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Business Source Premier

Note: under the Browse are Country Reports, Industry profiles (both US and Global)

Business Source Premier search bar highlight on browse below search bar

Image below shows a search strategy to locate an industry report for a country 

Image of BSP search interface with keywords entered and filter applied

ABI Inform (databases)

Click BROWSE to view Featured Content

Top level menu for ABIinform database highlighting browse

Scroll down to BROWSE reports from: 

EIU country data, EIU country finance & forecast reports, EIU viewswire, Oxford Economics by country and Ofxord economics country economic forecast. 

Content of particular interest in this database:

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU ViewWire)
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) content link for searching by subject, location, or date

BMI Industry Reports 
Browse BMI reports by subject or location

Oxford Economics by Country Industry Forecast

Factiva

Use the top menu to select Company/Markets then select Company

Company snapshot, using the smart lookup feature for a company name.

Image below shows a result from a company search to get a snapshot

Interface for Factiva with a selected company snapshot on rivian

Use the top menu for Companies/Market, then select Industry 

Shows options from selection of an industry  >>> Automobile industry 

Interface for Factiva with selection on Industry and Automotive

Shows Advanced search features within Factiva. Can combine the use of the Search Builder for entering keywords in combination with use of subjects, dates, regions, etc. on the left-hand side discover pane.

Factiva interface showing search builder and selection of discovery panes to filter results

Mergent Online

Mergent provides ability to search for International companies that are currently traded on exchanges (international). 

Search by Mergent Industry Code, and Country to identify companies in that industry.

Mergent Classification search using MIC code and a county

Search International Company Database (Active) option requires a company name or symbol.

International company database search highlighted required to enter company name or symbol

Industry Analysis Reports for 20 of the largest Global Industries. 

Uses Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB), a "globally utilized standard for the categorization and comparison of companies by industry and sector. Read more on the ICB Benchmark

IBISWorld

Interface for IBISWorld showing options to select global reports