Business & Economics

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This guide can help you find Business and Economics materials from various OER providers.

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Highlighted Business Materials

These textbooks are open educational resources (OER) that are free to use without first seeking permission from the author. However, how they may be used is determined by their licensing.  

Financial Accounting

"The ultimate purpose of this book is to provide students with a rich understanding of the rules and nuances of financial accounting so they can evaluate available information and then make good choices about those organizations." - Saylor Academy

​Adapted by  Saylor Academy
Licensing  CC BY NC SA 3.0

Managerial Accounting

"This book is aimed squarely at the new learning styles evident in today’s students and addresses accounting industry changes as well." - Saylor Academy

​Adapted by  Saylor Academy
Licensing  CC BY NC SA 3.0

Principles of Economics

This textbook "covers the scope and sequence of most introductory economics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts." - OpenStax

Written by  ​Steven A. Greenlaw, et. al. 
Licensing  CC BY 4.0

Principles of Microeconomics

This textbook "covers the scope and sequence of most introductory microeconomics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts." - OpenStax 

Written by  Steven A. Greenlaw, et. al.
Licensing  CC BY 4.0

Principles of Macroeconomics

This textbook "covers the scope and sequence of most introductory macroeconomics courses. The text includes many current examples, which are handled in a politically equitable way. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of economics concepts." - OpenStax 

Written by Steven A. Greenlaw, et. al.
Licensing  CC BY 4.0

Principles of Management

Introductory level principles of management textbook, published 2012.

​Adapted by  Saylor Academy
Licensing  CC BY NC SA 3.0

Principles of Marketing

This textbook "teaches the experience and process of actually doing marketing—not just the vocabulary. It carries five dominant themes throughout in order to expose students to marketing in today’s environment." - Saylor Academy

​Adapted by  Saylor Academy
Licensing  CC BY NC SA 3.0

Human Resource Management

"No matter the industry, all companies have one thing in common: they must have people to make their capital work for them. This is the focus throughout the text: generation of revenue through the use of people’s skills and abilities." - Saylor Academy

​Adapted by  Saylor Academy
Licensing  CC BY NC SA 3.0

Business OER Collections

The purpose of these discipline specific pages is to showcase content that might be of interest to faculty who are considering adopting open educational resources for use in their classes.