MKT 316 - Public Relations: Websites

This site features new work from among the more than 200 HBS faculty at the forefront of their diverse fields of expertise, providing a valuable source of inspiration for executives, entrepreneurs, and managers seeking to keep their organizations at the leading edge of innovation and change.

Measures the site usage for many websites. A personal website won’t work, but a business, such as Assumption.edu, has a full breakdown. Interesting usage information.

This site, started by a university marketing professor and a business librarian, provides regularly updated blog postings, tutorials, marketing stories, and hundreds of links to key industry resources.

Part of the US Census Bureau site, but can narrow down trends to a specific community (your town).

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics which hosts this site, “The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing.”

Provides information to the government and the public regarding regional, national, international, and industry economic data.

Provides information regarding American consumer spending over the past 10 years.

QuickFacts, from the U.S. Census Bureau, includes business, industry and economic statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with more than 5,000 people.

The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy. It is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and forms go out to more than 4 million businesses, including large, medium and small companies representing all U.S. locations and industries. Respondents are asked to provide a range of operational and performance data for their companies.

Shows tons of general data for a given city- not complete, however can search by state below and then choose from a listing to expand and find out what data they do have.

Compares business regulations across the world; Has rankings, statistics, reports, and provides tools for comparison. Published by World Bank, a reputable source.

Has lots of information on trends and things to look out for in marketing. The research tab leads to a quick briefs link.

Large association for grocery industry. Shows what trends exist in food and beverage products.

According to the site, their focus is “Reproductive Health and Fertility; Children and Families; Population and the Environment; and Population Futures—Aging, Inequality and Poverty, Migration and Urbanization, and Gender.” They provide ample information relevant to these topics.

Measures the site usage for many websites. A personal website won’t work, but a business, such as Assumption.edu, has a full breakdown. Interesting usage information.

A leading progressive business magazine with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design. Fast Company chronicles how changing companies create and compete, highlights new business practices, and showcases the teams and individuals who are inventing the future and reinventing business.

A management magazine for decision makers in businesses and organizations around the world. It's purpose is to illuminate the complex choices that leaders face — in strategy, marketing, operations, human capital, governance, and other domains — and the impact of their decisions.

This podcast "offers live, unscripted access to world-renowned thought leaders, executives, and faculty. Broadcasting weekly from The Wharton School's Ivy League campus via Sirius XM's trailblazing Wharton Business Radio channel, the program delivers invaluable advice for executives or managers who want to boost their organization's ability to innovate."

This website produces a global ranking of the top management thinkers, published every two years. Provides individual biographies, interviews, videos and related sites for additional information on each subject.