Business Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the Business Portal for MERLOT. The Business Editorial Board strives to provide valuable resources to help in your business teaching career. While our focus is on accounting, economics, management, and marketing, we also provide materials for other business disciplines.
Please join MERLOT and contribute to this growing community of business instructors by using the resources, submitting your own materials and assignments for evaluation, and sharing ideas to help you teach online and in the classroom.
We also invite you to become a Business Peer Reviewer, as we can certainly use your help in our discipline. If you're interested and willing, contact cathy.swift@csulb.edu
The members of the Business Editorial Board include:
- Cathy Swift, Editor
- Jeanette Landin, Associate Editor of Accounting
- Waqas Ahmed
- Stephanie Burch-Bynum
- Wendy Freckleton
If you have any questions about MERLOT, the MERLOT Business Editorial Board, or being a Peer Reviewer, contact Cathy Swift.
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Open Educational Practices: Sharing Through ePortfolios
MERLOT and SkillsCommons have designed portals to enable discovery and sharing of free, open, and exemplary collections of ePortfolios that showcase open practices. View the Business ePortfolios here:
New Materials
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Sprunki
Sprunki Game is a creative music-making game that allows players to create unique songs through a simple and interactive...
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Ernst & Associates
Ernst & Associates is a Cincinnati, OH criminal defense law firm dedicated to helping people navigate the legal system....
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Rosenthal Injury Law
Rosenthal Injury Law is a people-focused firm dedicated to helping those who have suffered serious injuries throughout...
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Brent Gordon Law
Brent Gordon Law is a personal injury law firm based in Idaho Falls (Ammon), Idaho and serving throughout the state. For...
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Your Social Security Number: The 9-Digit Evolution
This reading assignment traces the usage of the social security number from its beginning in 1935 to current times.
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Your Introduction to The Federal Reserve and You
Introduce the Federal Reserve System and learn what the Fed is, what it does, and how it impacts the economy.
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Your Connection to the Economy and the Federal Reserve
Students will explore the interdependent relationship between households and the Federal Reserve using this infographic.
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Your Connection to the Economy and the Federal Reserve
This infographic guides you through your role in the economy, the Federal Reserve's role in the economy, and the ways the...
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Your Budget Plan | It's Your Paycheck Lesson 4
This module analyzes effective and ineffective budgeting behaviors when creating a budget from a transaction history.
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Your Budget Plan
Students learn effective and ineffective budgeting behaviors, and generate a list of budgeting principles.
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World War II Through the 1960s
In this video assignment, see how the Fed worked with the U.S. Treasury to keep interest rates low in World War II.
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Will Your Smartphone Get You a Job?
In this reading assessment, explore the data behind app-driven employment and the workers who pursue it.
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Will Robots Take Our Jobs?
This reading assignment discusses robots, AI, and automation. It outlines to students how technology impacts jobs and how...
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Why Should You Save & Invest? Lesson Plan
In this activity, students will learn about different savings and investment options such as savings account, money...
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Why Should You Save & Invest? Infographic
This infographic covers the importance of both saving and investing and explains the Rule of 72 with examples.
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Why Should You Care About Inflation?
This video assignment introduces how inflation affects consumers' incomes, spending, and wages.
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Why Should You Budget?
Use this infographic to help your students understand how a budget will put them on a path to meet their financial goals.
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Why Prepare for the Unexpected?
This infographic identifies the steps your students need to take when developing their own plans for being financially...
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Why Money?
Illustrate how bartering for goods and services is inefficient compared to an economy that uses money.
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Why Is It So Difficult To Buy a High-Quality Used Car?
This reading assignment explains why asymmetric information makes it difficult for used-car buyers to avoid "lemons" and...
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Why is Good Credit Important?
This infographic explains how important maintaining a good credit history is to one's financial stability.
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Why Does the Fed care about inflation?
This video assignment explains what happens when inflation gets out of control and how one of the Federal Reserve’s...
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Why Develop Human Capital?
This infographic will help your students see clearly the strong connection between their education level and their...
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Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor?
Why is the gap between rich and poor countries so large? This reading assignment describes how total factor productivity...
New Members
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Jasper WildeABC
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Zuhair AlsikafiZuhair Alsikafi
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Isimark IndiaBangalore university
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Steven NguyenSacramento City College -
Martha Carro FernándezSaylor University Consulting Professor (Independent Contractor) -
Liam BarrettBangalore university -
sarah smiththe ark enterprises -
Cristy JohnsonAmerican InterContinental University (AIU) -
danni morisondannimorison -
Matthew ErnstMatthew Ernst -
Andrew JamesRiches@123#45 -
Jeremy RosenthalRosenthal Injury Law -
Ian GarciaMission You -
Brent GordonBrent Gordon -
ZIAD KHANPeace University, USA -
Jennifer Vaughn-EstradaRio Hondo College -
Kathleen CahillKathleen Cahill Law -
Henry CooperTechyExperts -
Capital Edgecapitaledge
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RID-A -LEAKRID-A-LEAK
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sairway CorMinnesota -
Louise ParkerAdam Green -
Chad AlcornUniversity of Alaska Anchorage
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BK SinghLegals365
Materials by Discipline
- Accounting (972)
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Professional Organizations
- The American Accounting Association
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- American Economic Association
- National Council for Economic Education
- Academy of Management
- American Marketing Association
- Teaching Society for Management Educators
- Institute of Management Accountants
Journals & Publications
- Journal of Accounting Education
- Journal of Accountancy
- Accounting Education
- The Journal of Economic Education
- Academy of Management Learning and Education
- Journal of Management Education
- Journal for Advancement of Marketing Education (JAME)
- Journal of Marketing Education
- Marketing Education Review
- Quarterly Review of Business Disciplines
- Journal of International Business Disciplines
- FRED (Economic Research)
Business on the Web
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2026 NJBIZ Finance Power List: D – G
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New U of A 'accounting trick' sparks mixed reactions - Arizona Daily Star
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Higher Education Alliance debuts 24 courses aimed at closing skills gaps - BizTimes
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Education as economic investment | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror
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From experiment to impact: reducing waste in teaching labs, part 2
Jun 21, 2026 05:12 PM PDT
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Aristotle and Aquinas on Economics | National Affairs
Jun 21, 2026 03:58 PM PDT
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Bankruptcy and Higher Education - WSJ
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Currency crash and visa crackdowns force Indian students to rethink studying abroad - BBC
Jun 21, 2026 03:06 PM PDT
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Community Voices Weekly: Education in the spotlight - Lookout Eugene-Springfield
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Every Deposit is Income! - YouTube
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After Being Renewed For Another 5-Year Term in November, USC Dean Resigns Days ...
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Nearly All EAE Business School Grads Found Jobs In 2025, With Salaries Growing 70%
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Infant Mortality, Education and Financial Development: Evidence from World Level Data ... - EBSCO
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The Women Running Businesses Under Taliban Rules - The New York Times
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Florida college seized by DeSantis in 'anti-woke' push to triple in size - The Guardian
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[WATCH] Time for a refreshed curriculum? 'Misaligned' education system delaying entrepreneurship
Jun 21, 2026 08:19 AM PDT
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ਡਿਊਟੀ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਲੱਗ ਜ਼ਬਰਦ.ਸਤ ਕਰੰ.ਟ, ਹਸਪਤਾਲ ਪਹੁੰਚਣ ਤੋਂ ...
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Employers want more AI-fluent workers. It's testing young graduates' loyalties. - The Boston Globe
Jun 21, 2026 06:06 AM PDT
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From Corporate Strategist to Scholar: The Academic Journey of Al Jazi Al Thani
Jun 21, 2026 02:44 AM PDT
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DISRUPTING STUDENT ATTRACTION TO THE MYTH OF NEOLIBERAL MERITOCRACY ...
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