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Week 4: Industry Research. Sept. 29, 2010. What’s the end goal here?. Learn how to find sources of information for use in industry research. IBISWorld. Industry reports on trends and growth projections Has industry reports for all US industries Many global found through search
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Week 4: Industry Research Sept. 29, 2010
What’s the end goal here? • Learn how to find sources of information for use in industry research
IBISWorld • Industry reports on trends and growth projections • Has industry reports for all US industries • Many global found through search • Access through Johnson School Library homepage
IBISWorld Reports • Intro to report • Contains industry definition • Products and services offered by industry • Similar industries to get different angles on data • Industries that will effect demand and supply
IBISWorld Reports • Executive summary • Key statistics • Product/geographical segmentation • Market characteristics • Industry conditions • Key factors • Competitors • Performance and outlook
IBISWorld Strength • Great source of basic information on industry trends • Past numbers and future growth predictions very helpful • Graphs that can be used to showcase industry arguments • Insight into future problems within the industry
S&P NetAdvantage • Great breakdown of recent events • Both general industries and sub-industries • Applies events to future predictions • Focused on current and future trends that will be sweeping an industry
S&P NetAdvantage • Gives a breakdown by industry of past performance • Rates strength of each broad industry • Economic calendar shows all upcoming economic news • Can be a little ovewhelming and finding the important stuff can be difficult • Very broad macro take on the economy, also
EIU • Economist Intelligence Unit • Has reports on every country, month by month • Future outlook • Politcal scene • Economic policy and performance • Data and charts
Thompson One • Great place to find research reports on individual companies • Can read through these to find analysts takes on overall sector and industry • Also good to look at competitors • Can only be used in IE
Yahoo Finance • Not much information on industries • More useful to find companies within a specific one • Good source of news updates on particular one
Cornell Library Guide • http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=3602&sid=20372
See you next week • Thanks for coming!