ENT6506 - Social Entrepreneurship

Statista is a leading provider of market and consumer data. Statista provides access to statistics and forecasts on 80,000 different topics from more than 22,500 sources.

Easy Analytic Software Inc. (EASI) is a New-York based software engineering and statistical modeling firm that specializes in consumer demographics. Using input data from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Mediamark, EASI develops model-based indicators of the demographic characteristics, consumer spending, and behavior patterns for a wide range of geographic areasState, counties, census tracts, and block groups. Mediamark is a market research firm that annually publishes The Survey of the American Consumer, based on detailed interviews of 26,000 households. The EASI Market planner comprises 13 large datasets.

IBISWorld provides reports for all of the 723 US industries enabling research on the entire sector of the U.S. economy. Information is updated every four months, ensuring the latest information. Reports are divided into three searchable modules: industry market research; company research, and business environment. Market research reports contain trends, statistics and analysis on market size, market share of competitors and industry growth rates. Major market segments are identified and also those forces affecting demand and supply within the industry. Performance analysis includes emerging industry trends as well as recent production performance. Each comprehensive study also examines details such as the barriers to entry, industry averages, technology & systems and domestic and international markets. Tables and statistics include: industry revenue, exports, imports, wages and number of companies in the industry. Business environment research reports explain how economic, demographic and other changes influence people, enterprises and commerce. By using a unique 'outside-looking-in' approach one can examine a company's external environment to help successfully control business risks and identify market opportunities. -- Simultaneous Users: Unlimited

Mintel Reports is a unique resource, offering access to hundreds of consumer market and industry reports worldwide. Every report contains a comprehensive overview of the market size, including a five-year forecast, brand share, category trends, consumer attitudes and behaviors, and analysis on what’s working, what’s not working, and what’s coming next. Users will be able to dive into specific consumer survey questions to identify key demographics or target markets using the interactive databook and create customized tables and presentations.

Business Source Premier is one of the definitive scholarly databases in the field of business due to its depth and coverage. The database provides full text articles from more than 2,300 journals, including over 1,100 peer reviewed journals, and indexing for an additional 1,000 titles. Full text coverage dates vary, but some go back to the first issue of the journal. Full text articles from the Harvard Business Review date back to 1922. Business Source Premier also provides full text access to non-journal content: case studies (166), books (139), market research reports (426), industry reports (5095), country reports (1409), company profiles (10,051) and SWOT analyses (2842). Global monitor, Datamonitor, Countrywatch, and EIU are the source of this content. Business Source Premier also provides full text for more than 50 regional business publications, including titles from Crain Communications. As one of the EBSCOhost databases acquired by the USF Libraries, Business Source Premier is available to impaired users requiring screen-readers or using keyboard controls.

Business Insights: Essentials is the improved version of Business & Company Resource Center, including all the same functionality and detailed information, as well as enhanced content and updated interface. It provides company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and industry news and information. -- Simultaneous Users: Unlimited