Research Guides: ENGM 187: Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Getting Started

Key Resources

Technavio
Market research reports on global industries including, communication, consumer services/discretionary/staples, energy, financials, health care, industrials, information technology, materials, and utilities. Use netid@dartmouth.edu email address for downloading.
BCC Research
BCC's market research reports explore major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology organizations. Industry analysis and market forecasts for advanced materials, high-tech systems and components, nanotechnology and novel processing methods are at the forefront of the company's expertise.

IBISWorld
Provides access to a collection of market research reports for over 700 U.S. industries and almost 60 global industries. Reports are typically 30-60 pages in length and include key statistics, market segmentation, market characteristics, industry conditions, key factors, key competitors, industry performance, and outlook.
Statista: the leading statistics portal
Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.

Gartner
Provider of IT research including statistics, forecasts and market analysis on the Hardware, Software, IT Services.
Web of Science
Covers about 10,000 journals in all subject areas. You can track who has cited a particular article, which is useful as a way to find related items and to gauge the influence of a particular paper. Especially strong in the sciences and interdisciplinary areas.
Patent Lens
Worldwide, open-access, free full-text patent informatics resource. USPTO Grants from 1976; USPTO Applications from 2001; about 2 weeks behind USPTO.

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