Digital History
Digital History: The Rise of Big Business
This resource provides information about the rise of big business in America after the Civil War. Read about the modern corporation, increased mechanization, and consumer products.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: All Female Enterprise
This Wide Angle video looks at the advantages and disadvantages of running a small-scale, female-only business.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Serving Up Economics
This lesson plan describes how students can use a restaurant setting to study the basic concepts of economics, while they learn business, math, and even get to eat.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Real Origin of the Franchise
In this video lesson, Sir Harold Evans describes the remarkable story of Martha Matilda Harper, a beauty salon owner who invented franchising, one of the most successful business models today. [5:49]
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Carbons to Computers
Provides an excellent timeline of the history of the American office. Great pictures, easy to read, and the history is broken into eras for easy researching.
PBS
Pbs (Affluenza): What Are Advertisers Selling
What are advertisers really selling? Are there hidden messages in ads? In this lesson, young scholars explore the concept of persuasive advertising and evaluate ads directed at young consumers. A timely lesson that would generate...
Other
White Paper: Developing a Strategic Plan
Offers information about strategic planning and an online worksheet to develop a final, printed plan.
The World Bank
World Bank: The Private Sector and Power Generation in China
A paper issued by the World Bank on the role of private sector enterprise in "Power development," in China. The full report is in PDF format. (Published in 2000)
Other
University of Massachusetts: Bonds Payable
Issuing bonds is one way a corporation raises capital. This site from the University of Massachusetts Lowell provides a quiz and several problems, complete with solutions, that illustrate the accounting procedures for bonds payable.
Other
Accounting study.com: Liabilities
This site from accountingSTUDY.com describes accounts for both current and long-term liabilities. There are numerous links to other sites about accounting on this page.
Other
Scotland.com
Basic facts and travel information about Scotland. Information is available about business, community, travel, culture, news, sports, and shopping.
Other
Certification
This page provides links to many different pages that describe different kinds of certification programs available in tax and accounting, such as CPA, CFP, and CIA.
Other
Biz Kids: Dollar a Glass Game
Players use business strategy to see how much money they can earn by making and selling lemonade.
Other
Kpmg: Audit, Tax, & Advise
KPMG provides a wide range of professional business services, ranging from consulting, financial and tax services. They can help a business with almost all aspects of their corporation.
Other
U.s. Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions
Detailed chart showing the number and duration of the business cycle in the United States, from 1854 to the present.
Other
Ludwig Von Mises Institute: Price Discrimination on the Part of the Seller
An extensive article on price discrimination by the seller. Although the article is long, it contains a lot of information about pricing.
Other
Help for Growing and Starting Your Small Business
"From 200+ ways to be your own boss and how to calculate your start-up costs to sample business plans and more all from Business Know-How."
Other
Loyola Marymount University: Ethics Incorporated
A scholarly article discussing how corporations in the United States are making sure ethics and moral values guide their actions. The article is in PDF format.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Business 1
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to money. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Partnership Law: An Overview
An overview of business law pertaining to the formation of a partnership.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Bankruptcy Laws
This page of the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University provides an overview of bankruptcy law as well as links to additional laws.
English Club
English Club: Business Crossword 1
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with business and finance.
English Club
English Club: Business Crossword 4
This EnglishClub crossword reviews vocabulary associated with business.
Wolters Kluwer
Biz Filings: Accounting for Bad Debts
This article gives an overview of accounting for uncollectible accounts and explains procedures for both cash and accrual basis systems.