Industry Research

Related Topics
Competitors
Industry classification
Market share
Overview and trends
Rankings
Industry ratios
SWOT analysis

Industry Research Tips
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Frequently Used Databases
IBIS World
 
[Full-text]
IBIS World provides industry market research reports on over 700 U.S. industries, brief company reports on about 8000 companies as well as economic and demographic reports with focus on the U.S. economy. (Access Finance folder on R.H. Smith Portal)


Business & Company Resource Center (Gale) [Licensing restrictions apply]
 
[Some full-text, Date range: varies, ranging from 1980-present]
Provides detailed company histories, brokerage house reports, industry overviews, rankings, market share data and articles, most of which are in full text.

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage (Standard & Poor's)
 
[Full-text documents, Date range: One rolling year - present.]
Provides full-text reports, forecast, analysis, statistics and ratios of about 52 major industries. Coverage is for current and up to 4 years, depending on the industry.

Hoover's Online
 
[Updated: daily]
Provides comprehensive profiles, in-depth financials, company overviews and histories, their competitors, products, services and operations.

Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
 
[Some full-text, Date range: varies]
Business Source Complete is an upgraded version of Business Source Premier. It is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content.


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