Research Guides: Business Analytics: MNS 601

Resources

Finding Issues Facing Businesses or Companies

Newspapers- reading newspaper articles are a great way to find out what problems or issues companies and businesses are currently facing. The NU Library has subscriptions to the following newspapers where you can browse or search for topics.
- Wall Street Journal
- The New York Times
- Financial Times
- Search more newspapers here!
SWOT Analysis- take a look at the “threats” section of a company’s SWOT analysis. Can any of their issues or threats be solved by statistics?
- Visit EBSCO's Business Source Premier and click on Swot Analyses on the right side under Browse
Case Studies- Specific business or company case studies may help you find issues that companies solved or can be solved using statistics. Search for case studies using the NU library, or take a look at a few sample case studies below.
- CaseBase. (2011). A. Ashwin (Ed.), Case Studies in Global Business, Vol. 1. Gale.
- Hayton, J., Salvato, C., & Manimala, M. J. (Eds.). (2014). Global Entrepreneurship: Case studies of entrepreneurial firms operating around the world. ProQuest Ebook Central
- The Journal of Business Case Studies
- The Times 100 Business Case Studies

Where to Find Data

Statista
Statista is a statistics portal that integrates data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources in one place. Statistical categories include media, business, finance, and politics. Infographics with popular statistics are available for use in presentations or your research papers. Includes data for market and industry research.

Data Axle

Database of 24 million businesses with company information, executive titles, sales volume, industry code, and number of employees. Help using this database.

Business Source Premier Publications

Browse by market research reports or industry profiles

Business Source Premier- Marketline

Browse company profiles

Mergent Online

Mergent Online offers company financials, descriptions, history, property, subsidiaries officers, and directors. It also includes industry and supply chain information. Best used for large, publicly traded companies.

Business Analytics: MNS 601

MNS 601 Statistics for Business

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Resources

Finding Issues Facing Businesses or Companies

Newspapers- reading newspaper articles are a great way to find out what problems or issues companies and businesses are currently facing. The NU Library has subscriptions to the following newspapers where you can browse or search for topics.

Wall Street Journal

The New York Times

Financial Times

Search more newspapers here!

SWOT Analysis- take a look at the “threats” section of a company’s SWOT analysis. Can any of their issues or threats be solved by statistics?

Visit EBSCO's Business Source Premier and click on Swot Analyses on the right side under Browse

Case Studies- Specific business or company case studies may help you find issues that companies solved or can be solved using statistics. Search for case studies using the NU library, or take a look at a few sample case studies below.

CaseBase. (2011). A. Ashwin (Ed.), Case Studies in Global Business, Vol. 1. Gale.

Hayton, J., Salvato, C., & Manimala, M. J. (Eds.). (2014). Global Entrepreneurship: Case studies of entrepreneurial firms operating around the world. ProQuest Ebook Central

The Journal of Business Case Studies

The Times 100 Business Case Studies

Where to Find Data

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