The Stanford Business Library recently set up a trial of the Freedonia Focus Report Collection. Stanford’s trial will run through Friday, April 27th and includes access to the U.S., World and (industry specific) Country Reports that are currently available, over 700 titles in 15 countries. Please send comments to graceb@stanford.edu by April 30, 2012.
The Focus Report Collection is an online, subscription based product that provides insight and analysis into over 700 business and industry topics. Each 18–25 page report includes concise and valuable information on market size, product and market forecasts, industry composition, market leaders, regulatory issues and business trends. The database is useful in a variety of academic disciplines including business and commerce, engineering, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, food and nutrition, agriculture, energy, earth sciences, technology and for those involved in the commercialization of products and services.
Approximately 65% of the collection addresses topics in these categories:
- Automotive/Other Transportation
- Chemicals
- Construction/Building Materials
- Electronics
- Energy
- Food, Agriculture, Tobacco
- Industrial/Manufacturing
- Packaging
- Plastics
- Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences
The remaining 35% of the reports cover:
- Consumer Products
- Service Industries
About The Freedonia Group: The Freedonia Group is a leading international industry market research company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with offices in Beijing, China. We have been providing clients with the data and analysis needed to make informed business decisions for over 25 years. Freedonia Group research is used by business, financial and industry decision-makers worldwide. In fact over 90% of the global industrial 1000 in more than 50 countries use the Freedonia Group for strategic planning. Our in house team of research analysts and economists are routinely quoted in leading trade publications and journals including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and The Economist. We are now offering access to the exact same research that is used by business planners in the corporate world to students and professors throughout your university.