MGT 4350: Business Plan Development: How To Run Your Business

Ratio books give industry averages for costs, profitability, inventory and other measurements. Find out what to expect and how to measure yourself.

Online: Estatement Studies

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios.

Annual Statments Studies (Robert Morris and Associates)

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios

Trade Publications feature real-life stories from different industries. Examples include learn how to select menu items, arrange capital funding, renovate a historic building, profit margins for food in movie theaters and many more topics.   

ABI Inform Global - Good database for marketing news and trade publications detailing the details of running specific small businesses. Be sure to select the trade publications tab.   

InfoTrac Small Business Collection - Trade business sources detailing the nuts and bolts of running specific kinds of businesses. Be sure to select the magazines tab.