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.
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Industry Profiles |
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 [Back To Top] |
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Industry Associations |
American Society of Association Executives - search gateway to over 6500 associations [Back To Top] |
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Industry Ratios |
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 I53Mergent Online Select create reports and choose comparison report.
Canada. Statistics Canada. Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises - ratios for Canadian industries.
SME Benchmarking Tool - a database for benchmarking financial data on a specific Canadian industry. Performance Plus tutorial Robert Morris Associates. Annual Statement Studies HF 5681.B2R6Standard & 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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Statistical Sources |
Canada. Statistics Canada. E-Stat Canada. Industry Canada. Performance Plus-build a customizable report by industry code for a small business. View a Sample Case here. Canada. Statistics Canada. Services Indicators - statistics about service industries by Canadian province (to 2003).
Canada. Statistics Canada. Service Industries Newsletter. - articles, statistics and profiles for a number of service industries. Lexis Nexis Statistical Universe - US and international statistics.
United States. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Annual Survey of Manufacturers [Back To Top] |
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Companies in an Industry |
Business in Vancouver Book of Lists HF 5073.V3B882 - leading BC businesses, organized by industry categories.
Canada. Industry Canada. Canadian Company Capabilities. Includes directories for specific industries. Canadian Key Business Directory, by Dun & Bradstreet HF 5072.B7B74Canadian Trade Index - online database of information on 30,000 Canadian companies. FP Advisor - Canadian company directories; ability to download company names.
NAICS Codes - industry codes that have replaced SIC codes Scott's Directories - Canadian business directories in print in the Lam Library.[Back To Top] |
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Journal and News Articles |
- articles from 1000+ business magazines and journals.
Business Source Complete - business journal & magazine articles as well as industry profiles.Canada Newswire - up-to-date Canadian business news. Canadian NewsStand - major Canadian dailies.
CBCA Complete - articles on Canadian business and current affairs.
CNNfn - constantly updated financial, company news. Factiva - international and multilingual news database covering nearly 9000 sources.
Forrester Research - analyzes emerging trends in e-business.
Investext Plus - analyst reports from investment banks on industries and companies.
Lexis-Nexis Academic - international database covering news, government, legal, finance and business information services.
Yahoo!Finance - up-to-the minute news, searchable by company, industry and country [Back To Top] |
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12-Jan-2010 |
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