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  • Business Insights Essentials Gale
    Detailed information for domestic and international companies and associations, including financials, corporate structure, market share, industry rankings, company histories, and more.

  • Encyclopedia of American Industries Gale
    Provides detailed, comprehensive information on a wide range of industries in every realm of American business. (2011)

  • Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries Gale
    Provides information about the inception, emergence and current status of new and established industries and business segments that are pioneering new technologies, introducing break-through marketing strategies or implementing innovative means of serving new markets. Consists of detailed profiles newer industries, such as biometrics, risk management services, satellites, specialty tourism, and others. (2011)

  • Encyclopedia of Global Industries Gale
    Chronicles the history, development and current status of the world's most lucrative and high profile industries. Each entry covers size and economic/social impact of the industry; its organization and structure; its history and development; major countries and companies involved (including rankings); size and nature of the work force; and research. (2011)

  • International Directory of Company Histories Gale
    2005-2009. For more "Histories," search Business Insights by Company and view Histories tab.

  • Morningstar Investment Research Center
    Find comprehensive financial information on stocks, mutual funds and more.

  • NetAdvantage Standard & Poor's
    Current corporation records and industry surveys. Updated regularly

Economics

Marketing

  • American Attitudes: What Americans Think about the Issues That Shape Their Lives Gale
    Chronicles the changes and consistencies in the attitudes of the American public on numerous social topics over the past thirty years. (2010)

  • American Generations: Who They Are and How They Live Gale
    Discusses the differences and similarities among the various generations and age groups of Americans. (2010)

  • American Marketplace: Demographics & Spending Patterns Gale
    Includes data on education, health, housing, income, labor force participation, living arrangements, population, spending, and wealth.(2011)

  • Baby Boom:Americans Born 1946-1964 Gale
    Reveals the unique characteristics of Baby Boomers and explains how those characteristics are remaking American society. Includes the latest statistics on the labor force participation, living arrangements, incomes, health, spending, and wealth of the generation. (2012)

  • Demographics of the U.S. Gale
    Details the socioeconomic trends of the last half of the twentieth century and the first decade of the 21st. It includes comprehensive coverage of historical statistics, including single-year data on many topics such as school enrollment, SAT scores, hospital admissions, employment status of men and women, living arrangements of children, marital status, and geographic mobility. (2012)

  • Encyclopedia of Emerging Markets Gale
    This business encyclopedia provides custom-written articles offering rare insight into nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization, as well as highlighting key emerging industries within those economies.(2013)

  • Encyclopedia of Global Brands Gale
    Contains 270 entries, written in case-study style, that highlight interesting details including how a product originated and was first marketed, how it developed commercially and how it fares today compared with its competitors and its own past history. Included are anecdotes pertaining to the famous, or infamous, marketing strategies and advertising campaigns that managed to capture the sometimes jaded viewers' attention.(2013)

  • Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns Gale
    Profiles important marketing campaigns of the 20th century (2007)

  • Generation X: Americans Born 1965 to 1976 Gale
    Includes demographic and lifestyle data on Generation X. (2012)

  • Millennials Born 1977-1994 Gale
    Provides a demographic and socioeconomic profile of the Millennial generation. Includes statistics on the education, living arrangements, labor force participation, health, incomes, spending, and time use of the youngest generation and its parents. (2012)

  • Older Americans: Changing Market Gale
    Provides the latest statistics on the health, living arrangements, incomes, spending, and wealth of the 55-or-older age group. (2012)

Research Articles

Websites

  • Background Notes U.S. State Department
    Countries A-Z economic, business, culture, geography, trade

  • Global Edge University of Michigan
    International Business Resources including information and links for Marketing, Country Data, Statistics, and more

  • Market Research
    Use market research to learn your product's potential in a given market, the best prospects for success, and the market's business practices before you first export.

  • U.S. State Department
    Under Business tab, find useful sites for international trade

  • Universal Currency Converter


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