There are numerous websites out there offering information, valuable contents, papers, news and advice about the world of business, entrepreneurship and management. As a student or business owner with skimpy free time, how can you possibly keep up with everything you need to know?
Here are some of my favourite business sites, covering topics such as small business, merger & acquisition, venture capital, investing, strategic management, decision making: risk and uncertainty, entrepreneurship, sales and marketing, tech companies, trends in business, etc.
Research Gate
Management students can access over 30+ million publications and connect with about 2million business researchers. You can join for free, share papers, ask questions, answer questions, and find collaborators.
Website: www.researchgate.net
Management Study Guide (MSG)
Management Study Guide is a complete tutorial for management students, where students can learn the basics of management, concepts & skills rapidly.
Website: www.managementstudyguide.com
Business Dictionary
This is an indispensable source available to management and business students. Easy-to-use and free business glossary with over 20000 terms. The explanations are concise, clear, and comprehensive.
Website: www.businessdictionary.com
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It houses over 500 million members. Students can build and engage with professional network around the world; access knowledge, insights and job opportunities.
Website: www.linkedin.com
Academia.edu
This is a platform available to Management students, where they can access papers for assignments, term papers, and projects. You can access over 23 million papers.
Website: www.academia.edu
AllBusiness.com
This is one of the most comprehensive sites on the Web for entrepreneurs and growing businesses. AllBusiness.com features articles, advice, forms, agreements, and videos covering small business topics, management & admin, venture capital, angel financing, sales and marketing, careers, and more. The site offers over 1,000 articles written by experts from Management field.
Website: www.allbuisness.com
Bloomberg Business
Bloomberg Business provides up-to-the-minute U.S. and international news on financial markets, commodities, currencies, company earnings, technology, and more. The site has numerous articles, feature stories, and videos.
Website: www.bloomberg.com
Business Insider
Business Insider is a business news site that undoubtedly knows how to grab the reader’s attention with its captivating headlines. The articles and videos cover the markets, technology, companies, personal finance, venture capital, investing, start-ups as well as more commercial stories on culture and entertainment.
Website: www.businessinsider.com
TED Talks
The TED Talks website features a collection of short videos on varied business and life topics.
Website: www.ted.com
Forbes
Forbes has great and comprehensive content across every business category: the stock market, entrepreneurship, personal finance, Management and Administration, technology, careers, and more. It contains many popular lists, including “The World’s Billionaires” and the “Most Valuable Brands.” It has numerous staff writers and over 1,800 contributing experts who generate a great quantity of articles, which results in over 75 million visitors a month to the site.
Website: www.forbes.com
Fortune
Fortune provides extensive coverage of the financial markets, especially larger companies that make up the “Fortune 500.” Topic categories include careers, entrepreneurs, finance, sports, technology, markets, most powerful women, and energy and the environment.
Website: www.fortune.com
Inc.
Inc. is a popular site for entrepreneurs and start-ups, with thousands of articles on starting and growing a business, angel financing, sales and marketing, innovation, and more.
Website: www.inc.com
New York Times
The revered New York Times has outstanding coverage of the markets, international business, deals, the economy, entrepreneurship, technology, and personal finance. This includes daily updates of developments in the stock market and headline-making companies.
Website: www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html
Quora
Quora is a question-and-answer site with high-quality content on start-ups, venture capital, tech companies, and much more.
Website: www.quora.com
Financial Times
The Financial Times is a print and digital publisher based in London covering the world economy and markets. The site has particularly strong coverage of European companies and markets providing feature stories, analyses, and managerial insights.
Website: www.ft.com
Wall Street Journal
This is the preeminent site for current business, investing, and financial news. It includes extensive coverage of the stock, bond, and commodity markets. As a student, you should be reading the Wall Street Journal daily to keep yourself acquainted with business trends.
Website: www.wsj.com
Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance is a good resource for current news on the markets and current developments in public companies. The site allows you to track movements in stocks and to get detailed information on companies (e.g., market capitalization, debt, financials, press releases, and more).
Website: finance.yahoo.com
One of the problems of the internet is “Information Overload” (showing broad and ambiguous results) and this article helps Management and Business students to find information easily by narrowing down their search to these specific sites listed above.
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