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and sample exercises steer you clear of potential problems。 An
online statistics glossary takes the mystery out of statistical jargon。
There is a cost…effective survey sampling telling you what sample size
you need。 Will it provide the precision you require？ Which sampling
method is best？ Would a different design be cheaper or offer more
precision？ This is one of the very few paid…for services provided by
purchasing a one…month Sample Planning Wizard licence for just 10。
。 StreetAuthority； LLC is a financial research publishing firm aimed at
private investors； giving them access to the ideas and insights of some
of the country’s top investment analysts and writers。 There are two free
resources well worth keeping in your ‘favourites’ file。 The Financial
Glossary （streetauthority 》 Education 》 Financial Glossary）
listing of financial terms should provide you with a handy reference
guide for those instances when you run into a term you don’t fully
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understand。 Industry Profiles （streetauthority 》 Education 》
Industry Profiles） offers the profiles of dozens of individual industries。
If you are interested in an industry’s history； present state or future
growth； this database lists the basic information on dozens of industries；
from aircra。。 to wineries。
。 The Management and Accounting Web （h。。p：//maaw。info）： This site is
developed and run by James R Martin； Professor Emeritus； University
of South Florida。 It is an ongoing project to systematically categorize
accounting literature from the past 100 years。 The site is freely accessible
to anyone on the web and is aimed at students； researchers and practitioners
interested in the eclectic field of management accounting。 It is
designed around 125 main topics accessed from the home page； the
main topics page； or the table of contents。 Each topic includes a main
page and an articles and books page that represents a bibliography for
that topic。 Many topics also include several other pages of summary
information； illustrations； links to other websites； and a list of questions
related to that topic。 The entire syllabus and teaching resources for a
Graduate Management Accounting Course is included on the site。
。 The Times （thetimes100。uk）： This link is to The Times newspapers
resource centre for business studies students and teachers； containing
teaching materials including lesson plans； worksheets； practice
exams and mark schemes。 There is a link to some 50 case studies on UK
businesses from Aegon to Vodafone； with the option to download an
MP3 file of the material。
。 Tutor2U （h。。p：//tutor2u）： This is a publisher of e…learning resources
for economics； business； politics； enterprise； law； sociology and related
subjects； including accounting； marketing； production； management
and strategy； its materials are used by over 3；500 schools and colleges
in the UK and in educational institutions in over 85 other countries。
It offers a range of free and subscription…based materials； designed
to support teachers and educate students。 While the subject ma。。er
is aimed primarily at A Level students and undergraduates； there is
plenty of material of interest to an MBA。 The strategy revision notes
cover all the key tools and concepts； accounting is prehensively
covered； including less mon areas； from absorption costing to
window dressing。 The site also has hundreds of short multiple…choice
quizzes on business topics such as the marketing mix； accounting ratios
and economics。 The questions are jumbled； so each time you take a test
the questions may be different。
。 Value Based Management （valuebasedmanagement）：
Value Based Management is a management portal specifically
aimed at the information needs of senior executives； providing learning
materials explaining management methods； models and theories on
strategy； performance； finance； valuation； change； corporate governance；
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munication； marketing； leadership and responsibility； with links
to additional resources in the field。 Over 200 business models； from
Ansoff to value chain； are described in sufficient detail to be able to
apply them。 There is also a management dictionary （12manage。
/management_dictionary。html） containing definitions of 1；500
management terms or phrases that an MBA would be expected to
understand。
。 Web…enabled scientific services & applications （wessa）： This
site provides free statistics and forecasting so。。ware； including Univariate
Box–Jenkins ARIMA modelling； forecasting； and various bootstrap
simulation methods for the estimation of financial profit density
functions according to the following strategies： Buy&Hold； Alexander’s
Filterrule； truncated Koyck lag…based MACD。 Various types of time
series analysis tools are available： （partial） auto correlation function；
spectral analysis； variance reduction matrix； standard deviation…mean
plot； trimmed skewness & kurtosis； suspended rootogram displays；
percentiles； concentration； histograms； forward & backward running
autocorrelation； ARMA parameter estimation； and much more。 Most
MBAs will vaguely know that such techniques exist and if you have a
statistics department in your organization； checking out this site might
help you earn brownie points！
。 WISE （h。。p：//wise。cgu。edu）： Web Interface for Statistics Education；
funded by Claremont Graduate University； California； provides easy
entry to internet resources that can be used in support of statistics education
and applications。 The site includes interactive statistics tutorials
and answers to questions as well as being a jump…off point for connecting
to other resources for statistics on the internet。
MBA INFORMATION RESOURCE
CENTRE
MBAs are expected to know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING！ Not
an easy task； but with the sources below it should be possible to keep
informed about most key business issues。 For example； you can find out in
which country it takes the longest to set up a new business （Sierra Leone
– 1；075 days）； where investors are best protected （New Zealand） or where it
is hardest to fire employees （Venezuela）。 The fastest…growing economy； the
best for quality of life； how much pay you should ask for if you are offered
a job in the Kyrgyz Republic and how many panies make knitwear in
Spain and how profitable they are； are all questions that can be answered in
a few mouse clicks； and knowing the answers is what makes an MBA really
stand out from the crowd：
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。 Applegate （applegate。uk） has information on 237；165 panies
cross…referenced to 57；089 products in the UK and Ireland。 It has a
neat facility that allows you to search out the top businesses and people
in any industry。
。 Blog Directories： The information on blogs is more straw in the wind
than fact。 Globe of Blogs （globeo。。logs）； launched in 2002；
claims to be the first prehensive world weblog directory。 It links up
to over 58；100 blogs； searchable by country； topic and about any other
criteria you care to name。 Google （h。。p：//blogsearch。google） is also
a search engine to the world’s blogs。
。 The British Library Business Information Service （bl。uk/services/
information/business。html） holds one of the most prehensive
collections of business information in the UK。
。 The Central Intelligence Agency （CIA） World Factbook （cia。gov/
cia/publications/factbook）： This link will take you straight to the latest
edition of the Factbook。 The CIA keeps the Factbook up to date on a
regular basis throughout the year； so you can be reasonably confident
of having the most current information to hand。 From the Factbook you
are offered a pull…down bar in the top le。。 of the screen； which allows
you to select anyone of the 233 countries or regions。 For each country
there is around half a dozen pages of A4 of basic economic； political
and demographic information on each country； as well as information
on political disputes that may cause problems in the future。
。 Chambers of merce （chamberonline。uk 》 International
Trade 》 International Chambers） run import/export clubs； international
trade contacts and provide