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Business Foundations: Bus 103 & 303
Core resoures for business research, business trade journals and news, job and career research, company research, and industry research to support Bus 103 and 303 students
"The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy."
Collects Industry Market Research and Industry Risk Ratings in 6 categories: US Industry Reports (NAICS), US Specialized Industry Reports, Global Industry Reports, US Risk Ratings Reports, US Risk iExpert Summaries and US Business Environment Profiles.
Passport is a global market information database examining countries, consumers and industries. Passport offers integrated access to internationally comparable statistics, insightful market reports and interactive visualization tools across 30+ industries and 210+ countries & territories.
Contains economic, demographic, consumption and industry data on 60 major countries worldwide and 11 regional aggregates, stretching back to 1990.Includes detailed economic and industry forecasts for the next five years and longer-term economic projections. Tutorial for the Economist Intelligence Unit Market Indicators and Forecasts database.
Offers industry research reports covering over 900 industry segments; U.S. state, Canadian province, and country profiles, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe; industry metrics, drivers and forecasts; and sales & marketing communications templates.
Comprehensive source of business, industry, and investment information. Includes data and analysis of industries, companies, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, indexes, and current news gathered from S&P publications.
Collects Industry Market Research and Industry Risk Ratings in 6 categories: US Industry Reports (NAICS), US Specialized Industry Reports, Global Industry Reports, US Risk Ratings Reports, US Risk iExpert Summaries and US Business Environment Profiles.
Passport is a global market information database examining countries, consumers and industries. Passport offers integrated access to internationally comparable statistics, insightful market reports and interactive visualization tools across 30+ industries and 210+ countries & territories.
Covers scholarly journals for business topics such as marketing, management, human resources, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes author profiles, financial data, books, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analyses, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, datamonitor, and country reports from 1886. Tutorial for the Business Source Complete database.
Presents comparative business statistics. Each entry features a descriptive title; data and market description; a list of producers/products along with their market share; and cites original sources.
1. Click the Companies & Markets tab and then search for a company
2. Click “Reports” and choose the “Ratio Comparison Report” to get a company’s ratios compared to industry averages
Create an industry ratio for a customized list of companies:
1. Search any company to begin
2. Enter report and select "Competitors" tab
3. Click the hyperlink in "Click here to create a competitor report" found at top of competitor list
4. Use arrows (> & >>) to select companies and criteria
5. Select format at bottom of page and then click "Create Multiple Competitor Report"
Comprehensive source of business, industry, and investment information. Includes data and analysis of industries, companies, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, indexes, and current news gathered from S&P publications.
Provides online access to competitive benchmarking data. Allows researchers to examine industry benchmarks compiled from Dun & Bradstreet’s database of public and private companies, featuring 14 key business ratios (users choose a one-year or three-year set of ratios) for public and private companies in 800 lines of business.
American FactFinder has been replaced by data.census.gov. This link will take you to the U.S. Census Bureau's new data search and download site.
data.census.gov is the primary way to access Census Bureau data, including upcoming releases from the American Community Survey, Economic Census, the Census of Population and Housing, and more.
Access current and historical census data and demographic information. Create maps and reports to illustrate, analyze, and understand demography and social change. Tutorial for the Social Explorer database.
Extensive country information from various Economist Intelligence Unit publications, covering most countries and including politics, economics, business, markets and data. Publications include Country Report, Country Profile, Country Monitor, and Business Newsletters. Tutorial for the Economist Intelligence Unit Country Information database.
"Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities."
Integrates more than 80,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 22,500 international sources. Includes statistics and studies gathered from market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, government sources and international organizations. Create graphs, reports and infographics. Data is easily exportable for analysis. Statista reports now allow you to create your own interactive industry comparisons with Tableau Workbook. Find the free tool here or via https://www.tableau.com/trial/statista-benchmark-report-uk. Tutorial for the Statista database.
Provides reports for the top 14 US business-to-consumer categories and tracks consumer attitudes and behaviors. Each report covers market sizing and segmentation as well as consumer attitudes and trends. USER MUST CREATE AN EMAIL AND PASSWORD ACCOUNT TO USE THIS RESOURCE.
Passport is a global market information database examining countries, consumers and industries. Passport offers integrated access to internationally comparable statistics, insightful market reports and interactive visualization tools across 30+ industries and 210+ countries & territories.
Provides access to 80 years of U.S. and a decade of global opinion data. Includes data from Gallup World Poll, Gallup Daily Tracking, and Gallup Brain. Note: The Mason Libraries' subscription to Gallup Analytics includes mediated access to Gallup poll microdata for the GPSS, US Daily Poll, World Poll and COVID-19 poll. If you are a GMU affiliate interested in using the Gallup microdata, please review this information to request access. Mason login required.
Covers scholarly journals for business topics such as marketing, management, human resources, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes author profiles, financial data, books, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analyses, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, datamonitor, and country reports from 1886. Tutorial for the Business Source Complete database.
Contains public opinion polls including full text of 600,000+ questions and responses, from 18,000+ surveys and 1,700+ polling organizations, conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and more than 100 other countries around the world.
"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts."