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COMPETITION REGULATORS
REGULATION THINKTANKS
MEDIA WEB
LINKS FOR ECONOMISTS
LINKS FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
LEARNING RESOURCES 
Links to University Library Catalogues  

UK Universities and Colleges 

The World Lecture Hall

Skills for Study (an excellent resource for learners and teachers from Palgrave)

Referencing your work (Examples from Durham University)

BBC Webwise  (A beginner's guide to the internet)

The Virtual Training Suite (If you're just starting out or want to improve yur net skills look her. More specifiacally students who follow my courses should look at The Internet Economist or The Internet Business Manager)

The Times Higher Education Supplement 

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UK LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT SOURCES 
UK LEGISLATIVE SOURCES 

Acts of Parliament 

Bills 

Command Papers 

House of Commons Hansard 

House of Lords Hansard

Sessional Information Digest 

Statutory Instruments 

Weekly Information Bulletin 

UK GOVERNMENT OFFICES 

UK Government Homepage 

Government News Network

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COMPETITION REGULATORS  
UK COMPETITION REGULATORS 

OFT (Office of Fair Trading: A good resource to look for information on the new Competition Act and Cartels.  It also has a very useful free magazine called 'Fair Trading'.  You can also access OFT Press Releases which are useful for examining current issues in UK competition policy. )

The Competition Commission (previously The Monopolies and Mergers Commission) 

GLOBAL COMPETITION REGULATION SITES 

European Commission DGIV 

Links to other National Competition Regulators 
 
OECD (still the best global site - well, in my view. Lots of information about privatisation, regulation and competition)

APEC Competion Policy Database (Competition Information relating to Asia- Pacific Countries)

UNCTAD (TheUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development Competiton Policy Site)

WTO (The World Trade Organisation. which has important material on competition and trade)

European Medicines Evaluation Agency  (A supranational authority with a specific remit to regulate new medicines in Europe)

OFFICIAL REGULATORY ASSESSMENT SITES

UK Cabinet Office, Better Regulation Executive

Regulatory Impact Assessments by UK Government

PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORS IN THE UK 

OFGEM (The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets) represent the merger of OFFER (The Office of Electricity Regulation) and OFGAS(The Office of Gas Regulation).

OFWAT (The Office of Water Regulation) 

ORR (The Office of Rail Regulation) 

OFCOM (The Office for communications Regulation. Includes television, radio, telecommunications) 

POSTCOMM (The Post Office Regulator)

INDUSTRY REGULATORS AND WATCHDOGS 

Financial Services Authority 

Institute of Trading Standards Administration 

Banking Ombudsman 

Citizens Advice Bureau 

Advertising Standards Authority 

Federation of Master Builders 

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REGULATION THINKTANKS

US THINKTANKS

AEI Brookings Institute

Cato Institute (an organisation with a libertarian philosophy. Has some interesting video discussions but requires Real Player)

Center for Research into Regulated Industries (has some excellent publications)

Mercatus Center

Heritage Foundation

Harvard Center for Risk Analysis

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Weidenbaum Centre

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MEDIA WEB PAGES 
QUALITY MAGAZINES  

The Economist 

Fortune 

Business Week  

QUALITY BROADCASTERS 

 BBC  CNN   

QUALITY NEWSPAPERS 

Electronic Telegraph 

Financial Times 

The Times  

The Guardian

The Independent

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LINKS FOR ECONOMISTS 

GENERAL LINKS FOR ECONOMISTS 

WebEc (The best site I know for general economic resources)

The Higher Education Economics Network

Resources for Economists

List of Economics Journals 

Economics Papers 

The Royal Economics Society 

The Library of Economics and Liberty. (an excellent site with definitions and articles on a range of topics)

Ideas in Economics. (Get the most recent thoughts of economists. My tip - click on 'Author')

LINKS FOR INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS 

The Economics of Networks 

Topics in Industrial Economics (Some notes by Dr. David Loomis at Illinois State University.)

EU Competition Policy 

LINKS FOR MICROECONOMICS 

Intermediate Micro Theory (Course by Mark Walbert at Illinois State University.)

The Information Economy (A Site designed by Hal Varian) 

Game Theory: An Introductory Sketch (An excellent textbook introduction to the subject by Roger McCain. It has plenty of examples that can be understood by all)

Game Theory. Net (A great site. Has some good links to simulations)

ECONOMISTS

Nobel Laureates in Economics

Oliver E Williamson (The main exponent of transaction costs today. Has an interview with him - requires real media player)

Ronald Coase (Probably the best site on coase. Has the transcript of an interview with him and a link to his Nobel Laureate address)

Hal Varian (An excellent site)

Becker-Posner Blog

Great video lecture series from the University of Munster

Go to this great page for links to economics videos

The Project Syndicate site (a great site with short insightful papers from well-known academics, including Joseph Stiglitz, Brad DeLong and Jeffrey Sachs)

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LINKS FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 

General Links for Strategic Management

Brint.com (a great portal on general business and knowledge management)

BOLA (Business Open Learning Archive) 

Management Related Net Links

Leader Values (a superb site with good information on many areas of change and change management)

Many Worlds.com

Links on Scenario Planning

The Plausible Futures Institute

Martin Borjesson An excellent resource in this area.

UK Government Strategic Futures work

Links on Complexity Theory and Chaos

Complexity Resources for Health Care Professionals

Chaos Theory at math.com

The Complexity and Artificial Life Research Concept for Artificial Systems (includes applications for business)

Links for Public Services Management

The Cabinet Office (This site has some useful material on principles for better regulation).

Strategy Unit (Also at the UK Government Cabinet Office has some useful information onStrategic Futures for the UK)

Improvement and Development Agency

Links for Public Services Management (cont.)

Department for Transport

DFES Web Site

Home Office

The Department for Work and Pensions

Department of Health

Tagish's Directory of UK Local Government Web Sites

Police Services of the UK

Public Management Foundation
Centre for Public Services
HM Revenue and Customs
Audit Commission (One of the UK Local government regulator) See their excellent change tutorial

National Audit Office (A regulator of UK central government)

UK Resilience (Run by the Cabinet Office this site is crucial for those looking into Emergency Planning in the UK. It has good links to other Emergency Planning sites too.)

Examining change in Higher Education (a web site based at the Univeristy of Luton)

Examining Change Management in the NHS Service and Delivery Organisation (An interesting set of research reports on change)

International Public Services Management

OECD Public Governance and Management Site (Provides insights on public services in OECD nations)

UNPAN (United Nations Public Administration Network. A useful site with some interesting conference videos though these require Real Player)

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