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Tables of Contents for The Portable MBA Desk Reference
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: How to Use The Portable MBA Desk Reference, Second Edition
ix
Part I An A-to-Z References of Essential Business Topics
1
366
Part II Sources of Business Information
367
210
1. General Business Sources
370
12
2. Accounting and Financial Reporting
382
8
3. Advertising
390
5
4. Bankruptcy
395
2
5. Benchmarking
397
2
6. Business Plans
399
2
7. Competitor Intelligence
401
3
8. Computers and Information Technology
404
4
9. Consulting Services and Consultants
408
2
10. Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks
410
7
11. Corporate and Industrial Financial Data
417
5
12. Corporate Listings, Ownership, and Rankings
422
6
13. Corporate Officers and Directors
428
2
14. Demographics, Marketing Data, and Marketing Research
430
9
15. Direct Marketing
439
4
16. Distributors and Distribution Management
443
2
17. Diversity
445
2
18. Economic Data, Trends, and Projections: United States
447
6
19. Economics Data, Trends, and Projections: Worldwide
453
5
20. Employee and Executive Compensation
458
3
21. Employee Benefits
461
5
22. Environmental Issues
466
5
23. Exporting and Importing
471
8
24. Federal Government (U.S)
479
7
25. Franchising
486
3
26. Human Resource Management, Training, and Retraining
489
4
27. International Business (General)
493
6
28. International Business (Asia and Australia)
499
5
29. International Business (Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States)
504
2
30. International Business (Japan)
506
3
31. International Business (Latin America)
509
2
32. International Business (Middle East)
511
1
33. International Business (Western Europe)
512
7
34. The Job Market
519
4
35. Labor and Employment Law
523
6
36. Managing a Company
529
2
37. Manufacturing and Quality
531
3
38. Mergers and Acquisitions
534
3
39. New-Product Development
537
2
40. Real Estate
539
3
41. Research and Development
542
2
42. Small Business and Entrepreneurship
544
5
43. State and Local Government
549
3
44. Strategic Planning and Joint Ventures
552
3
45. Taxes
555
3
46. Travel and Relocation
558
1
47. Valuing a Business
559
1
48. Venture Capital/Sources of Capital
560
3
49. Directory of Publishers, Vendors, and Database Providers
563
14
Appendixes
577
82
1. International Time Zones
579
2
2. Weights and Measurements Conversions
581
1
3. The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America
582
1
4. The Fortune 100: The Largest U.S. Corporations
583
2
5. The World's Largest Corporations
585
2
6. America's Most Admired Companies
587
3
7. Inc. 500: The 1997 Ranking of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America
590
26
8. Average Annual Pay, by State: 1994 and 1995
616
2
9. Small Business Administration Field Offices
618
3
10. U.S. Government Printing Office Bookstores
621
1
11. Export Assistance Center Directory
622
3
12. Industrial Sector Officers of the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce
625
9
13. The Commercial Services of the U.S. Department of Commerce
634
11
14. Guide to State Statistical Abstracts
645
5
15. Guide to Foreign Statistical Abstracts
650
2
16. Directory of Useful Web Sites and Phone Numbers of U.S. Government Agencies
652
2
17. International Dialing Codes
654
3
18. Federal Reserve Banks
657
2
References
659
8
Index
667