LibGuides: Industry Research: Industry Profiles

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Bed and breakfast accommodations
Defense industries
Electric industries
Energy industries
Financial services industry
Food service
High technology industries
Hospitality industry
Hotels
Manufacturing industries
Restaurants
Retail trade
Service industries
Special events industry
Tourism, etc.

What are NAICS & SIC?

NAICS
NAICS, pronounced Nakes, is the U.S Federal standard for statistical agencies in classifying industries in the U.S. economy

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North American Industry Classification System

Profiles include overviews, financial information, key statistics, competitive landscape, market share, historical background, forecasts/outlooks/trends. You can also obtain full-text research articles, which are frequently updated.

Business Insights Global
- Case studies, company profiles & industry research reports
- Country economic reports, market research reports
- SWOT analyses, and video interviews with business executives, and selective full-text articles
Business Source Complete
- Company profiles, SWOT analyses where available, industry profiles, stocks and investment information, management-related articles
- Harvard Business Review case studies and streaming videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series, and selective full-text articles
- JWU Library does not have access to Harvard Business Cases
First Research (Mergent)
- In-depth U.S. and global-wide industry profiles (each report includes an overview of business challenges, trends, opportunities, and ratios)
- "State and Province Profiles" with a clickable map for monthly updates of local industry, economic, employment, and wage data for each of the 50 states and Canadian Provinces
IBISWorld
- Industry research for over 700 U.S. industries, hard-to-find U.S. "specialized industries", and some state-level industry research
- Updated reports: Global-wide industries and industries in China
- Industry reports include "Key Statistics," "Key Ratios," and supply-chain overviews
MarketResearch.com Academic
- Industry reports including demographics, market trends, forecasts, analysis of major brands, new products, and consumer trends and buyer behavior
Statista
- Statistics, reports, and visual data for a range of topics, countries, industries, trending topics, and more
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- Expert tools options are unavailable

BizStats
Industry report search, statistics, and financial ratios.

First Research (Mergent)
- In-depth U.S. and global-wide industry profiles (each report includes an overview of business challenges, trends, opportunities, and ratios)
- "State and Province Profiles" with a clickable map for monthly updates of local industry, economic, employment, and wage data for each of the 50 states and Canadian Provinces
IBISWorld
- Industry research for over 700 U.S. industries, hard-to-find U.S. "specialized industries", and some state-level industry research
- Updated reports: Global-wide industries and industries in China
- Industry reports include "Key Statistics," "Key Ratios," and supply-chain overviews
VentureLine
- Cross-sectional financial analysis tools for public and private companies, comparing industry financial ratios to any company or comparing two companies in similar lines of business
- Access to Ventureline's MBA Glossary of accounting terms (PDF)
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