Library and Academic Services: Starting a Business: Operating Plan

Operating Plan

Maintaining Your Business. Canada. Business and Indusrty
Managing your business operations, strategic and financial planning, marketing, growth and more.
Operations Management Foundations
LinkedIn Learning comprehensive video on Business operations.
Entrepreneur. First Steps: Writing the Operations Section of Your Business Plan.
An online quick guide which offers tips to create the operations section of a business plan.

Featured Databases

Useful for new business ideas, trends, consumer behaviour, business forecasts, company information and more.

OneSearch
OneSearch - the Library's main resource locator, OneSearch finds print and electronic resources in the Library, tens of thousands of EBSCOhost ebooks and journals, industry reports, news articles, and more. Search for business plans or business planning to find everything, regardless of format, relevant to your needs. Of course, should you want to search the resources individually, you can access individual databases.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
An essential tool for business students, this database contains thousands of full-text journals and magazines, e-books, case studies, industry reports, market research reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, and more.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Canadian and US industry reports containing trends, market information, industry statistics, competitive landscape, and other industry-related information.
LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
LinkedIn Learning is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. (Formerly known as Lynda.com) Sign-in with your college credentials.

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