it a portal through which you can access four of the firm's web sites, each offering timely company, industry, and market news of a specific consumer sector. http://just-auto.com is a...

Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food.
April 1, 2003... http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10690.html The National Academy of Sciences' new report, Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food, available at the above link, reinforces progress the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already made in...

Patent and Trademark Office strategic plan.
April 1, 2003... http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/strat21/ stratplan_03feb2003.pdf The 21st Century Strategic Plan of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 15 pages, available at the above link, provides details on the six steps planned to modernize...

Trade barriers on U.S. goods and services.
April 1, 2003... http://www.ustr.gov/reports/nte/2003/index.htm The 2003 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers, 422 pages, available at the above link, provides an inventory of the most important foreign barriers affecting U.S. exports of...

Pension Insurance Data Book.
April 1, 2003... http://www.pbgc.gov/publications/databook/ databook02.pdf The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has issued a new edition of its annual statistical reference book, the Pension Insurance Data Book, 82 pages, available at the above...

Track the federal rulemaking process.
April 1, 2003... http://www.reginfo.gov/Regmap/index.html Knowing about potential knew federal rules and regulations early in the process provides you with a "heads-up," and the opportunity to prepare, well in advance, to submit comments for or against...

Management consulting report.(Association of Management Consulting Firms published the 16th edition of its annual Operating Ratios for Management Consulting Firms: A Resource for Benchmarking)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.amcf.org/ The Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF) has published the 16th edition of its annual Operating Ratios for Management Consulting Firms: A Resource for Benchmarking. It provides a comprehensive picture of...

One plan for Iraq's future.
April 1, 2003... http://www.adamsmithinstitute.com/public_assets/181 ASI_IraqPaper.pdf The Adam Smith Institute has released a 27-page report, available at the above link, setting out a comprehensive plan for the reform and reconstruction of post-Saddam...

Directory of Corporate Archives updated.
April 1, 2003... http://www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm The Society of American Archivists has updated their Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada, the online version of which resides at the above link. Entries in this...

Strategic sourcing through reverse auctions.
April 1, 2003... http://www.capsresearch.org/ReportPDFs/ Beall2003ReverseAuctions.pdf The electronic reverse auction (e-RA) is an online, real-time dynamic auction between a buying organization and a group of pre-qualified suppliers who compete against...

OPIC HSandbook updated.
April 1, 2003... http://www.opic.gov/pdf/publications/ 03_ProgramHandbook.pdf Just released is the 2003 OPIC Program Handbook, available in pdf form at the above link. It provides detailed information on the mission of the Overseas Private Investment...

Next Generation Environmental Technologies.
April 1, 2003... http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1682/ index.html Next Generation Environmental Technologies: Benefits and Barriers is a new RAND study, available at the above link. These technologies, acronymned NGETs, focus on the redesign, at the...

Energy opportunities in Peru.
April 1, 2003... http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/peru.html A new report by the Energy Information Administration, available at the above link, focuses on Peru as a market for U.S. and other foreign energy companies. Although privatization is...

Rankings of top 200 global retailers.
April 1, 2003... http://www.stores.org/pdf/GlobalRetail03.pdf The world's top 200 retailers are ranked at the above link. Commentary on many of the top performers, including the rationales behind their upward or downward placement on the top 200 list is...

Hospitals and healthcare in Australia.
April 1, 2003... http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/ hospitals.htm Hospitals in Australia, available at the above link, is a newly updated brief that focuses on hospitals in both the public and private sectors. It includes collections of data, and...

New audit rules for national banks.
April 1, 2003... http://www.occ.treas.gov/handbook/ 2003AuditHBintroduction.pdf Internal and External Audits, available at the above link, is a 184-page book by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). It has just been revised to clarify what...

Major improvement for FirstGov coming soon.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/ 21858-1.html FirstGov, the U.S. government's official web portal (http://www.firstgov.gov) expects a sudden and dramatic improvement in timeliness of postings and consistency within two to three...

New study examines Internet use.
April 1, 2003... http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/pdfs/ PIP_Shifting_Net_Pop_Report.pdf A new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, available at the above link, looks at who's using the Internet, who's not connected, their online habits,...

Guide to the U.S. embargo on Cuba.
April 1, 2003... http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/ sanctions/t11cuba.pdf What You Need to Know About the U.S. Embargo, updated March 2003, is available at the above link. It provides an overview of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, Title...

Iraq war's economic impact on Australia.
April 1, 2003... http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/ 2002-03/03cib20.pdf Economics of War with Iraq, available at the above link, is a 12-page report by Australia's Department of the Parliamentary Library. It explores some possible effects of the war...

The Business Implications of SARS.
April 1, 2003... http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/whatshot.cfm\ Since SARS first came to public attention in March, the illness has disrupted global business and vacation travel plans, prompted downward revisions to economic forecasts, jeopardized the...

Low-cost online training.
April 1, 2003... http://www.jedlet.com/ default.asp?lang=EN&cur=USD JEDlets, available through above link, are instant online tutorials for a broad spectrum of current business challenges and operations. A single tutorial costs $12, with discounts based on...

Grab your target's website.
April 1, 2003... http://home.earthlink.net/~rcranisky/SiteSucker/ index.html It's just for Mac users, but SiteSucker is free software, described and available at the above link. It automatically downloads websites from the Internet. It does this by copying...

Business contacts in emerging economies.
April 1, 2003... http://www.globalaudit.org/ Newnations, which shares the above link with World Audit, provides contact information and descriptions for business opportunities, tenders, suppliers, and potential joint venture partners in emerging economies,...

21st century sci. & engineering infrastructure.
April 1, 2003... http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/documents/2003/start.htm Science and Engineering Infrastructure for the 21st Century: The Role of the National Science Foundation is based on a study conducted by the National Science Board (NSB). It provides details...

Nuclear energy research and development.(the U.S. Department of Energy issues reports on its Nuclear Energy Research Initiative)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... The U.S. Department of Energy recently issued reports on its Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI), available at http://neri.ne.doe.gov/reports.html, and its International Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (I-NERI), available at...

Ergonomics Guidelines for Nursing Homes.(the Occupational Safety and Health Administration publishes 'Ergonomics: Guidelines for Nursing Homes')(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.osha.gov/ergonomics/guidelines/ nursinghome/final_nh_guidelines.pdf The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published Ergonomics: Guidelines for Nursing Homes, available at the above link. To develop the...

Is your website well linked?(the Linking Matters Report is a resource to help website owners, managers, and others to run effective linking strategies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.linkingmatters.com/ The Linking Matters Report, available at the above link, is a free resource that helps website owners, managers, and others to run an effective linking strategy. Step-by-step instructions are provided. ...

Administration's e-government plans.(the Office of Management and Budget issues a report describing the e-government achievements of the Administration since 2/02)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/ 2003egov_strat.pdf The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a report that describes the e-government achievements of the Administration since February 2002, the challenges facing e-government...

Benchmark case studies and questionnaire.(the Benchmarking Index offers several case studies and a questionnaire to collect data for benchmarking studies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.benchmarkindex.com/sb-fs.html The Benchmarking Index, at the above link, offers several case studies as well as a detailed questionnaire used to collect data necessary for performing a benchmarking study. Prepared by the...

State export statistics.(Export Statistics Express is a service that provides state export data in a wide variety of forms)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://ese.export.gov/ITA2002/Intro_new.htm Export Statistics Express, available at the above link, is an International Trade Administration (ITA) service that lets you view a wealth of state export data in a wide variety of forms. ...

Business purchasing on the Internet.(the number of firms purchasing both direct and indirect materials over the Internet continues to increase)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.napm.org/ISMReport/Forrester/ FROB042003.cfm For the first quarter ending in March 2003, the number of organizations purchasing both direct and indirect materials via the Internet continued to grow. A new Institute for...

Energy price manipulation: final report.(a study is completed to determine how much California and Western energy markets were manipulated in 2000 and 2001)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.naruc.org/price_manip.pdf The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has completed a year-long study to determine whether and, if so, the extent to which California and Western energy markets were manipulated during 2000 and 2001....

Impact of gasoline prices on hotel occupancy.(the Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University analyzes the relationship between gasoline prices and lodging demand)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/chr/featured/ pdfs/gasprice.pdf The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University has published a study that provides a 13-year analysis of the relationship between gasoline prices and lodging...

Southwest Airlines' success secrets.(Southwest Airlines remains profitable while competittors struggle)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/ articles.cfm?catid=2&articleid=753&homepage=yes How does Southwest Airlines keep making money while the airline industry overall is in a shambles? Two airlines--US Airways and United Air Lines--are...

Directory of pharmaceutical manufacturers.(the druginfonet site provides a link to a directory of pharmaceutical manufacturers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.druginfonet.com/ index.php?pageID=manufacturers.htm The above link, within the druginfonet site, provides a directory of pharmaceutical manufacturers with separate sections for prescription drug manufacturers and...

Company press releases from Canada.(CCN Matthews' Web site provides full text company press releases)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.cdn-news.com/scripts/headlines1.pl CCNMatthews, at the above link, provides scores of full-text company press releases. Our test drive found six releases dated between the hours of 5 and 6 p.m. (not the busiest hour of the...

Financial Times country & industry reports.(Financial Times puts its surveys on a web site)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://surveys.ft.com/ Financial Times publishes some 240 "surveys" annually which appear with copies of the newspaper most days of the week, and all of them are available at the above link. Topics include financial markets, global...

Six Technologies That Will Change the World.(Business 2.0 offers the full text of its article "Six Technologies That Will Change the World" at its Web site)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/ 0,1640,49104,00.html Business 2.0 offers the full text of its article entitled "Six Technologies That Will Change the World," available at the above link. Each of the six includes a terse...

Daily news of the rail and bus industries. (Two Top Sources for Rail Intelligence).(at iRail's Web site)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.irail.com/pre/default.asp iRail is a firm that provides technology solutions for the rail and bus industry. At the above link, it provides daily updated major news items relating to the rail and bus sectors. Additional news items...

Directory of railway contractors. (Two Top Sources for Rail Intelligence).(Railway Technology's Web site provides a directory of railway contractors and suppliers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/indexAtoZ.html Railway Technology, at the above link, provides an extensive directory of railway contractors and suppliers. Entries link to company-provided, highly detailed, descriptions of...

Daily news of food and consumer products.(Grocery Manufacturers of America has a Web site)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.smartbrief.com/gma/index.jsp Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) is the world's largest association of food, beverage, and consumer product companies. At the link above, GMA offers SmartBrief, a free daily briefing on the...

Small business assistance.(a discussion of the services provided by the Small Business Administration)(Directory)(Illustration)
April 1, 2003... According to the Small Business Administration (SBA) there are currently more than 25 million small businesses, employing more than 50 percent of the private work force, generating more than half of the nation's gross domestic products, and...

"Clearance" sale at GPO.(the U.S. Government Printing Office provides a list of publications at deep discounts)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://bookstore.gpo.gov/values/ The U.S. Government Printing Office is offering a growing list of publications at deep discounts--more that 75 percent off their regular prices. Check the link above for prices, and check back frequently for...

Boost the power of your Intranet with BRN.
April 1, 2003... If you haven't yet instructed us to supplement your print copy of BRN with our electronic edition in Microsoft Word, jump on the bandwagon ASAP. Your personal advantage will be the ability to click on any links to visit featured sites. ...

Reports on telecommunications industries.(BIA Financial Network's Web site provides information related to the broadcasting, telecommunications, and related industries)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.bia.com/ BIA Financial Network provides news and analyses relating to the broadcasting, telecommunications, and related industries through the above link. Free online registration allows full access. One of several recent...

Occupational safety & health research.(the NIOSH Bibliography of Communication and Research Products is available online)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2003... http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/nioshbib02.pdf The just-published NIOSH Bibliography of Communication and Research Products, available at the above link, is a 131-page compilation of publications issued by National Institute for Occupational...