Strategic Corporate Strategic Corporate Research Research Laura L. Leavitt Laura L. Leavitt Labor Relations & Business Librarian Labor Relations & Business Librarian School of Labor & Industrial Relations School of Labor & Industrial Relations Michigan State University Michigan State University (517) 355-4647 (517) 355-4647 [email protected]http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/lir/ http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/lir/ http://www.lib.msu.edu/staff/leavitt9/ http://www.lib.msu.edu/staff/leavitt9/ StrategicCorporateResearch2008.ppt StrategicCorporateResearch2008.ppt August 19, 2008
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Laura L. LeavittLaura L. LeavittLabor Relations & Business LibrarianLabor Relations & Business LibrarianSchool of Labor & Industrial RelationsSchool of Labor & Industrial Relations
Michigan State UniversityMichigan State University(517) 355-4647(517) 355-4647
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URLs for Web ResourcesURLs for Web ResourcesInvestopedia Investopedia http://www.investopedia.comHooversHoovershttp://www.hoovers.comReuters Company ProfilesReuters Company Profileshttp://today.reuters.com/business/companyprofiles.aspx Michigan e-Library (MeL)Michigan e-Library (MeL)http://www.mel.org Thomas Register of ManufacturersThomas Register of Manufacturershttp://www.thomasregister.com Yahoo!FinanceYahoo!Financehttp://finance.yahoo.comCrain’s Detroit Business Internet DirectoryCrain’s Detroit Business Internet Directoryhttp://www.crain.com/datacenter/cdb/netindex.cfm
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