Guides: BA 366 Organizational Behavior: Industry and career information

Industry Reports

IBIS World This link opens in a new window
Access to research reports containing key statistics, industry conditions, market characteristics, industry performance, external market drivers, key success factors, and 5-year revenue forecasts for each US industry. Charts and graphs download into Excel, and detailed written analysis provides explanations and insights. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.

Several IBISWorld reports provide data on the impact of Covid-19 on specific industries.

Example: I need a report on the movie production industry.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista.com consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources and makes it available on four platforms: German, English, French and Spanish. Pepperdine's subscription includes access to the expert tools and the Global Consumer Survey .

Example: I need statistical report on the airlines industry.

Example: I need data on the impact of Covid-19 on the airlines industry.

Example: I need a report with statistics on the nonprofit sector.

Type nonprofit into the box and select the report "Nonprofit organizations in the U.S." (Dossier).

S and P Net Advantage (Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to research products including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook, among others. Includes financials as Excel Analytics for both U.S. and global companies.

Search for a company that is relevant to your industry and follow the "Industry Surveys" link to the industry report relevant to that. company,

Example: I need information about the sports apparel industry.

eMarketer (now Insider Intelligence) This link opens in a new window
Includes daily research articles, analyst reports, and a database of e-business and online marketing statistics, aggregated and analyzed from over 4,000 sources. Topics include market research and trend analysis on Internet, e-business, online marketing, media and emerging technologies.
Passport (formerly Global Market Information Database) This link opens in a new window
From Euromonitor International, Passport GMID provides business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries and offers detailed analysis of consumer and industrial markets around the world across 781 cities, 210 countries, and 27 industries with historic data from 1997 and forecasts through 2020. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
Mintel Reports This link opens in a new window
Provides market research report insights for market share, consumer profiles, forecasting, driving forces, and distribution methods on very specific consumer markets in the US. Common data sources include: Simmons Consumer Research Information Resources, Inc., (IRI) Nielsen/NPD, Trade Associations and Mintel's unique consumer research. This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.

Example: I want reports on Covid-19 and social media.

EBSCOhost databases This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost offers a variety of proprietary full-text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries.

Example: I need articles on the apparel industry and Covid-19

Click the box for Select all and click continue to search all of the article databases simultaneously
Type apparel into the first box
Type covid-19 or coronavirus into the second box and click search (the word "or" is a search command
Click search

Example: I want scholarly articles about accounting professionals working remotely.

Click the box for Select all and click continue to search all of the article databases simultaneously
Type accounting into the first box
Type telecommuting or virtual office or virtual teams into the second box (the word "Or" is a search command)
Click search
Click the box for Scholarly (Peer Reviewed Journals) on the left-hand side (some of the articles won't actually be scholarly scholarly articles.. You will need to select articles that are lengthier and many cited references)
Set the date range on the left-hand side for 2016-2021

Example: I want articles about careers in accounting.

Click the box for Select all and click continue to search all of the article databases simultaneously
Type accounting into the first box and use the pull-down menu to select SU Subject Terms
Type vocational into the second box and use the pull-down menu to select SU Subject Terms
Type career or occupation or (the word "or" is a search command)
Set the date range on the left-hand side for 2016-2021

Example: I want articles about a career in nonprofit organizations.

Click the box for Select all and click continue to search all of the article databases simultaneously
Type nonprofit into the first box and use the pull-down menu to select SU Subject Terms
Type career or vocational into the second box and use the pull-down menu to select SU Subject Terms
Set the date range on the left-hand side for 2016-2021

Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) Registration link This link opens in a new window
**Register using your Pepperdine email address** Building on its heritage as the preeminent source of global business and financial news, the Journal includes coverage of U.S. & world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports and health. It holds 38 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism.

Example: I want articles about the advertising industry and Covid-19.

Economist (Economist.com) This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to The Economist magazine, covering 1997 to present and related web content.

Example: I want articles about the impact of Covid-19 on the luxury goods industry.

Stanford Social Innovation Review
This is an important publication for the nonprofit sector.

Search with the word covid to locate articles that discuss the impact of the pandemic on nonprofit organizations.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics https://www.bea.gov/has extensive data on employment statistics,

Here are some relevant links:

Employment projections: Provides employment forecasts by factors such as industry and occupation to 2029.
Unemployment rates by industry
Occupational Outlook Handbook: the definitive resource on employment forecasts, education requirements and salary data for many occupations.