Thunderbird Global Challenge Lab
ASU Business Databases
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The following databases are popular business-related resources for beginning your research.
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ABI/INFORM CollectionGreat source for business publications--academic journals, newspapers (contains FT and WSJ), magazines, trade publications, market research, and industry profiles.
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IBISWorld
Access industry reports for over 1,000 US industries, along with global reports, particularly for the UK, Australia, Canada, and China.
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Mintel Academic ReportsMarket research on US consumer markets. Market size, market share, segmentation, trends, demographic profiles, consumer behavior.
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PassportConsumer market information covering 360 markets and 227 countries including socioeconomic profiles and reports for 850 cities of the world.
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Statista
A statistics portal that integrates data on markets, industries, media, business, finance, politics, population, opinion, lifestyles and a wide variety of other areas of interest. Provides ready-made charts, graphs, and tables. Includes AI assistant: ResearchAI
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Follow the link below for a complete list of ASU Library's databases in business.
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ASU Library Business DatabasesAll of the business-related databases available to Thunderbird and ASU students.
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Business Source EliteFull text business journals including Harvard Business Review (HBR), Bloomberg.com, and more. Extremely important database.
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Leisure Tourism Collection
Find scholarly articles, eBooks, news, and abstracts on tourism, hospitality, recreation, sports, and cultural studies, supporting research in policy, planning, sustainability, and education.
Gartner
Arizona State University faculty, students and staff have access to Gartner. Among the research that can be found in Gartner are items on:
- Technology products, services, and trends
- Global IT industry perspectives
- IT management and organizations
- IT strategies and governance
- Business-IT issues
- Real-world case studies
Gartner is known for Hype Cycles that track the adoption of types of technologies, such as Emerging Technologies, Smart Government, and Human-Computer Interaction and their Magic Quadrants that provide a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in fast-growing markets: Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players and Challengers.