Bibliography of encyclopedias: business, information and economics


This is a list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries published on the subject of business, information and information technology, economics and businesspeople in any language. Entries are in the English language except where noted.

General business

  • Becker, William H. The Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography. Facts on File/Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1988–.
  • Business leader profiles for students. Gale Research, 1999–2002..
  • Carey, Charles W., Ian C. Friedman. American inventors, entrepreneurs, and business visionaries. Facts On File, 2010..
  • Encyclopedia of Business. Gale Research, 1994.
  • Fucini, Joseph J., Suzy Fucini. Entrepreneurs, the men and women behind famous brand names and how they made it. G.K. Hall, 1985..
  • Gelbert, Doug. So who the heck was Oscar Mayer? Barricade Books, 1996..
  • Gove, John. Made in America: the true stories behind the brand names that built a nation. Berkley Books, 2001..
  • Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
  • Hamilton, Neil A. American business leaders: From colonial times to the present. ABC-CLIO, 1999..
  • Hirahara, Naomi. Distinguished Asian American business leaders. Greenwood Press, 2003..
  • Ingham, John N., Lynne B. Feldman. Contemporary American business leaders: a biographical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1990..
  • Krismann, Carol. Encyclopedia of American women in business: from colonial times to the present. Greenwood Press, 2005..
  • MacCusker, John J. History of world trade since 1450. Macmillan Reference USA, 2006..
  • Marquis Who's Who. Who's who in finance and business. (formerly Who's who in finance and industry. Marquis Who's Who, 1936–..
  • Miller, William J. Encyclopedia of International Commerce. Cornell Maritime Press, 1985.
  • Northrup, Cynthia Clark. Encyclopedia of world trade: from ancient times to the present. Sharpe Reference, 2005..
  • Olson, James S. and Susan Wladaver-Morgan. Dictionary of United States Economic History. Greenwood, 1992.
  • Porter, Glenn. Encyclopedia of American Economic History: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas. Scribner's, 1980.
  • Presner, Lewis A. The International Business Directory and Reference. Wiley, 1991.
  • Schlager, Neil, Schlager Group. International directory of business biographies. St. James Press, 2005..
  • Sherrow, Victoria. A to Z of American women business leaders and entrepreneurs. Facts on File, 2002..
  • Standard and Poor's register of corporations, directors, and executives. Standard and Poor's..

    Accounting and finance

  • Pescow, Jerome. Encyclopedia of Accounting Systems. rev. ed., Prentice-Hall, 1976.
  • Shim, Jae K. and Joel G. Siegel. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting and Finance. Prentice-Hall, 1989.

    Banking and finance

  • Munn, Glenn G. and F. L. Garcia and Charles J. Woelfel. Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance. 9th ed., St. James Press, 1991.
  • Thorndike, David. The Thorndike Encyclopedia of Banking and Financial Tables. 3rd ed., Warren, Gorham, & Lamont, 1987.

    Economics

  • Arestis, Philip, Malcolm C. Sawyer. A biographical dictionary of dissenting economists. E. Elgar, 2000..
  • Blang, Mark, Howard R. Vane. Who's who in economics. Edward Elgar Publ., 2003..
  • Blaug, Mark. Great economists since Keynes: an introduction to the lives and works of one hundred modern economists. Edward Elgar, 1998..
  • Cicarelli, James, Julianne Cicarelli. Distinguished women economists. Greenwood Press, 2003..
  • Eatwell, John. The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. Stockton Press, 1987.
  • Greenwald, Douglas. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics. 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1994.
  • Henderson, David R. Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics. Warner, 1993.
  • Henderson, David R. The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Liberty Fund, 2008.
  • Pressman, Steven. Fifty major economists. Routledge, 2014..
  • Rutherford, Donald. The biographical dictionary of British economists. Thoemmes, 2004..

    Insurance

  • Singer, Isidore. International insurance encyclopedia. American encyclopedic library assoc., 1910.

    Labor

  • Filipelli, Ronald L. Labor Conflict in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1990.
  • Jones, Lawrence K. Encyclopedia of Career Change and Work Issues. Oryx, 1992.

    Management

  • Finch, Frank. Facts on File Encyclopedia of Management Techniques. Facts on File, 1985.
  • Heyel, Carl. The Encyclopedia of Management. 3rd ed., Van Nostrand, 1982.
  • Witzel, Morgan. Biographical dictionary of management. Thoemmes, 2001..
  • Witzel, Morgen. The encyclopedia of the history of American management. Thoemmes Continuum, 2005..

    Money

  • Newman, Peter. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance. Stockton Press, 1992.

    Real estate

  • Arnold Encyclopedia of Real Estate. Warren, Gorham, & Lamont, 1978.
  • Gross, Jerome. Webster's New World Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary of Real Estate. 3rd ed., Prentice Hall, 1987.
  • Newell, James. The St. James Encyclopedia of Mortgage & Real Estate. St. James Press, 1991.

    Statistics

  • International Encyclopedia of Statistics. Free Press, 1978.
  • Kotz, Samuel and Norman L. Johnson. Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences. Wiley, 1982–88.
  • Sills, David L., ed. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Free Press, 1968.

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