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Research Guides: Industry Information

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Industry Overview

S&P's NetAdvantage [icon - Stanford]
Includes S&P Industry Surveys

OneSource North America Business Browser:  Personal Account [icon - GSB] [icon - Special Password] | Guest Access
Company overview, financial statements, analyst reports, financial ratio comparisons, competitor details, and articles. 

News and Journal Articles

Factiva [icon - Stanford]
Full-text newspapers, trade journals, and newswires. Includes Wall Street Journal (Jun 13, 1979-)

Business Source Complete [icon - Stanford]
Full-text business journals, including Harvard Business Review as well as EIU, ICON reports.
 

Statistics

Current Industrial Reports
Provide monthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity. Data published in Excel format, beginning with the 2008 monthly and quarterly publications and 2007 annual and summary publications.
 

Industry Norms

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios (Reference: Financial Ratios)
Covers 800+ industries. From D&B.

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios(Reference: Financial Ratios)
IRS data on 4.6 million U.S. firms.

RMA Annual Statement Studies (Reference: Financial Ratios)
Balance sheet and income statements of individual industries.
 

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