Miami Herald’s 20 leaders under 40

Successful young locals…check them out:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/25/1595451/20-under-40.html

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/25/1595452/20-successful-professionals-under.html

S.W.O.T. Analysis

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

Business majors often need these reports for their assignments, but they have other uses as well.  Whether you are looking for a solid bank, planning to invest, or have an upcoming interview, you can quickly find a lot useful information about a company if there is a S.W.O.T. analysis available.

We now have two databases with these reports:

Business & Company Resource Center (All Campuses)
on campus  |  off campus 

TIP: Enter the name of your company as a company search. Select the best match after looking at the company location (headquarters) and revenue. After clicking on your company, look for a DOWNLOAD S.W.O.T. link above the company name.

Business Source Complete (All Campuses)
on campus  |  off campus

TIP:  Click on SWOT Analyses in the sidebar on the right. In the Browse for box, enter the name of your company. Click on the name of the company in the results (if there is one—there are SWOT reports for a lot of companies, but not every company has one). Under the All Issues column, choose the most recent report.

12th annual Miami International Fashion Week

MIFW takes place Thursday – Sunday, March 18 – 21, 2010 at the Shops at Midtown in Miami’s Wynwood Art District.

For more info, go to:
http://www.miamifashionweek.com/Overview.html

Business Dictionaries & Glossaries Online

When you need a quick definition of a business or investment term, try these sites:

http://www.businessdictionary.com/

http://www.investorwords.com/

http://www.marketwatch.com/pf/started/gettingstarted_glossary.asp

Internship Fair Prep

Attending the College Of Business Internship Fair on Feb 9?

Want to have an edge when you meet with the companies and organizations when they are here?

Check out the Internship Fair LibGuide:

http://jwuflorida.libguides.com/internshipfair

On the guide, you’ll see a list of participating companies & organizations, tips on how to research them using JWU resources, resume & interview help, and more.

If you have any questions, please ask a librarian.  We’re here to help!

Need a quotation for your project?

Many of you know that Forbes has them in each issue in the back of their magazine.  They also have a searchable database of quotes on their site:

http://thoughts.forbes.com/quotes/

Happy quoting…

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
 – Henry David Thoreau

World Economic Outlook – Sustaining the Recovery (IMF)

Good Day!

The full text of this October 2009 publication can be found on the site for the International Monetary Fund:

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/02/index.htm

On the site, you can download the report in its entirety (226 pages), or download each chapter individually (for faster access).

Here’s a brief blurb (from the IMF site) that describes the WEO…
…WEO presents the IMF staff’s analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries. It focuses on major economic policy issues as well as on the analysis of economic developments and prospects…

Financial Crisis One Year Later (NY Times)

The New York Times site has a special feature that includes articles, video, audio, and interactive files showcasing the financial crisis and related developments over the past year:

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/businessspecial4/index.html

NPR – Best Books of 2009

NPR has a really nice section on their site devoted to books of the year:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120499960

Online Videos from the Harvard Business School

Business Source Complete has recently added videos from the HBS executive education programs.

To see the HBS videos (if you’re connected to the JWU network on campus), click on the following link (and then click on the button for “Videos”):

HBS Videos in Business Source Complete (All Campuses)
on campus 

You can sort the videos by date or by title.

Another way to access the videos is to click on “Business Videos” when you are looking at Business Source Complete main search page:

Business Source Complete (All Campuses)
on campus  |  off campus

…then type “harvard” to see all the videos, or enter a keyword to search for videos on a particular topic.

Happy viewing!