Business Researchers Network articles from June 2003

Business Researchers Network archives from June 2003

Search 15.410 public records free.
June 1, 2003... http://www.searchsystems.net/ Search Systems, at the above link, is an easy way to search federal and state public record databases. While a fee is charged for some, at the latest count more than 15,410 are free. Descriptions of each...

Cut down incoming spam.
June 1, 2003... http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html If your e-mail address appears on your organization's website, rest assured that spammers are grabbing it and adding it to their list of recipients. But now you can eliminate this source of spam...

Learn what's new at DOE labs.
June 1, 2003... http://www.ornl.gov/news/pulse/ Visit the above link to access current and back issues of DOE Pulse. The twice-monthly newsletter covers research performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) national laboratories where more than...

Daily economic views from Morgan Stanley.
June 1, 2003... http://www.morganstanley.com/GEFdata/digests/latest-digest.html Global Economic Forum is a free online newsletter produced each weekday by Morgan Stanley. Each issue contains several commentaries by the firm's research personnel which,...

EU enlargement and former Soviet States.
June 1, 2003... http://www.ceip.org/files/pdf/wp36.pdf A new 28-page report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Enlargement of the European Union: Consequences for the CIS Countries, is available at the above link. It deals with the...

Internet in Russia: a signal of danger?
June 1, 2003... http://www.psa.ac.uk/cps/2003/Marcus%20Alexander.pdf A new 28-page paper, available at the above link, examines the Internet in Russia, pointing to the danger of an authoritarian government learning how to appropriate the Internet in order...

Free mergers & acquisitions news.
June 1, 2003... http://www.acquisitions-monthly.com/ While the Acquisitions Monthly site, at the above link, is predominantly fee-based (with a wealth of in-depth intelligence for subscribers), the free Merger and Acquisition News provides highly current...

How international companies learn.
June 1, 2003... http://skylla.wz-berlin.de/pdf/2003/iii03-102.pdf How does a major international company learn? Specifically, how does a successful international company even discover that it needs to learn to do things differently, and to do different...

Electronic Government and Electronic Civics.
June 1, 2003... http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP03-001/$File/ rwp03_001_fountain_rev1.pdf Electronic Government and Electronic Civics, available at the above link, is a 16-page paper by Kennedy School of Government's Jane E....

Trade trends in East Asia.
June 1, 2003... http://econ.worldbank.org/files/27878_wps3084.pdf Major Trade Trends in East Asia: What Are their Implications for Regional Cooperation and Growth? is a 95-page World Bank paper, is available at the above link. It points out that since the...

How to get documents from the FCC.
June 1, 2003... The Federal Communications Commission' s (FCC's) new Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) query page has been reorganized and redesigned to make searching for FCC documents easier. There are now two searches: "quick" and...

State-by-state reports on foreign trade.
June 1, 2003... http://www.sba.gov/oit/statereports/ The link above takes you to a hypermap of the United States and all its territories. Click on a state or territory and you're presented with a summary of export activity; competitor nations; data on...

Current analysis of 70+ industries.
June 1, 2003... http://www.wefa.com/ Global Insights, at the above link, provides fee-based industry analysis, but offers free top-notch coverage, updated frequently, on the many sectors covered by the firm's expertise. A recent visit by BRN found...

Unlicensed wireless devices: booming industry.
June 1, 2003... http://hraunfoss.fcc.go v/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-234741A1.doc A new study, Unlicensed and Unshackled: White Paper on Unlicensed Devices and Their Regulatory Issues, available at the above link, surveys the origins of unlicensed...

WIPO updates intellectual property guide.
June 1, 2003... http://www.wipo.org/news/en/index.html?wipo_content_frame=/news/ en/documents.html The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has updated its WIPO Guide to Intellectual Property Worldwide, available at the above link. The...

Europe's renewable energy industries.
June 1, 2003... http://www.erec-renewables.org/documents/EURES/DEFINITIF_EXPORT.pdf Renewable Energy Export Strategy, available at the above link, highlights the European Renewable Energy Council's recommendations for strengthening the leading position of...

Food purchases by low-income households.
June 1, 2003... http://www.ers.usda-gov/publications/aib747/aib74707.pdf Exploring Food Purchase Behavior of Low-Income Households, available at the above link, compares food purchases by U.S. households of different income levels and finds that low-income...

Free Trade Agreements.
June 1, 2003... http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/briefs/tbp-018.pdf A new study by the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies, available at the above link, provides insights into the growing trend toward negotiating bilateral and regional free-trade...

Business developments in Russia.
June 1, 2003... http://www.usrbc.org/pdfs/rbw_specialedition_singles.pdf The U.S. Russia Business Council has published a 10th anniversary edition of Russia Business Watch, packed with 64 pages of valuable sector and issue analyses. It's available at the...

Must reading for China watchers.
June 1, 2003... http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/12/14/ 000094946_02112804184941/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdf China: Country Assistance Strategy, available at the above link, is packed with 144-pages of detailed intelligence...

Greenhouse gases: an emerging market.
June 1, 2003... http://www.tni.org/reports/ctw/sky.htm A new report from the Transnational Institute, available at the above link, points out that "pollution trading (in greenhouse gases) is becoming big business and is set to expand to cover other forms...

China: information technology opportunities.
June 1, 2003... http://web.ita.doc.gov/ITI/itiHome.nsf/($All)/ 7D45B83A1D21DFB485256DOC006888BE/$FILE/ExportIT_China.pdf/ ExportIT China, available at the above line, is a 153-page report that describes and analyzes the trends, key issues, and events in...

Update on OPEC.
June 1, 2003... http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/opec.html The U.S. Department of Energy has updated its OPEC Brief, available at the above link. Included in this revised report are the latest estimates of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Country's...

Canada's fastest growing companies.
June 1, 2003... http://www.profitguide.com/profit100/2003/p100.asp The Profit 100 list of Canada's 100 fastest growing companies for 2003 is much more than a simple ranking. Click on any of the 100 entries for information such as the company's industry,...

Reforming European govt. institutions.
June 1, 2003... http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2003/rp03-056.pdf The Convention on the Future of Europe, launched in February 2002, left the detailed consideration of institutional reform until early 2003. A new report by the United...

World Steel in Figures 2003.
June 1, 2003... http://www.worldsteel.org/wsif.php The International Iron and Steel Institute's reference World Steel in Figures 2003, available at the above link, is a treasure trove of data on that industry. In the reference you'll find data on...

Australian newspapers online.
June 1, 2003... http://www.nla.gov.au/npapers.html Operated by the National Library of Australia, the link above takes you to an extensive hyperdirectory of Australian newspapers having a web presence. With more than 300 entries ranging alphabetically...

Information technology in the States.
June 1, 2003... Whether you're seeking information technology (IT) contracting opportunities or looking for intelligence on specific IT firms, the following directory of state IT web resources will serve as a starting point. Alabama Information...

Case studies focus on research techniques.
June 1, 2003... http://www.conceptsystems.com/case_studies.htm The link above takes you to Concept Systems' collection of case studies covering a variety of research and decision-making topics. The collection covers topics such as focus groups, knowledge...

Collecting evaluation data.
June 1, 2003... http://ag.arizona.edu/fcr/fs/cyfar/evaldata.htm Although sponsored by the University of Arizona's Institute for Children, Youth and Families, the CYFERNet Evaluation site, at the above link, is useful to business researchers. Focus is...

Top ten patent recipients for 2002.
June 1, 2003... http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/0301.htm The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office lists, at the above link, the 2002 top 10 private sector patent recipients. The listing shows the 2002 as well as 2001 rankings. For the tenth...

Report on electronic access to state info.
June 1, 2003... http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/State_report.pdf The Government Relations Committee and Washington Affairs Office of the American Association of Law Libraries has published a 292-page report, State,by-State Report on Permanent Public...

Corporate Social Responsibility news.
June 1, 2003... http://www.csrwire.com/ CSRwire, The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire Service, found at the above link, provides current as well as archived news items relating to corporate responsibility. BRN's recent visit to the website found...

Economic developments in Western States.
June 1, 2003... http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/wed/index.html Western Economic Developments is published quarterly by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Current and back issues are available at the above link. The newsletter...

Where to locate your firm's new facility.
June 1, 2003... http://www.entrepreneur.com/stateguide/&catid=18&urlplace=maincat.cfm Entrepreneur Magazine's website, at the above link, offers a State-By-State Guide to Doing Business, containing profiles all 50 states and the District of Columbia. ...

Fed labels Verizon, AT&T as small businesses.
June 1, 2003... According to the Associated Press (AP), the federal government's database that lists federal contractors has labeled a number of large firms as small businesses, thus providing them with a competitive jump on gaining contract awards. ...

What's ahead for education technology?
June 1, 2003... http://www.benton.org/publibrary/sustainability/suschallenge.pdf The Sustainability Challenge: Taking EdTech to the Next Level, available at the above link, is a new 74-page study by the Benton Foundation and the EDC Center for Children and...

Financial statements of Swiss companies.
June 1, 2003... http://www.worldbox.net/free_financial_info.asp Worldbox Business Information Division, at the above link, provides free links to major Swiss companies who make their financial statements available on line. Entries range,...

Info on 3,000 PBGC-trusteed pension plans.
June 1, 2003... http://www.pbgc.gov/plans/search.htm The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) serves as the trustee for approximately 3,000 pension plans, ranging alphabetically from A&S Steel Rule Die Corporation and AA Gage, Inc., to...

Stats on the 100 leading national advertisers.
June 1, 2003... http://www.adage.com/images/random/lna03.pdf Advertising Age magazine has issued its latest annual compilation of the 100 leading national advertisers. The 78-page feature, available at the above link, contains detailed profiles of...

Economic impact of new car/truck dealers.
June 1, 2003... http://www.nada.org/Content/NavigationMenu/MediaCenter/NADAData/ 20033/NADAData_2003.pdf The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has published a new report, Economic Impact of America's New-Car and New-Truck Dealers, 21 pages,...

Profile of the Pharmaceutical Industry.
June 1, 2003... http://www.phrma.org/publications/publications/profile02/ industryprofile2002.pdf Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has issued a 102-page Pharmaceutical Industry Profile: 2002, available at the above link. The...

Aerosnace Forecast for FY2003-2014.
June 1, 2003... http://www.api.faa.gov/foreca02/content_5.htm The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released its Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Years 2003-2014, available at the above link. The report projects U.S. large carrier domestic and...

Key online official sources for English-language information on the Americas.
June 1, 2003... The following directory provides web addresses for official information relating to the countries of the Americas. Included are U.S. Embassies, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of State's Background Notes on...

Profiles of five top manufacturing firms.
June 1, 2003... http://www.industryweek.com/CurrentArticles/asp/articles.asp/ ArticleID=1095 Industry Week offers profiles of five selected manufacturers at the above link. Nestle is profiled as a "role model for worldwide production and marketing."...

Fresh produce: find a nearby farmers' market.
June 1, 2003... http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/map.htm Summer's in full swing and we couldn't resist departing briefly from business information sources to point you to the above link. Just go there, click on your state, and find a nearby farmers'...

Industrial R&D forecast.
June 1, 2003... http://www.iriinc.org/webiri/publications/trends2003.pdf The Industrial Research Institute has issued its R&D Trends Forecast for 2003, available at the above link. It's derived from a survey of the organization's membership. The...

Top 100 Massachusetts companies.
June 1, 2003... http://www.globe.com/globe/business/packages/globe_100/2003/charts/ globe_top_100.shtml The Boston Globe has issued its annual Globe 100 list of the top firms in Massachusetts, available at the above link. Selection criteria include a...

Find banks throughout the United States.
June 1, 2003... http://www.banksite.com/index1.html BankSITE, at the above link, is an easy-to-use way to connect to bank websites throughout the United States. Click on the state, District of Columbia, or territory of your choice and you'll be presented...

List of 10 largest/fastest-growing cities.
June 1, 2003... http://www.census.gov/PressRelease/www/2003/cb03-106.html The U.S. Census Bureau has updated its lists of the 10 fastest-growing cities and the 10 largest cities in the United States, available at the above link. Large suburban cities...

National compensation survey, 2002.
June 1, 2003... http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncb10539.pdf The U.S. Department of Labor has just released its 16-page National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2002, available at the above link. Data are arranged by...

The state of U.K.'s competitiveness.
June 1, 2003... http://www.dti.gov.uk/economics/paper3-porterketels.pdf The United Kingdom's Department of Trade and Industry commissioned Professor Michael Porter of the Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, to investigate...