General Industry Information
   Industry overviews

   News

   Standard classifications

   Trade associations
  

Identifying Companies in an Industry

  Creating lists by sector

  Market share

  Rankings

Industry Statistics
   Economic data  

   Financial data

Industry overviews

• Marketline (Datamonitor) – Wide range of industries (2000+).
  Search by industry name or "Find Information" tab to browse industry headings.
• Euromonitor – For the consumer goods sector.
  "Industries" tab; Also, Under "Search", select "Text search" or "Menu search"
• Global Insight - For the automotive, energy, healthcare and telecoms sectors.
  Choose sector under "MyInsight Services" menu.
• Business Insights - International, but strong UK focus covering the consumer goods, energy, financial services, healthcare and technology sectors.
  Search by industry keyword or "List reports by industry".
• CIO Knowledge Center (Datamonitor) - For profiles and market research in the IT sector.
  Search by industry name or "Find Information" tab to browse industry headings.
• ISI Emerging Markets – For emerging markets. Includes non-English sources.
  Choose country first, then Industry > Industry profiles.
• Standard & Poor's Market Insight - For US industry surveys with a financial focus.
  Under "Industry", select GICS sub-industry. Requires a password.

News and articles

• Factiva - Most complete source for news worldwide, including FT, WSJ and Economist and non-English sources.
  Use the industry index for precision;.
  Use the source index to limit to trade publications within an industry;
  Use the "Editor's choice" under the subject index.
• Business Source Complete – For news from trade magazines as well as articles from practitioner/academic journals.
  Type the industry in the subject index or use the NAICS code index for precision.
• Windhover - For news in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
  Browse > Articles by subject; Search > Articles
• Doriot Library’s reference collection – For books on various industries.
  Located in the REF300 section on the ground floor.

Standard classifications

• ORBIS – To cross-reference SIC, NAICS, NACE as well as some national codes.
  See the "support" menu.
• NAICS & SIC classifications - For information on the widely-used North American classification and its predecessor, SIC.
• National classifications - For information on specific national classifications.

Trade associations

• Doriot Library’s reference collection – For directories of trade and business associations.
  Located in the REF190 section on the ground floor.
• Google - To find trade associations with a web presence.
  Try the name of the industry and "association", "federation" or "organization".

Creating lists of companies by sector

• Capital IQ – Best interface and searching capabilities. Can map CIQ classification to NAICS and SIC. Includes private companies.
  Screening > Company screening > "Industry" or "Business description" or "Products". Requires a personal password.
• Thomson Analytics – Allows searching by ICB, SIC and GIC classifications.
  Screening > Basic search > "Industry" or "Business description"
• ORBIS – The only source for searching the NACE classification. Includes private companies.
  Default search screen > Industry keyword/code;
  Expert search screen > Text search (incl. business description).

Directories of companies

• Doriot Library’s reference collection – For directories containing basic information, by sector (mainly finance).
  Located in the REF200 section on the ground floor.

Market share

• Marketline (Datamonitor) – Market share for a wide range of industries (2000+).
  See Industry profiles.
• Euromonitor – For market share in the consumer goods sector.
  After an industry search, select "Company shares" or "Brand shares" under "Statistics".

Rankings by sector

• Company rankings compiled by the Library – For well-known lists from the business press.
• Thomson Analytics – Best source for ready-made rankings that can then be customized.
  Screening & targeting > Search library
• Marketline (Datamonitor) – For rankings linked to company profiles.
  Industry overview page > "Company rankings";
  Company overview page > "Key competitors" >"Competitors by market" or "Company lists"
• Bloomberg – For investment bank rankings.
  For underwriter league tables type LEAG

Economic data

• Doriot Library’s reference collection – For industrial and trade statistics from international organizations, such as UNIDO and UNCTAD.
  Located in the REF520 and REF526 sections on the ground floor.
• SourceOECD – Industry statistics for OECD countries covering employment, production, trade and value added.
  Under Statistics: OECD Databases > STAN Industry Structural Analysis
• UNCTAD - Trade data from the United Nations for merchandise/services and creative products/services.
• UN Data - Commodity production and trade statistics from the United Nations.
• U.S. Census Bureau's Industrial Reports – Industry statistics for the US covering production, shipments and trade. Organized by NAICS subsectors.
  

Financial data, including ratios and stock indices

• Capital IQ – Financial analysis of S&P sectors as well as user-created industry lists. Best interface.
  Market analysis > Industry analysis.
  For company sets, choose a project, then Screening > Comps. Requires a personal password.
• Bloomberg – Financial analysis of Bloomberg industry sectors.
  Type IBQ.
• Thomson Analytics – Financials for customizable industry lists.
  Create the industry list, then "Comparables";
  Create the industry list, then in Excel, use "Report wizard".
• ORBIS - Best for including private companies.
  Create the industry list, then "Peer analyses" tab at the top.
• Doriot Library’s reference collection – Industry ratios based on large samples.
  Located in the REF552 section on the ground floor.

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