Analyst reports

Analyst reports are produced by financial institutions and provide excellent industry overviews.

Thomson Research

Features articles

Business Source Complete
Proquest
Emerald
Factiva

Financial ratios 

Go to our reference book section.
Selected book: Almanac of business and industrial financial ratios: 2006 edition / Leo Troy. - 37th ed. - Wiesbaden: CCH Europe, 2005. - 396 p. Call no. SR9 (all book references can be found in our Catalogue).

Industry reports 

Go to our Databases filter, select "industry information”, “industry reports”, and then choose the industry you want.

Databases providing industry reports include:

Business Insights
Business Source Complete
Global Market Information Database
Mintel
Forrester
Datamonitor/Marketline
Freedonia
Frost
ISI Emerging Markets

On the Web:

EUROSTAT
FT industry survey
WetFeet.com industry guides
Yahoo Finance - Industry Center
Valuations Resources.com

News 

Search in Factiva or in Business Source Complete or Proquest.

We recommend using the "advanced search" feature to find more accurate results.

On the Web:

Yahoo Finance

Rankings and tables

On the Web:

Forbes

Selected websites

Go to our Selected websites filter, it will help you identify useful links relating to a specific industry.

Statistics

Go to the Global Market Information Database for statistics on consumer goods and consumer lifestyles.

See ISI Emerging Markets for statistics relating to emerging countries.

On the Web:

Swiss Federal Statistical Office

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