MBA Resources: Online Business Library

Running a business is no simple task and there are many factors involved. From administration and management to accounting and finance, not to mention marketing and advertising, business is not a single subject but an interdisciplinary one. This is a fact that MBA students are well aware of as they are required to take courses in a variety of disciplines like finance, economics, statistics, strategy, information systems, organizational behavior, and leadership. The knowledge that students gain from the integration of these courses helps them develop a comprehensive knowledge of business and a solid understanding of practices and principles involved. Many types of MBA programs can be completed online making it possible for working professionals to further their education while keeping their job. Those who are interested in learning more about the subjects and disciplines that they may encounter in an MBA program should take a look at our online business library.

This is a guide by Online MBA.

Business students have a balanced and broad based education. A business student can expect to work in accounting, statistics, marketing and management classes. The business students' curriculum is a challenging but rewarding one. These resources provided will help students in learning and researching the different subjects encompassed in the business curriculum.

Economics & Statistics

• Economic and Business Research: Database of Florida’s economical statistics.
• Business and Economic History: A collection of business and economic history from 1962-1999. The collections are records from the Business History Conferences.
• Business and Economic Research: A research database for economics and business dating from before 1980 until present.
• Economic Analysis: A collection of U.S. economic accounts that can help with researching the economic status of government accounts.
• Economy at a Glance: The United States monthly data of the economical status of the U.S. economy.
• Economic Indicators: Up to date charts and press releases that attribute to economic indicators.

International Business & Trade

• Global Resources: A collection of international business content and databases.
• Journal of International Business Studies: Students can benefit from the articles published in the journal. Articles published are meant for business and management studies.
• Global Economy Journal: A peer reviewed journal providing research on the global economy for students and professionals.
• International Trade Administration: The Internal Trade Administration offers business units and guides on exporting and trade finances.
• Taking Your Business Global: The formal site for the Small Business Administration. Here students will find a tremendous amount of valuable resources for exporting.
• International Trade: A guide detailing the principles and trade policy of international trading. Also provides data updates of international trading.

Accounting

• Journal of Accountancy: The journal publishes articles that focus on the areas of accounting that pertain to business.
• Business and Accounting Ethics: An article examining ethics in business and accounting.
• Accounting for Business Combinations: Explains the updated standards of accounting for business combinations.
• Financial Accounting Standards Board: The Board sets standards for the preparation of financial reports for non-governmental businesses. The board is dedicated to improving financial accounting standards.
• Accounting in Business: This document can help students understand the importance of accounting in a business and the ethics involved.
• Financial Accounting Basics: Wake Forest University School of Law study guide to reading financial statements and understanding accounting.
• Accounting and Business Research: This journal can help in researching the role of accounting in business.

Business Law

• Business Laws: A government resource with detailed informative pages on starting a business legally.
• Business Law Today: An online resource publication on business legal topics provided by the American Bar Association.
• Legal Business Structure: A compilation of resources and tips for legally structuring a business. 
• Business Law Journal: The Business Law Journal publishes legal and business articles on new techniques, regulations and relationships between businesses and attorney’s.
• Business Law Brief: This magazine provides legal articles covering international trade and business law developments.
• Business Law Research: A source of quality information reviewing business law.

Finance & Investments

• International Financial Statistics: This guide provides insight to banking, securities and foreign exchange statistics of international finance.
• Investment Research Tips: A collection of resources for foreign investment research.
• Consumers Guide: Students can use this guide to understand the risks of business investments.
• Business Finance: A collection of finance resources covering loans, grants, and government business.
• Economics of Small Business Finance: An investigation of the small business economics.
• The Basics of Business Finance: A book by John McMillan covering sources of finance, types of funding, sources of equity, alternatives to finance, stages of finance and investments.
• Investment Basics: A module lesson teaching the basics of investing.

Labor & Human Resources

• Small Business Management: Virginia Tech provides informative small business essentials including a PowerPoint presentation on human resources.
• Small Versus Large Firm Practices: Students can us this source to compare the human resource practices of small and large businesses.
• Human Resource Basics: Details the basic concept of human resources and sample documents for evaluations and policies.
• Labor Market: This resource provides a section on the labor market covering concepts and objectives.
• Labor Cost and Overtime: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics analyzes wages for overtime work.
• Fixed and Variable Costs: A teaching module examining labor changes and variable costs.

Marketing & Advertising

• Marketing Tips: Basic marketing tips for enhancing a small business's competitive success.
• Marketing Basics: This paper uses a library as an example to evaluating marketing strategies of non-profits.
• Marketing Principles: A free marketing course explaining the basics concepts of marketing.
• Advertising and Marketing Basics: The Bureau of Consumer Protection Business center provides resources for marketing and advertising a business.
• Tourism Advertising: Covers basic advertising decisions in creating a strategy for introducing a new product.
• Marketing Concepts: This document covers all aspects of marketing, such as product distribution, promotion and pricing. It covers strategies for advertising, pricing and promoting.

Strategic Management

• Principles of Strategic Management: A PowerPoint slide addressing the strategic management process.
• Large Engineering Projects: This is a manual of strategic management planning recommendations for engineering projects
• Essentials of Strategic Management: Explains concepts and techniques of strategic management in all topics concerning strategic management.
• FAQ's: A list of common questions pertaining to strategic, knowledge, information, project and delegation management.
• Strategic Management: This is a chapter discussing the principles of strategic management and several approaches to understanding the process.
• Key Concepts & Principles: Describes the concepts and principles of effective strategic management.