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Journal, Magazine, and News Articles on Accounting and Other Business Topics

    
Accounting and financial management-focused publications
    
Business and management-focused magazines
    
Research articles
    
Business daily news for the United States
    
Business daily international news
    
Government magazines and other publications
Accounting and Taxes

Accounting Standards, Principles, and Processes

    
Finding US accounting standards (GAAP) information on the Internet
    
Accounting and bookkeeping, financial reporting support sites
    
Accounting standards - governmental and industry sectors
    
International accounting standards
    
Similarities and differences in IFRS and US GAAP accounting standards
    
Sarbanes-Oxley resource sites
    
Fixed asset accounting and financial management
    
Mergers and acquisitions accounting standards
    
Environmental and sustainability accounting, standards and reporting
    
Nonprofit accounting and management

Internal Controls and Auditing

    
Internal controls in accounting and business
    
Auditing in the United States
    
Auditing in other countries

Taxation – Federal, State, and International Income, Sales, and Other Taxes

    
Federal business tax and company taxation information
    
State and local business tax
    
International tax information
Cash, Costs, and Assets

Accounts payable accounting, processes, procedures, and policies

Purchasing

    
Websites providing price comparisons for business products
    
Website providing quotes for business services and products
    
Websites that conduct auctions on business services and products
    
Information on purchasing

Electronic Payments

    
Electronic payments in the United States
    
Electronic payments in other countries

Accounts receivable
Inventory
Working capital

Banks and Banking

    
Banking systems overview
    
Bank identification, information, and links
    
Bank evaluations and ratings
    
Banking regulations and laws
    
Electronic banking
    
Checks and other bank procedures
    
Illegal activities
    
Resource centers for banking information

Cash management
Business debt, bonds, and financing

Costs – Accounting, Management, and Other Aspects

    
Business costs - logistics, supply, and transportation
    
Business costs - energy
    
Business costs - construction and projects
    
Business costs - agriculture
    
Business costs - information technology
    
Business costs - postal and shipping
    
Business costs - leasing and renting (office and industrial space)
    
Business costs - travel
    
Business costs - professional fees (accounting, legal, engineering, etc.)
    
Business costs - office
    
Business costs - environmental   
    
Business costs - employees
    
Business costs - buildings and facilities
    
Business costs - products
    
Cost trends and benchmarking data
    
Cost forecasting and estimating
    
Cost accounting

Fixed, Intangible, and Other Assets

    
Intangible and intellectual assets
    
Asset leasing
    
Asset valuation
    
Equity and capital
Decision-Making

Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting

    
Business planning information
    
Business budgeting information
    
Long-term capital planning
    
Forecasting for planning

Profitability, Pricing, Margins, and Returns

    
Profitability
    
Pricing
    
Margins
    
Returns

Quantitative Analysis

    
Statistical analysis
    
Optimization
    
Sensitivity analysis
    
Ratio analysis
    
Force field analysis
    
Decision trees
    
Critical path analysis
    
Data mining
    
Decision support systems
    
Expert systems
    
Quantitative analysis
    
Decision making
    
Mathematics resource centers

Management Principles and Models

    
Performance management
    
Balanced scorecard
    
Project management
    
Lean management
    
Quality management
    
Economic value-added management
    
Knowledge management
    
Theory of constraints
    
More than one management principle

Economic Principles, Data, and Statistics

    
Economic principles
    
Untied States economic data and statistics
    
Worldwide economic data and statistics
Other Functions for Accounting Departments

Employee Policies, Benefits, and Payroll Information

    
Employment law and regulatory compliance (United States)
    
Employment law and regulatory compliance (international)
    
Employment - benefits
    
Employment - salaries
    
Employment - job descriptions
    
Payroll processing, including payroll taxes
    
Employment management, performance, and statistics information

Insurance and Risk Management

    
Insurance company information
    
Business insurance costs, statistics, and use information
    
Quotes for business insurance coverage
    
Risk management in business

Regulatory Information Related to Business

    
Websites focused on United States federal law and regulations
    
Websites with legal and regulatory information pertaining to the states
    
International business, commercial law, and regulatory information

International Trade-related Activities

    
Export and import information for the United States
    
Export and import information for other countries
    
Trade data and statistics for the Untied States
    
Trade data and statistics for other countries
    
Currency converters and other information useful in trade
    
Global coverage
    
European Union
    
Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
    
Middle East
    
South and Latin America, and Canada
    
Africa
    
Asia
Support Websites

Calculators and Calculations

    
Cash and securities
    
Accounts receivable
    
Inventory
    
Working capital
    
Fixed assets
    
Accounts payable
    
Loans, debts, and bonds
    
Equity and capital
    
Sales and prices
    
Margins and profits
    
Returns on investments
    
Operation expenses
    
Personnel expenses (payroll)
    
Tax-related expenses
    
Financial statement ratios
    
Decision-making and forecasting
    
Benchmarking
    
Valuing a company
    
Interest
    
Time value of money
    
Statistics
    
Currency conversions
    
Other conversions

Spreadsheets

    
Excel use support sites
    
Interactive and downloadable Excel spreadsheets

Database management use
Records management

Accounting Software

    
Accounting software evaluations, implementations, and applications
    
QuickBooks information

Forms and worksheets often needed by accounting departments
Ethical standards for accountants and business

Definitions and Explanations of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms

    
Accounting, financial, auditing, and tax terms and abbreviations
    
Banking, payment, bond, and treasury management terms
    
Cost accounting, quantitative analysis, planning, and forecasting terms
    
Insurance and risk management terms
    
Business, economics, legal, and market terms and acronyms
    
Nonprofit organization terms
    
Employment and benefit terms
    
Logistics, trade, manufacturing, and inventory terms
    
Management terms
    
Internet, information technology, and e-commerce terms
    
General terms
Companies and Industry Sectors

Company Financial Results and Other Company Data

    
Identification information (United States companies)
    
Company identification information (other countries)
    
Financial performance (Untied States companies)
    
Company financial performance (other countries)
    
Company information on government websites
    
Company information from lawsuits and court cases
    
Public comments and opinions on companies and their products

Industry Sector Trends, Data, and Statistics

    
Industry sector identification
    
Industry sector financial performance data
    
Industry sector information
    
Websites that provide analysis on industries

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

    
Government M&A policy, regulations, and compliance
    
M&A data, statistics, and activity
    
Advice and guidance for successful M&A
    
Websites with other information on various aspects of M&A
Management Accounting Information Center
Links Directory, RSS Feeds, and Ads
Management Accounting and Business Information
Each of the approximately 180 topic links below takes you to a page where links to Internet sites on the topic are available.

For the links (to the Internet sites) found on the approximately 180 topic pages, information is provided on the site that is linked to.  By clicking on the “
blue button”, next to the site link, you will get a site description and other information about the site.

Also on each of the approximately 180 pages, RSS technology is used to pull updated news out of the Google News system, using relevant keywords for the page’s topic.  Yahoo Pipes technology is now being used on the topic pages.  

Ads also appear on these approximately 180 pages.   Many of the ads lead to information that is relevant to the page’s topic, and offer a valuable additional information resource related to the page’s topic, and, hopefully, to the visitor’s need for information.

Also available on each content page is
Y!.  Clicking Y! will lead to a search of the Internet using the keywords shown and will provide, in a separate window, the top three search results. 

Hopefully, each page will allow the user to quickly find relevant information using the Internet.  These topics have been chosen to try to cover most of the specific topic areas where accountants and business decision makers might need to seek out information.   Pages are updated based on continuing research and exploration on what the Internet has to offer.
Seven categories are used below to try to assist the user to better find a topic.

On the left:

1.
Accounting and Taxes tries to link to sites with information on accounting principles and processes, auditing, internal control, and taxes.
2.
Cash, Costs, and Assets tries to link to sites to assist in cash, and other asset, accounting, management, and decision-making.
3.
Decision-Making tries to link to sites that a management accountant might study and use in decision-making and improving management.

On the right:

1.
Companies and Industry Sectors tries to link to sites with information on specific companies and industry sectors and analytical use of that information such as in mergers and acquisitions.
2.
Support Websites tries to link to websites that provide tools, such as calculators and spreadsheets, and other support, such as downloadable forms, software evaluations, ethical standards, and definitions, to assist the accounting function.
3.
Other Functions for Accounting Departments tries to link to employment, insurance, risk, legal, and international trade information where accounting departments often, or occasionally, need answers.
4. And,
All Areas are sites that potentially have information on too many topics to put these links into one of the other categories.
Management Accounting Information Center

An Internet Site For Researching Management, Accounting, and Business  Information
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