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Subject Resources: Entrepreneurship, SME's & Family Businesses Web Sites

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Academic and Research

Babson Institute for Family Enterprising

Caledonian Family Business Centre (Glasgow Caledonian University)

The International Centre for Families in Business

Loyola Family Business Center (Loyola University Chicago)

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Discussion Lists

Discussion lists or 'listservs' are electronically facilitated discussion forums of participants who share a common interest. You e-mail your thoughts, questions, or responses to the forum and the software re-transmits your e-mail to the entire mailing list.  For more information, take a look at JISCmail, the UK's major Higher Education electronic mailing list service. To join their SME- and Family business-related lists such as:

send the command:
 
Join [list acronym] first name(s) lastname

(substituting appropriately) as the only text in the body of a message addressed to:

jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk

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Government

BusinessLink
'One stop shop' for business support services, including the South West.

Observatory of European SMEs (European Commission)
SME Performance Review comprises an Annual Report, which provides an overview of the size, structure and importance of SMEs to the European economy, complemented by SBA fact sheets and in-depth studies.

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Includes library of shareware for business applications.

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Organisations

Bplans.com
US site offering sample business plans. An international guide for small business questions is available.

fambiz.com
"The Web's Leading Resource for Family Business Executives & Owner"; includes links to Centers for Family Business at selected US universities and searchable library of articles on managing a family business.

Family Business Consulting Group

Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Online Directory
UK listing of all the small businesses belonging to the FSB. Searchable by name, keyword, business category and geographical location.

Small Business Knowledge Base
Collection of guidelines and tools for managing small businesses. Includes information on starting a business, financial management, personnel management and international trade. The resource is free and, though US-focused, has information of international interest.

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Subject Portals

Business Insurance - A Business Guide for Small Businesses
Links to a wide range of business-related sites.

Intute - Small & Medium Sized Enterprises
Links to other sites for Small Businesses.

Yahoo
Links to other sites for Small Businesses.

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