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Subject Resources for
Industry Research
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This guide provides an introduction to industry research - industry profiles, overviews, ratios, analysts' reports, etc. For further resources, see also our Industry Research for Specific Industries guides and Company Research guides.
Resources that are restricted to UBC students, staff, faculty and users in the library are marked with the UBC crest.
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Industry Profiles |
Market Research databases
Business & Company Resource Center
Business Source Complete - industry profiles from Datamonitor.
FP Advisor - profiles and ratios for Canadian industries.
Freedonia Focus
- market research reports with focus on engineering; high technology; life sciences; pharmaceuticals.
Global Market Information Database - business intelligence on country economies and demographics, markets, consumers, lifestyles, companies and industries.
Marketresearch.com Academic - market research reports for consumer products, demographics, food, beverage, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and more.
Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
HG 4921.S73 I6 - 2002 to 2007 (for recent surveys see Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage).
Standard & Poor's Market Insight - descriptions and ratios for small to large companies by industry.
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Standard & Poor's investment research, including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports.
General sources of industry profiles
Canada
Canada. Industry Canada , includes industrial sector reports and international market reports.
Canada. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Canadian Industry Profiles
SEDAR - industry information is contained in Annual Information Forms filed by Canadian companies.
U.S.
Boston University Libraries. Industry Survey Locator - American Industries
EconData - sources for profiles of US industries
EDGAR - Industry information is covered in the 10-k forms of individual companies.
United States. US Bureau of the Census. Current Industrial Reports, for manufacturing industries.
United States. International Trade Administration - profiles of US and international industries.
United States. International Trade Data System. Industry profiles
Yahoo! Industry Profiles - profiles, ratios and company lists for various industrial sectors.
International
Eurostat - industry profiles for the European Union.
Australia. Austrade. Industry & Country Info - over 450 industry and/or country profiles.
United Kingdom. UK Trade. Sector and Market Reports
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Industry Associations |
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Industry Ratios |
Business & Company Resource Center
Canadian industry norms and key business ratios - business ratios across industries classified as per Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.
Canada. Statistics Canada. Financial and taxation statistics for enterprises - ratios for Canadian industries.
Canada. Statistics Canada. Financial performance indicators for Canadian business - data on Canadian businesses, derived from Statistics Canada databases of financial statements.
FP Advisor - Industry Reports - corporate and industry benchmarking reports for Canadian companies.
Industry norms and key business ratios (to 2003) HF 5861 R25 I53
Mergent Online Select create reports and choose comparison report.
Canada. Statistics Canada. Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises - ratios for Canadian industries.
Performance Plus - a database for benchmarking financial data on a specific Canadian industry. Performance Plus tutorial
Robert Morris Associates. Annual Statement Studies HF 5681.B2R6
Standard & Poors. Analyst's Handbook. HG4519 .S77, David Lam reference. Use to find: debt to equity ratio, shareholders' equity, liabilities, inventory turnover
Standard & Poor's Market Insight
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage - investment research, including Industry Surveys & Stock Reports.
Canada. Statistics Canada. Services Indicators - ratios for Canadian service industries, eg, real estate, educational, etc. (only up to 2003)
Yahoo! Finance - companies ranked against industry peers
Value Line Investment Survey, HG4501.V26, David Lam Circulation Desk
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Companies in an Industry |
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Journal and News Articles |
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Last Updated |
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Contact: Lindsay Ure
Last Updated: 9-Jun-2009
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