Economics

Industry Data

2023

Reminder

This is just a selection of resources. For more specific business guides on Company, Industry, Marketing and Social Responsibility go to Business & Management Guides. For Forecasting, use the Industry guide for trends and forecasting information.

Portico Video Instruction: Business Research: Video instruction from three dimensions: industry, company, and issues (ethical and philosophical).

Tools

Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Includes company financials, executives, competitors, supply chain, equity, SEC filings, and more. Also, has industry and analysts reports. Mergent Online will log a user off after 15 minutes of no activity. If you experience time-out issues, please log-in using EagleVPN.
S&P Capital IQ NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
Company (public and private) and industry information including extensive financial data, S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports and more. Covers most recent 5 years.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
Includes newspapers (i.e. the Wall Street Journal), magazines, journals, company and industry information. Also has industry reports. Many publications available from 1980 to the present. See the Factiva User Guide for tips on searching. Downloading of the content for analytics/text mining is against the terms of the agreement.
Refinitiv Workspace (formerly Thomson ONE) This link opens in a new window
Registration Guide
Company financials, earning estimates, market data and stock quotes, Venture Capital/Private Equity data, press releases, transaction data, corporate filings, and more.
You must create a personal account using your Boston College email address.

Choosing a Tool

Resource	Industry Reports	Trends & Forecasts	Market Share	Financial Ratios	Industry News
S&P Capital IQ NetAdvantage	yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Mergent Online	yes	Yes	No	No	No
Factiva	yes	No	no	yes	Yes

Industry Reports

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Contains articles from scholarly journals and business periodicals, also company, industry, market research reports, and cases.
MarketResearch.com This link opens in a new window
Includes reports from several market research firms covering service industries, consumer goods, demographics, food and beverage, heavy industry, life science, public sector and technology and media.
For academic use only.

Directories

Nexis Dossier This link opens in a new window
Provides corporate hierarchies for over 2 million of the most prominent public and private parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions worldwide. Note: Limited to 1 simultaneous user.
Data Axle This link opens in a new window
Directory of more than 55 million U.S. businesses. Information includes company name, divisions and subsidiaries, address, line of business, number of employees, annual sales and competitors. Coverage: current, updated continuously. Also includes job and internship listings.

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Industry Data

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Industry Reports

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