Business Researchers Network articles from July 2003

Business Researchers Network archives from July 2003

Thank you for your patience.
July 1, 2003... Yes, it's November. And this is the July issue of Business Researchers Network. Those of you who have e-mail us or called know why. For those who are still in the dark, we'd like to explain and express to all our apologies and our sincerest...

Business Directory of Israel.
July 1, 2003... http://www.hareshima.co.il/Israel/Business/Businessdirectory.asp The Israel Business Directory, at the above link, provides one-paragraph descriptions and links to the websites of Israeli firms. Entries are arranged under categories...

Japan Company Handbook.
July 1, 2003... http://www.toyokeizai.co.jp/english/jch/ The Japan Company Handbook provides coverage of more than 3,500 Japanese companies. Ordering information on the newly update (through March 2003) reference is available at the above link. The...

How the FTC investigates proposed mergers.
July 1, 2003... http://www.ftc.gov/be/riocruise0703.pdf You don't need to have a specific interest in the cruise ship industry to benefit from the new Federal Trade Commission study Empirical Analyses of Potential Competitive Effects of a Horizontal...

Annual report on cable industry prices.
July 1, 2003... http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-03-136A1.pdf The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just released an annual report providing cable industry prices for 2002. Report on Cable Industry Prices, 27 pages, is...

U.S. v. Microsoft: report on compliance.
July 1, 2003... http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f201100/201135.htm The consent judgment in United States v.Microsoft and New York, et al. v. Microsoft requires that compliance status reports be filed every six months. The first of these reports has now...

Investigational new drug researchers.
July 1, 2003... http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/special/bmis/alentind.zip The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research offers a massive zip file, at the above link, that contains a complete directory identifying clinical investigators, contract research...

Trade Reform in Vietnam.
July 1, 2003... http://econ.worldbank.org/files/27368_wps3076.pdf A new 19-page report by the World Bank, Trade Reform in Vietnam: Opportunities and Emerging Challenges is available at the above link. The paper examines the pace of trade reform in...

Programs of Manufacturing Engineering Lab.
July 1, 2003... http://www.mel.nist.gov/pdfs/bb03screen.pdf A 191-page guide, The Programs of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, available at the above link, describes the many programs conducted by this National Institute of Standards and...

Economic and banking conditions by state.
July 1, 2003... http://www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/stateprofile/index.html The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) provides quarterly economic and banking profiles of each state at the above link. Included are commentaries on conditions as...

Uncover labor laws affecting your firm.
July 1, 2003... http://www.dol.gov/elaws/FirstStep/index.htm The FirstStep Employment Law Advisor is a new website of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that is designed to help employers determine which laws administered by DOL apply to their business...

Kenya's financial and economic conditions.
July 1, 2003... http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2003/cr03200.pdf A new 81-page "Selected Issues" paper by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kenya: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, is available at the above link. It reviews the...

Barriers to E-Commerce in wine.
July 1, 2003... http://www.ftc.gov/os/2003/07/winereport2.pdf A new 139-page report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Possible Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce: Wine is available at the above link. The report assesses the impact on...

Workplace innovation and the economy.
July 1, 2003... http://www.ccpr.ucla.edu/ccprwpseries/ccpr_017_03.pdf What's Driving the New Economy?: The Benefits of Workplace Innovation, available at the above link, is a working paper that introduces the idea that, "in addition to investment in...

Preferential trade in the western Pacific Rim.
July 1, 2003... http://www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/pdfs/api069.pdf A new 8-page report by the East-West Center, The Move to Preferential Trade in the western Pacific Rim, is available at the above link. It shows that, in the past four years, more than...

The Internet Law Journal.
July 1, 2003... http://www.tilj.com/context/home.htm The Internet Law Journal is a free on-line publication that provides in-depth articles relating to legal issues and the Internet. Recent articles deal with topics such as privacy, taxation on sales...

How states stack up in lobbying regulation.
July 1, 2003... http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/index.asp?L1=20&L2=10&L3 =23&L4=3&L5=0&State= Hired Guns, a Center for Public Integrity survey available at the above link, provides detailed state-by-state information on how lobbyists are regulated....

Best of the business thinkers.
July 1, 2003... http://www.thinkers50.co.uk Who's "smarter" than Bill Gates? Thinkers 50, at the above link, ranks the top 50 in the "world of thought-leadership," and includes short biographical sketches of each. Bill Gates boasts the 20th spot,...

Traveling overseas? Check crisis watch first.
July 1, 2003... http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid= 1110 While the U.S. Department of State publishes highly valuable, authoritative, Travel Warnings at http://travel.state.gov/, another some, available at the above link, has been...

Privatization opportunities in Russia.
July 1, 2003... http://russia.privatizationlink.com/english/index.cfm PrivatizationLink Russia, at the above link, features privatization-related investment opportunities in Russia, and information on the legal and market environment. The site is...

Business Guide for Iraq.
July 1, 2003... http://www.export.gov/iraq/pdf/iraq_business_guide_current.pdf The U.S. Department of Commerce's Business Guide for Iraq, available at the above link, is a periodically updated report. It provides details on current reconstruction...

Who's got a piece of the Iraqi pie?
July 1, 2003... http://www.buyusa.gov/uae/en/page92.html The U.S. Commercial Service office in the United Arab Emirates offers a guide for potential subcontractors seeking opportunities in the reconstruction of Iraq. It's available at the above link. ...

Genetically modified crops and foods.
July 1, 2003... http://www.gmsciencedebate.org.uk/report/default.htm A new study, available at the above link, provides the results of the United Kingdom's GM Science Review Panel detailed review of current scientific knowledge on genetically modified...

World Trade Organization documents.
July 1, 2003... http://docsonline.wto.org/ A World Trade Organization (WTO) database, available at the above link, provides access to the official documentation of the WTO, including legal texts and WTO agreements. Documents are available in English,...

Business news from Romania.
July 1, 2003... http://www.ccir.ro/ccir/press/eng/Insight/Index.html Romanian Insight, available at the above link, is a periodic newsletter--in English--of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and of Bucharest. Included is a wealth of...

Risk assessment for food terrorism.
July 1, 2003... http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/rabtact.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has prepared an assessment of the risks to public health of a terrorist attack on the food supply and of serious illness due to inadvertent food...

Source for foreign company research.
July 1, 2003... http://www.corporateinformation.com/freeuniv.asp While Winthrop Corporation offers fee-based access for its universe of domestic and foreign company research, the above link offers a free extensive sampling, including data and analyses on...

Track congressional IT action.
July 1, 2003... http://www.internetnews.com/special/index.php/12151 Jupitermedia's Internetnews service offers frequently updated special reports on developments in the U.S. Congress relating to information technology (IT) at the above link. Recent...

Locate scientific papers on the Web.
July 1, 2003... http://eprints.osti.gov/ E-Print Network, at the above link, is a top source for locating scientific and technical papers on disciplines such as physics, Biology, Computer technologies and information sciences, mathematics, and nonlinear...

How to find a trade show.
July 1, 2003... http://www.tsnn.com/ TSNN.com, at the above link, lets you locate trade shows, searching by topic, date, or location. The database contains data on more than 15,000 trade shows and conferences and more than 30,000 seminars. You can...

Updates on access to information.
July 1, 2003... http://www.rcfp.org/ The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, at the above link, keeps you up to date on regulatory actions, court decisions, and other actions and events affecting access to information. In addition to news...

Asian Development Outlook update.
July 1, 2003... http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2003/update/default.asp The Asian Development Bank has updated their Asian Development Outlook 2003, available at the above link. The Update indicates that despite significant economic shocks and a...

Australia's Trade with the European Union.
July 1, 2003... http://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/statspubs/eu_2002.pdf An August 2003 report, Australia's Trade With the European Union 2002, is available at the above link. The 55-page report describes the trading relationship between Australia,...

European Economic Outlook.
July 1, 2003... http://www.pwcglobal.com/Extweb/pwcpublications.nsf/docid/ 7BDBFEF5108E2D2280256B3700442E7F Price Waterhouse has just released European Economic Outlook 2003, a 56-page report available at the above link. It indicates that growth is...

Medical devices directories.
July 1, 2003... http://www.devicelink.com/company/index.html If your target is related in some way to the medical device industry, you've got a good chance of finding information on the firm at Medical Devicelink, above. You'll find several...

Quick click to find CEO compensation.
July 1, 2003... http://www.aflcio.org/cgi-bin/aflcio.pl The AFL-CIO offers a way to find the salary and other compensation of the top execs of major firms, ranging alphabetically from AAR Corporation to Zix Corporation. Just go to the link above and...

Free e-mail newsletters from SBA.
July 1, 2003... http://web.sba.gov/list The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) offers numerous newsletters via e-mail, all free, covering a wide range of topics. Select the ones of interest at the above link. The SBA Solutions Newsletter...

Use of biotechnology in U.S. industry.
July 1, 2003... http://www.technology.gov/reports/Biotechnology/CD120a_0310.pdf A Survey of the Use of Biotechnology in U.S. Industry is a just-released 153-page report by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Administration, Bureau of Industry...

Technology forecasts from Battelle.
July 1, 2003... http://www.battelle.org/forecasts/dcfault.stm Check the link above if you want to get Battelle's view on what the top technologies will be in the years ahead. Included are predictions of the top ten innovations in national security...

National legislatures are key sources for authoritative information.
July 1, 2003... The following directory steers you to the web sites of national legislatures throughout the world. Many have research organizations the produce authoritative studies, similar to those produced by the U.S. Congress' Congressional Research...

Updated guide to Census data.
July 1, 2003... http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/guides/census/Ibgdcen.htm The September 2003 revamped and updated guide to Census data at the library website of St. Mary's University, Texas, is well organized and detailed. While a few references...

California plan to address budget crisis.
July 1, 2003... http://www.lao.ca.gov/2003/spend_plan_03/spending_plan_03-04.pdf Incoming Governor Schwarzenegger may have his own plans for addressing the budget crisis in California, but the California Legislature's Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)...

Military Aircraft Industry Fixed-Wing trends.
July 1, 2003... http://rand.org/publications/MR/MR1656/MR1656.pdf Competition and Innovation in the U.S. FixedWing Military Aircraft Industry is a new 106-page study by RAND's National Defense Research Institute, available at the above link. It examines...