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The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (of business) provides free online access Knowledge@Wharton, its online business journal. The online journal focuses on: * business trends * interviews (faculty & business leaders) * business research * reviews (conferences, book, etc) * providing a search database to over 1,500 relevant articles and abstracts Major categories include Innovation and Entrepreneurship , Business Ethics, Marketing, Finance and Investment, and more. There is a "Special Sections" page that links to more in-depth articles which readers can post comments to. And last but not least, the site also has podcasts accessible via iTunes.

The Economist shows how different entrepreneurs around the world are creating businesses with the goal of improving the world, while still making money: social entreprenuership

BiomedExperts is a literature-based scientific social network. It brings the right researchers together and allows them to collaborate online. Collexis and Dell provide the BiomedExperts network of +1.5 Million pre-calculated profiles free of charge to researchers worldwide. There are maps of which scientists have worked with whom as well as a listing of their papers.

MaRS Discovery District will be participating in the Science Rendezvous festival which is a free one-day science festival to promote the importance of science in Canadian society. Their will be a spectacular 40-foot inflatable colon hosted by the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada in the atrium at MaRS.

MaRS Discovery District will be participating in the Science Rendezvous festival which is a free one-day science festival to promote the importance of science in Canadian society. Their will be a spectacular 40-foot inflatable colon hosted by the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada in the atrium at MaRS.

MaRS client Locationary is profiled as a company who's already doing what FourSquare is thinking to do. Locationary is part of our information technology, communications and entertainment practice. They offer community-sourced location-based data for free.

MaRS social innovation client, Youth4Water, was interviewed on Metro Morning on Wednesday, March 16th. Their latest campaign, Blue W, encourages businesses to fill up the public's water bottles for free with tap water. It's a wonderful campaign to remind everyone that Toronto has great-tasting, safe drinking water and you don't need to buy bottled water.

The US Commercial Service provides an excellent and free-for-use International Market Research search tool for 18 global industries. Global market research reports, country commercial guides, and best market reports can be accessed via search by industry, sector, region, country, keyword, or type of report. Older archived records can also be retrieved. The site offers search tips for finding market reports, as well as e-alerts.

IDC is a global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. Technology advice can be searched by industry (energy, financial, health, life sciences, manufacturing, and other), or by country/region. The Canadian site provides geographical, business, communications, consumer, web, health, manufacturing, financial and other market reports. For the full list go here. The site also requires a subscription (free) to access most full-text documents - some reports may still require payment.

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada provides free up-to-date access to local and global market reports (via subscription only). Market reports on the following industries are included: manufacturing, materials, aerospace and defense, agriculture (technology and food), arts, automotive, bio-tech, building products, chemicals, consumer products, electric power, environment, fish and seafood, forest, health, IT, metals, ocean tech, oil and gas, plastics, rail and urban transit, space, and tourism.

From University of North Carolina (Charlotte)'s J.Murrey Atkins Library comes VIBES (Virtual International Business & Economic Sources), a portal with more than 3,500 current links to free English Internet resources on international business and economic information. On VIBES one can find Comprehensive, Regional, or National information on world countries. Links to Patents, Emerging Markets, Economic Country Information, statistics, and other websites can also be found, as well as full-text research reports and tables and graphs.

A Web 2.0 focused resource site for entrepreneurs, Virtual Handshake provides links to industry blogs, wikis, and discussion groups. Links to informative social networking sites, software (freeware), and other virtual communities can also be found, as is a comprehensive directory of other online networking/social software companies.

Bitstrips, a MaRS digital media client, was recently featured in the Globe and Mail. Bitstrips is an online comic book that is created by users. Their free online toys make it fast, fun and easy to create comics. The article shows how Bitstrips for Schools is helping teachers get students engaged creatively using digital media while promoting reading, writing and media literacy. Find out more about this company to watch.

Small business startup Wave Accounting has raised $12 million in its second round of funding, the company announced today.

Notable Canadians share the best advice or words of wisdom they received from their fathers such as Dr. David Naylor, President of the University of Toronto.

Mark Evans, Canadian digital strategist, talks about MaRS client, Wave Accounting. He explains and positively assesses the free online software for SMEs

CanadaHelps.org is hosting a two-day conference for non-profit/charitable groups to learn how to utilize Web 2.0marketing and fundraising ventures. This event is being held at MaRS June 8 & 9.

Lisa Torjman's blog on Net Change Week happening June 8-12, 2009 which is designed to explore how social technology can bolster social change.