Business Information Review

This article describes a wide range of Chinese business information sources which should assist the researcher or business person looking for information on a variety of topics in this area. In addition to sources of information, it also provides useful business contacts with their full address, telephone and facsimile numbers. In each case, the full address and contact is given in the last section.

Business in cyberspace has become a global reality. This is fuelled by intelligent technology and ever-expanding electronic networks and business processes. One area of business on the Internet that is growing exponentially is marketing of products and services.

Below are some selected excerpts of marketing ventures on the Internet taken from TRADEWINDS: a monthly round-up of Internet coverage in trade and industry magazines, published by Baker Library, Harvard Business School.

The US Bureau of the Census conducts the Economic Census and the Census of Population and Housing that form the basis for much of the demographic data available in the USA. This article examines the Census of Population and Housing. It explains how the Census is organized, highlights those reports that are relevant to marketing and describes how to access the data.