SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES
ARTICLES AND BOOKS
Full-text articles and books from the following databases:
ABI/INFORM Complete; Accounting and Tax; Banking Information Source; Business & Company Resource Center; Business Source Complete; EconLit; Factiva; Lexis/Nexis Academic; UC Library Catalog; Wilson Omni File Mega;
Can be searched individually or collectively at the following link: OneSearch--Business
BOOKS IN THE UC LIBRARIES (Includes some electronic books)
Find books on Family Business
Find Books on Small Business
Find books online in library databases
BUSINESS PLANS
Small Business Resource Center (SBRC)
Over 300 sample business plans arranged by type of business plan.
Bplans.com
Some free plans, but also for pay.
Business Plan Center
Sample business plans
CINCINNATI AREA RESOURCES
Business.gov—Ohio resources
Cincinnati Business Incubator
Cincinnati Corporation Histories
Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation
Cincinnati Executive Officers Biographies
City of Cincinnati—Small Business Enterprise Program
Hamilton County Development Company
Ohio Small Business Development Center
Ohio First Stop Business Connection
Ohio Venture Association
Small Business Resource Directory
COMPANY INFORMATION
D&B Million Dollar Database
23 million businesses worldwide. Includes most small business operations. Also covered are 550,000 minority-owned businesses in the U.S.. these are businesses owned by people of African American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian and Indian Subcontinent descent. To search for minority owned businesses use the "Advanced Search" feature, then under company criteria, select "Minority Owned" or "Women Owned", then select other criteria as appropriate.
DATABASES
Small Business Resource Center (SBRC) --Gale
The Center includes resources on how to start, finance, market, and manage your small business. SBRC includes: Business plan handbooks, small business encyclopedias and sourcebooks, electronic books covering many aspects of small business management, and journal articles from small business journals.
VentureXpert (On Thomson One Banker)--To access: Click on the blue tab “Private Equity”
VentureXpert is a comprehensive source of information covering venture funds, buyouts, private equity funds, firms, executives, portfolio companies and limited partners around the world as well as an analytics source for fund performance, commitments, disbursements, and statistics. Data includes: Investment information for more than 50,000 private-equity-backed companies, more than 16,000 venture capital and buyouts funds managed by more than 8,000 private equity firms. More than 100,000 private equity transactions from 1970 to the present. Exclusive deal and fund information from all corners of the globe.
FAMILY BUSINESS
Fambiz.com
Family Firm Institute
UMass Family Business Center
FRANCHISING
Franchise Gator
FranchiseOpportunities.com
Franchising.com
International Franchise Association
SBA Buying a Franchise
SBA Franchising Economic Research
GENERAL & START-UP RESOURCES
AllBusiness Business Owner’s idea Cafe
BizStats.com - Useful Business Statistics online
CCH Business Owner’s Toolkit
Edward Lowe PeerSpectives
Encyclopedia of Small Business
Entrepreneurship Resources (from the Kauffman Foundation)
NASE.org: National Association for the Self-Employed
OPEN for Business-- Small Business Network
SCORE
Small business sourcebook
The Small & Home Based Business Library
Startup Journal - The Wall Street Journal
Success.org
U.S. Small Business Administration
USASBE (United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
INDUSTRY RATIOS
UC Guide to Financial ratio Sources
VENTURE CAPITAL
UC Library Guide to Venture Capital Sources
WEB GUIDES TO SOURCES
Enter Web
Entrepreneurship and Small Business (Wharton Research Guide)
Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information
Small Business Administration's SBA Outside Resources
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