Links -- Other B2B Online Resources
Colleges and universities with industrial supply programs
Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC)
The Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC) is an independent, permanent coalition of trade and professional associations who share a common concern for the future of small business. The purpose of SBLC is twofold: to consolidate the strength and maximize the influence of business on legislative and Federal policy issues of importance to the entire small business community; and secondly, to disseminate information on the impact of public policy on small business.
National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB)
The National Federation of Independent Business is the nation's largest small-business advocacy group representing the consensus views of its 600,000 members in DC and all 50 state capitals.
National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources
NAEIR is the National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources, a nonprofit organization founded in 1977. At NAEIR, we dedicate our energy and resources to soliciting donations of valuable, new merchandise from American corporations and redistributing this merchandise to our members, nonprofit organizations, churches, and schools.
American Productivity & Quality Center
APQC is a research organization that solves business problems in the areas of metrics, measurement, best practices, process improvement, benchmarking, and knowledge management.
The Family Firm Institute
The Family Firm Institute (FFI) is an international professional membership organization dedicated to providing interdisciplinary education and networking opportunities for family business advisors, consultants, educators, and researchers and to raising public awareness about trends and developments in the family business field.
American Society for Quality
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the world's leading authority on quality. With more than 100,000 individual and organizational members, this professional association advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide.
