Industry - Business - SPU Library

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	CompetitiveAlternatives.com (an online version of a study that compares business costs in North America, Europe, & Asia-Pacific; can view report as a single document, by chapter, or by industry)
	County Business Patterns (includes national & subnational economic data by industry that can be used for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales & advertising programs, setting sales quotas, & developing budgets; U.S. Census Bureau)
	Current Industrial Reports: Manufacturing, Mining, and Construction Statistics (includes monthly & quarterly measures of industrial activity that can be used to satisfy economic policy needs for market analysis, forecasting, & decision-making in the private sector in commodity areas such as textiles & apparel, chemicals, primary metals, computer & electronic components, industrial equipment, aerospace equipment, & consumer goods; U.S. Census Bureau)
	Industry and Trade Summaries (includes reports that provide a snapshot of an industry, commodity, or service sector for U.S. & foreign suppliers, customs treatment, production, & markets, as well as competitiveness of the product or service in the U.S. & global markets; United States International Trade Commission)
	Industry Information Resources (includes free & $ resources available for more than 220 industries from trade associations, industry publications, & research firms which address subjects such as industry overview, issues, trends, & outlook, financial benchmarking, compensation surveys, & valuation resources)
	Industry Profiles (includes tables, figures & narratives to highlight the characteristics, employment changes, outlook, wage distribution, & occupational staffing patterns for over 30 major industries in Washington State; Washington State Department of Information Services)
	Internet Career Connection: Industry Profiles (includes research findings from the federal government for America's top industries)
	Market Research (includes market research by country or industry related to export operations, plus other country & industry information, trade agreements, & trade statistics; some market reports can only be accessed by registering as Student/Researcher; Export.Gov)
	NAICS 2002: North American Industry Classification System (search NAICS 2002 by titles, definitions, & index terms; also includes correspondence tables for U.S. NAICS structure showing NAICS 2002 matched to NAICS 1997, NAICS 1997 matched to NAICS 2002, & NAICS 2002 matched to SIC 1987; SIC = Standard Industry Classifications; U.S. Census Bureau)
	Northwest 100 (includes ranking, company profiles, industry chart, interactive spreadsheet, & side-by-side comparison for the top 100 public companies of Washington, Oregon, & Idaho; Seattle Times)
	Researching Companies Online (tutorial that presents a step-by-step process for finding free company & industry information)
	Trade Development: Manufacturing and Services: Industries (industry information related to market access & exports; U.S. Department of Commerce--International Trade Administration)
	U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder: Data Sets (includes industry statistics for the United States under latest five-year Economic Census for all economic sectors)
	Workforce Explorer Washington: Your Source for Washington's Labor Market Information (includes statistics & information about labor markets in Washington State & the U.S. related to occupations, labor markets, geographic areas, & industry projections; under "Regions" link includes Washington State Labor Area Summaries; Washington State Employment Security Department--Labor Market and Economic Analysis)

rev. 10/27/05