ILIR

Urban

This page was created for business communities seeking up-to-date information and data to increase competitive opportunity and achieve social and economic development objectives, particularly in the unique urban context, and for scholars committed to advancing related social science knowledge and informing public policy analysis and formulation. These sites allow you to keep current with the latest research, "hot issues", working papers, and publications in many areas of business, urban economic development, and related social policy. You can browse indexes, search abstracts, order papers and publications on-line, or download according to the capacities of each respective site.

• Small Business Foundation of America: A research institute for emerging enterprises which also provides assistance to entrepreneurial and growing businesses.

• U.S. Census Bureau: Women and Minority Owned Business Enterprises: Publications and data available by state and industry as well as all firms and demographic comparisons.

• Foundation for Enterprise Development: High perfomance business strategies with publications. This site contains over 250 articles and case studies and disseminates research.

• Assist International: Trade promotion and consulting group providing resources and information for global traders and entrepreneurs. Contains professional reference materials, databases, and mailing lists.

• Kennedy School of Government electronic library: You can also find resources and related faculty work by research area

• Harvard Business School: Search Baker Library and access resources electronically

• Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: Data and literature on the labor market, economic indicators, monetary policy, finacial markets, economic conditions, and regional highlights.

• The University of Michigan B-School entrepreneurship specialists and research.

• Institute for Social Research

• Population Studies Center

• Babson Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

• Community Development Research from the Department of Housing and Urban Development

• STAT USA: You can find business leads and procurement opportunities here and obtain economic publications of interest.

• Sage Publications: Find and order related books and journals

• The Brookings Institution: Search the library, review research report summaries, browse publications, and keep abreast of current expert research and hot topics related to economics, social welfare, foreign policy and policies and issues that affect business and industry, for instance.

• The Urban Institute: Keep up with the latest information and publications on a broad range of social and economic issues, such as, population studies, human resources policy, income and benefits policies, and the consumer price index

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Find regional information, access research papers and publications, and review surveys and programs in such areas as employment and unemployment, productivity and technology, compensation and working conditions, prices and living conditions, and employment projections

• Economic Policy Institute Publications

• Union List of Periodicals: Search periodicals of many corporate and institutional libraries

• The Heritage Foundation

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