Industry Research

Step 1: View Annual Industry Growth Lists

• Asiaweek's 1000 Biggest Companies - View by industry

• Fortune 500 Top Performing Industries

Step 2: Get an Overview of Industry Financial and Economic Conditions

• CIA World Fact Book: Country infrastructure and economic conditions

• United Nations Databases: Reference to statistics, treaties and more.

• U.S. Census Department: Business section

• U.S. Department of Labor

Step 3: Investigate the Environmental and Social Impacts of the Industry

• Agriculture Network Information Center: Agriculture databases and information.

• Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database

• RTK Net: Search Toxics Release Inventory and other environmental, housing and sustainable development databases and articles. Based on U.S. government information.

• Trade & Environment Database: Inventories the impacts of trade on environment, culture and other issues.

• U.S. Department of Energy-Office of Environmental Management: Nuclear weapons contamination

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Step 4: Check Out Trade Association Websites

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

• American Petroleum Institute

Step 5: Investigate Industry Coalitions

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Step 6: Look for Other Industry Resources in Business and Economics Libraries

• Stanford Business School Library's Research Guides