Some ideas for web based Secondary Research

Some ideas for web based Secondary Research

I've been working on collecting a set of suitable IA online resources recently. They may be a starting point for IB Business and Management students for various tasks - such as
• IA (HL and SL) Secondary research
• Choosing a suitable IA SL topic
• Choosing a suitable EE topic

It’s NOT a comprehensive list, but I hope this helps if you are stuck on getting a start on suitable secondary sources…....

Remember … before you start surfing….
• The following links are respected, and are a good place to start, but DON’T trust something just because it’s on a website!
• You are expected to select a range of secondary research sources. As well as these external sources, you should look for internal sources of secondary research - company end of year reports etc
• ALL secondary research MUST be current (i.e. published in the last 2 years)


a) Tags for companies and IB Bam content
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/business-studies/tags/

b) Case studies
http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/information/index.php (various topic links and company information links)
http://www.afrbiz.com.au/page.asp?E_Page=416355 (Australian based company links)

c) Business theory links
http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/ib.htm (IB BaM theory)
http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/theory/index.php (Business theory - be careful to select a BaM topic not one that is not in the syllabus)

d) Great research sites
a. www.ft.com – a monster site – you can go to UK, European, Asian, US and Middle Eastern versions). I click the ‘Companies’ tab and then use the search box to get research on a company I’m interested in
b. www.guardian.co.uk/business - I love this site because it is the easiest one to get lots of sources on a particular topic. Once you go to any of the links on this page, you should look for the “Related subjects” links down the right hand side of the page. Here are some of the links that may spark some ideas:

Business by Sector - examples
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/banking
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/telecoms
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/theairlineindustry
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/retail
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/supermarkets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/fooddrinks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/oilandgascompanies

Business by topic - examples
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/mergers-and-acquisitions
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/executive-pay-bonuses
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/corporatesocialresponsibility
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/ethicalbusiness

Technology Businesses – examples
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/microsoft
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/google
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/youtube
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/facebook
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/apple