Case studies, industry overviews, and research reports related to many industries are available from these consulting firms:
In particular, Deloitte Insights recently provided a series of Industry Outlook reports for eight large sectors.
Frost & Sullivan offers a selection of industry reports as recorded teleconference presentations in their Analyst Briefing Archives (registration required).
After you examine some industry overviews, you are probably ready to begin searching for articles in periodicals and the business press. Some of the sources for periodicals and newspapers include these databases:
You can also consult the many titles listed on the guide to Industry News and Trade Magazines as well as Business News Sources on the Web.
Track political campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures by industry sector with OpenSecrets.org's Alphabetical Listing of Industries.
Dozens of Small Business Snapshots or industry sectors are profiled by the SBDC National Information Clearinghouse.
Consult the Small Business Administration's list of Business Guides by Industry for other publications of interest.
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