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)
UK GOVERNMENT OFFICES
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
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
Institute of Trading Standards Administration
Advertising Standards Authority
US THINKTANKS
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)
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
QUALITY BROADCASTERS
GENERAL LINKS FOR ECONOMISTS
WebEc (The best site I know for general economic resources)
The Higher Education Economics Network
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
Topics in Industrial Economics (Some notes by Dr. David Loomis at Illinois State University.)
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
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)
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)
General Links for Strategic Management
Brint.com (a great portal on general business and knowledge management)
BOLA (Business Open Learning Archive)
Leader Values (a superb site with good information on many areas of change and change management)
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
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)
Links for Public Services Management (cont.)
The Department for Work and Pensions
Tagish's Directory of UK Local Government Web Sites
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- 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)
