Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowThis library database is an excellent source for locating articles about a company for different economic concepts.
Search Strategy #1: When you want to locate a particular economic concept for a particular company, try using a term from the list of suggestions below along with the name of the company.
For example, if I want to see articles about demand for Apple products, I can search using the following strategy:
The following are a selection of subjects that exist in Business Source Premier that relate to economic concepts and new products:
- demand
- earnings forecasting
- economic competition
- economic theory
- economies of scale
- market volatility
- prices
- product acceptance
- profitability
- profit margins
- sales forecasting
- supply
- supply and demand
Search Strategy #2: Alternately, you can choose to look for articles about a new product. The following terms are helpful when looking to find articles about new products for a company:
- new product development
- product launches
To get the most results, connect your subject terms using the connector word OR.
- In one box, enter the company name and select CO Company entity from the drop down list.
- In the next box, type "new product development" OR "product launches" and select SU subject terms from the drop down list
Search Strategy #3: If you are encountering difficulty finding articles on a particular economic concept that relate to your company, consider performing a more general search for your company and the word economic as a subject. This will result in a much broader list of results.
For example, if I want to see all the articles related to Apple that are related to economic concepts, I might try the following search:
