INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Introduction to Business Online, where you can stay current and expand your knowledge about the business world. Through the menu above, you access numerous online discussion questions or exercises. For example, you might be asked to read several online articles and then answer some challenging questions or take a test to measure your understanding of a topic in your textbook.

Notice the link to the left of this introduction entitled, "Business Around the World." It offers an outstanding global resource for researching and exploring business online. This includes local, national and international business news and analysis covering all fifty states and over thirty-five countries. Furthermore, access state-by-state data from the 2000 U.S. Census and information about conducting business in countries throughout the world.