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Get an overview of information goods markets |
The Digital Markets |
Industry and Market Research Databases covering a wide range of technology markets:
- Forrester Research: A major source for technology industry analyst reports
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- Gartner Research: A major source for technology industry analyst reports
- eMarketer: Market research, statistics and trend data
- Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies: Market intelligence reports
- Thomson Investext (IE Browser only): Investment research reports written by analysts at investment banks and consulting firms. Go to "Company Analysis > Research" area.
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- TableBase: data on companies, products, industries, countries, and markets
- InfoTech Trends: Use this database for information on industry statistics and forecasts.
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Website:
- The Information Economy: Selected Websites on the economics of the Internet, information goods, and related issues, compiled by Hal R. Varian.
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Search business literature for full-text news and articles:
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Additional Industry-specific Sources:
Consumer Electronics |
Databases:
- Mintel: Select My Reports > Electronics. Market research reports providing data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis, demographic issues and consumer profiles.
(Valid Stanford email address required for registration).
- MarketLine: comprehensive information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries. Select Industries > Consumer Products > Electronic Consumer Goods.
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Additional Industry-specific Sources:
Electronic Game Industry |
Databases:
- Plunkett Research: In the Entertainment & Media Industry Center, select Market Research and Trends. This PDF document includes a chapter on electronic games.
- S&P NetAdvantage: Includes e-version of S&P industry survey. From the top navigation, select Industries. On the Industry Survey dropdown, select Computers: Consumer Services & the Internet. This industry survey includes a section on video game software.
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Books:
- Digital Play: The Interaction of Technology, Culture, and Marketing.
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- Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is Reshaping Business Forever.
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- Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution.
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- Secrets of the Game Business
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For more books, search Jackson Library Catalog using the subject terms "video games". |
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Additional Industry-specific Sources: Entertainment Industry |
Databases:
- Plunkett Research: Select Entertainment & Media Industry Center for market overview and trends analysis.
- S&P NetAdvantage: Includes e-version of S&P industry survey. From the top navigation, select Industries. On the Industry Survey dropdown, select Movies & Home Entertainment.
- MarketLine: comprehensive information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries. Select Industries > Media.
- OneSource US Business Browser: under Industry, select Broadcasting & Cable TV. Includes market research, industry norms, market share, analyst reports, and top participants.
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eBooks:
- Multimedia and Interactive Digital TV: Managing the Opportunities Created by Digital Convergence
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- Promises to Keep: Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment
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- Television, Technology, and Competition: HDTV and Digital TV in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan
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Additional Industry-specific Sources:
Internet Access, Social Networks, Bulletin Boards |
Databases:
- Mintel: Select Reports > by category > technology/telecoms > eCommerce. Market research reports providing data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis, demographic issues and consumer profiles. (Valid Stanford email address required for registration).
- MarketResearch.com Academic: market research reports from leading sources. Select Technology & Media > E-Commerce & IT Outsourcing.
- MarketLine: comprehensive information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries. Select Industries > Technology > Services.
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Websites:
- Alexa.com: Top Sites: Includes Web traffic rankings by category or by country.
- Center for the Digital Future: Results of the sixth year of the project, "Surveying the Digital Future." The six years of longitudinal research comprise an absolutely unique data base that completely captures broadband at home, the wireless Internet, on-line media, user-generated content and, now, social networking.
- ClickZ Stats: Internet statistics and trends.
- Pew Internet & American Life Project: Produces reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life.
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Additional Industry-specific Sources:
Search Engines |
Databases:
- S&P NetAdvantage: Includes e-version of S&P industry survey. From the top navigation, select Industries. On the Industry Survey dropdown, select Computers: Consumer Services & the Internet.
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Website:
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Additional Industry-specific Sources:
Software Industry |
Databases:
- Plunkett Research: Select Infotech Industry Center for market overview and trends analysis.
- S&P NetAdvantage: Includes e-version of S&P industry survey for software industry. From the top navigation, select Industries. On the Industry Survey dropdown, select Computers: Software.
- Forrester Research: Market research analyzing a broad range of technology areas such as social computing, new media, software, networking, telecommunications and the Internet, and project how technology trends will affect businesses, consumers, and society.
- MarketLine: Ccomprehensive information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries. Select Industries > Technology > Software
- OneSource US Business Browser: Under Industry, select Software & Programming. Includes market research, industry norms, market share, analyst reports, and top participants.
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Conference speeches:
- 2006 Innovation Conference: Entrepreneur Conference Asks: What Drives Innovation?
The impact of the internet on industry and society is still unfolding, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the Roads to Innovation Conference, and it offers huge opportunities. (November 2006) Details
 Eric Schmidt (42 min)
- Trends in software (60 min): A panel discussion from 2004 Conference on Entrepreneurship.
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| Additional Industry-specific Sources: Telecommunication Industry |
Databases:
- Plunkett Research: Select Telecommunication Industry Center for market overview and trends analysis.
- S&P NetAdvantage: Includes e-version of S&P industry survey. From the top navigation, select Industries. On the Industry Survey dropdown, select Telecommunications: Wireless and Telecommunications: Wireline.
- Mintel: Select Reports > by category > technology/telecoms. Market research reports providing data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis, demographic issues and consumer profiles. (Valid Stanford email address required for registration).
- MarketResearch.com Academic: market research reports from leading sources. Select Technology & Media > Telecommunications & Wireless.
- MarketLine: comprehensive information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries. Select Industries > Technology > Hardware > Telephony, Network, and Data Infrastructure.
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Journal articles are available via Jackson eJournals. Notable titles are:
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For books, search Jackson Library Catalog using the subject terms "telecommunication" or "wireless". |
Choose an organization of your interest |
For-profit organizations |
Databases:
- OneSource US Business Browser: Includes company overviews, financial data, market research, competitors, executive biographies, and analyst reports.
- Capital IQ: Includes company profile, key developments, employees, company financials, and investments.
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Search business literature for full-text news and articles on specific companies:
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Nonprofit Organizations: |
Nonprofit Directories
Selected lists of winners of social enterprise awards:
Directory of Social Enterprises: Social enterprise practitioners around the country.
Hot Topics: Social Entrepreneurship: Lists selected NPOs, websites, articles, and books. Compiled by Jackson Library staff. |
Print directories are available on Reference (Alphabetical Subject Section: Non-profit Organizations):
- National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations
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- The 2006 Philanthropy guide: A special supplement to the San Francisco Business Times.
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Study your organization's strategic issues |
For-profit organizations |
Databases:
- MarketLine: In the search box, enter your company name. Includes key facts, business description, history, major products and services, key employees, subsidiaries, company view, SWOT analysis, top competitors, industry research, benchmarking, and related company news.
- Thomson Investext (IE Browser only)
Investment research reports written by analysts at investment banks and consulting firms. Go to "Company Analysis > Research" area.
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Search business literature for full-text news and articles on strategic issues of specific organizations:
- ABI/ Inform Global
- EBSCO Business Source Complete: Under Advanced Search, enter your company name in the "Company Entity" field. The search will retrieve journal and trade publication articles, industry profiles and SWOT analysis (from MarketLine), and product reviews.
- Factiva
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Nonprofit Organizations |
Search business literature for full-text news and articles on strategic issues of specific organizations:
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Search Jackson eJournals. Notable titles are:
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Search Jackson Library Catalog using key terms "Nonprofit organizations" for books and journals on different aspects of nonprofits. Notable titles are:
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