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Business 489
Political Factors
Provides nonpartisan analysis of proposed legislation. Consider the economic outlook and policies that may affect your firm.
Provides information on state policies affecting labor and employment, including minimum wage laws.
Reports on state-level policies related to various topics of interest.
Economic Factors
Create charts of key economic indicators, including the GDP, prime lending rate, exchange rates and more. From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Provides economic information including labor market activity, working conditions, employment/unemployment, and pay/benefits.
Sociocultural Factors
Covers social, economic, and geographic data from the American Community Survey, Economic Census, and more. Provides infographics visualizing trends.
Provides information about national and international issues, attitudes, and trends including U.S. national conditions, political attitudes, media and technology, and demographics.
Reports on public opinion surveys related to business, politics, sports, health and life.
Short, detailed reports related to consumer retail and media trends.
Technological Factors
Offers white papers and case studies on technology trends from the professional organization for chief information officers.
Highlights the latest research on computing technologies.
This think tank offers white papers on trends affecting private industry, including labor, finances, technology, and more.
Companies apply for patent protection before going public with new technologies. Search the latest patent applications of your competitors. At the top right, under “Quick Links,” under “Patents,” click on the top left option, “PatFT.” In the fields dropdown box, select “Applicant name.” Search for a company name.
Company Profiles
Covers over 1,000 industry segments. Go to your company's profile, select the "Industry Details" tab and click on an industry report, or, click on the "First Research" icon, type in your email, and search or browse for an industry report.
Provides a 5-forces analysis for more than 200 industries. Limit by publication type “Industry Profile.” Search by keyword or NAICS code.
Search by company or keyword to see projected industry growth or top companies within an industry. Deselect "Limited By (LATEST-EDITIONS X)" for more results.
Company News
Find articles about your industry from newspapers, journals, and trade publications. Search by NAICS code or subject term.
Provides the most comprehensive news and legal coverage.
ProQuest U.S. Newsstream
A full-text newspaper database that includes access to national and leading regional papers such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Barron's, Boston Globe, Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, and Washington Post. Also includes the Star Tribune.
Company Website
Search for your company name + corporate. The company's corporate website focuses on selling the company to investors and includes 10K/annual reports, which will provide you with a wealth of information.
Industry Information
Industry Profiles in Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
The Business Source Premier database contains industry profile reports from Datamonitor. Each profile contains market overview, size, segmentation, competitive landscape, leading companies, forecasts, and definitions.
Mergent Intellect (Mergent)
Includes private company data on over 100 million companies as well as public company data downloadable to spreadsheets, First Research Industry Reports, D&B Key Business Ratios (industry financial ratios), executive contacts and White Pages Pro, and demographic data from Nielsen.