Links for Regional Cluster Presentation
I have the pleasure of talking with some regional cluster students this evening. Here are a few links that I will be discussing.
- What terms are used? See the about us section.
Ohio University Small Business Development Center
- Links to local outreach offices on the right side of page.
Small Business Development Centers of Ohio
National Business Incubation Association
Office of Policy Research and Strategic Planning
- Provides links to Ohio County Profiles, County Indicators, and more data.
- For other information, look at Demographics Resources in the Biz Wiki.
Alice
- Good for books on your topic
- Suggested keyword search terms
- small business
- small business development
- New business enterprises
- business incubat* or business and incubat*
- Limit to your school
OhioLINK
extends your reach for resources
- our most popular business database
- a shotgun approach to business research
- example search
- Good for trade publications and journals, such as Small Business Economics
- Good for newspaper articles and more
- also good for company information
Encyclopedia of Small Business
- soon to be in InfoTree in the Small Business Section
- for now, use the Alice URL
Business Plans Handbooks
- go to Alice and do a title search for Business Plans Handbook
- currently there is not a good way to search them all at once, but we’re looking into that
I'm Chad Boeninger and I write this blog for the students and faculty of Ohio University. I cover business research issues, databases and other resources, current business trends and topics, and much more.