• Basic Ten Competencies and Body of Literature

Competencies Specific to Business

• Business Plans/Entrepreneurship
• Census/Demographics
     Economic Census
     County business patterns
• Company Information
     Financial reports
     Background and history
     Competition
     Ratios
• Currency Data
• Current Awareness
• Economic Indicators
• GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
• Industry Classification
    SIC/NAICS/International Harmonics
• Industry InformationDevelopments, trends
     Projections
     Financial Ratios
• International Information
     Export/Import, Trade barriers
     Country information
• Presentation tools (graphs, etc.)
• Regulatory Information
     Local, State, Federal Laws and Regulations
     Certification
     ADA Standards
• SIC/NAICS/International Harmonics classifications