Industry FAQ Answers

Answer:

• BizMiner
• Business Monitor Online
• Marketline Advantage
• First Research
• Freedonia Focus
• Mergent Online
• NetAdvantage
• OneSource
• Plunkett Research Online 

2. Question: How do I research an industry? 

Answer:

• Find its NAICS code 
• Find industry reports and overviews
• Find statistics and financial data
• Find trade associations
• Find industry news 

3. Question: Which industry/market sources are global in scope?

Answer:

• Marketline Advantage
• Factiva
• First Research
• Freedonia Focus
• Business Monitor Online
• Mergent Web
• Market Research
• Mintel Oxygen
• NetAdvantage
• OneSource

4.   Question: Where can I find statistical sources for industry research?

• Bloomberg
  • BI, Bloomberg Industries, and hit GO

• Marketline Advantage
• First Research
• Mintel Oxygen
• NetAdvantage
• Plunkett Research Online 

Government and organization statistical resources:

• U.S. Census Industry Snapshots
• U.S. Census Current Industry Reports
• OECD international
• FedStats
• IES (International Economic Statistics) Database
• FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)  has an international category
  
  

Answer:

• BizMiner
• Bloomberg
  • BI, Bloomberg Industries, and hit GO
• First Research
• Mergent Online
• NetAdvantage
• OneSource
• Value Line
  • Research Hub/Stocks/Industries
• Thomson ONE
  • Click on Screening and Targeting from the left menu.
  • Select an industry using one of the options.
  • Add other screening criteria as desired.
  • Click on Report Writer to customize the display.

6.   Question: Where can I get a SWOT Analysis of an industry?  

 Answer: SWOT stands for 'strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats'

• Business Monitor International
  • Select your country from the top blue bar
  • choose an industry or sector using the lefthand menu.
  • In the orange box on the right, choose Latest PDF or Past Issues for an industry report by geography that includes SWOT analyses.
  • For more on finding SWOT analyses in Business Monitor International, see this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUibA8i_fuA

• ProQuest ABI/INFORM Global
  • Browse, Industry and Market Research, Just-Series Market Research Reports, Browse by Industry OR Browse by Subject, SWOT Analysis
  • Keyword search (e.g., beverage industry SWOT)
• OneSource
  • Strengths and weaknesses

• First Research
  • Trends and Opportunities

 7.   Question: Where can I find listings of SIC and NAICS codes?

Answer:

• NAICS North American Industry Classification System
• SIC Standard Industrial Classification System

8.  Question: Where can I find out what companies are in an industry?

 Answer:

• Hoover's Online
• Baseline
• Mintel Oxygen
• Value Line Industry Lookup
• NetAdvantage
• Mergent Horizon
  • Sectors/drill down to yours/left column
• Thomson One
  • Screening and Analysis
  • Choose your industry

9. Question: Where can I find associations for an industry?

Answer:

• Marketline Advantage

• First Research
• Freedonia Focus

• Mintel Oxygen
• NetAdvantage
• Plunkett Research Online 
• ASAE Gateway to Associations
  
  

10.  Question:  Where can I find information on industry trends/forecasts?

Answer:

• Bizminer
• Business Monitor
• Marketline Advantage

• First Research
• Freedonia Focus

• Mintel Oxygen
• NetAdvantage
• Plunkett Research Online 

A PEST/PESTLE analysis examines factors affecting the Political, Economic, Social, and Technological, Legal and Environmental landscape around your industry or company.

• Marketline Advantage BROWSE/COUNTRIES or type your country name and PESTLE into the search box

• Business Monitor covers country risk with political, macroeconomics, business environment

• Factiva type your country name and PESTLE into the search box
• EBSCOHost Business Source Complete  type your country name and PESTLE into the search box