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SUST 4100 - Resilience to Catastrophic Failure in Organizations: Industry Research

Industry Research

Finding Industry Information

Industry information will be relevant to your research even if you are focusing on a particular company or organization. Industry analysts often comment on wider trends or risks that may not appear at the company level. In addition to the databases here, be sure to search for news articles that may cover industry-wide events.

 

Recommended databases for industry research

  • FitchConnect
    This database provides access to industry reports for over 200 countries. Their industry reports cover 22 high-level industry sectors and include current and archived industry report content. Use the Data Tool to download historical and forecast data. Review our step-by-step FitchConnect guide to learn how to navigate this database. Please note: the library's subscription does not cover all of the content in this database.
  • Passport
    Provides country statistics and profiles, lifestyle indicators and analysis, market data and analysis, and company profiles and market shares. Category Briefing reports often include the following: Trends, Competitive Landscape, Prospects and Category Data. Industrials Canada (available by selecting the Industrial subtab within the Economies main tab) offers ISIC reports for over 150 industry sectors from a B2B perspective. Includes both data and analysis for sectors covered.
  • Hoovers
    A database containing information on public and private enterprises worldwide. Public company information typically includes business description, industry information, financials and stock information, news, competitors list, key people and contacts. The Build a List function is very useful for creating competitors lists by location, industry, annual sales, number of employees and much more.
  • IBISWorld
    Includes Canadian, U.S. Industry Reports (NAICS), China Reports and U.S. Industry iExpert Summaries, Global Industry Reports and U.S. Business Environment Profiles. The Specialized Industry Reports cover smaller more niche industries which are harder to find. These reports are comprehensive and include the following tabs: Industry at a glance, Performance, Outlook, Products & Markets, Competitive Landscape, Operating Conditions and Key Statistics.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Reports

  • Marketline Advantage - Five Forces Analysis
    Select to do an Industry Search on the homepage via the dropdown menu off of All research. Within the Industry reports there is often a five forces analysis.
  • IBISWorld
    Although these reports do not have a SWOT report in them they do have Industry Outlook, Competitive Landscape and Operating Conditions sections providing similar analysis to a SWOT.