MGMT 479 (Sandberg)

Provides free, accurate business statistics, including industry financial benchmark reports and industry profitability risk data.

Ratios provide insight into every financial element in your company, from its profitability to the effectiveness of your accounts receivable department. Business owners and managers use ratios to chart a company's progress, uncover trends and point to potential problem areas in a business. Bankers and investors look at a company's ratios when they are trying to decide if they want to lend you money or invest in your company.

Information on statistical resources to help support your business plan

A gateway to statistical information from more than 100 agencies in the U.S. federal government. Includes profiles at the state, county, and city level.

Provides data on a state and country basis for more than 250 social, economic, and demographic variables.

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.