TY - BOOK AU - Kubo,Hiromi AU - Ottaviano,Thomas J. TI - Company and industry research: strategies and resources T2 - Industry profiles collection, SN - 9781631570384 AV - HD .C667 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) PB - Business Expert Press KW - Business KW - Research KW - business plan KW - business research KW - company research KW - competitive analysis KW - industry research N1 - 2; 1. Introduction to company and industry research --; 2. Company research --; 3. Industry research --; 4. Further resources for business research --; 5. Business plans --; Index N2 - The goal of this book is to describe information search strategies and techniques critical for business practitioners and to pinpoint credible sources of information on specific topics in company and industry research. In today's Information Age, businesses have an ever-growing need to obtain quality information in a timely manner and incorporate it effectively into decision making, and when such a need occurs business managers often face a situation of performing information research themselves with a limited budget. Rather than frantically running searches on random websites with much time wasted, it is imperative that they understand the nature of business information research, develop a systematic plan for data collection, and use appropriate information from credible sources. Becoming familiar with the significance of these information resources is a key for successful business research UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0000529.html ER -