Publisher's Synopsis
The information industry is a vital part of the world economy and it is growing rapidly. It embraces the media, computer services, video products and on-line and off-line data services. Computer services are growing at a great rate - the growth of publicly accessible databases has been massive in the last eight years - from 400 in 1980 to 4000 in 1988.;This directory covers business information sources. It aims to assist business researchers and analysts to locate information on companies, markets, finance, securities and economics in Europe, USA, Canada and the Far East. These secondary sources of information are important in providing regular market and competitor intelligence as well as supplementing primary market research.;With the rapid growth of databases offering a range of services from full texts of company balance sheets together with profit and loss statements to trade statistics for the EEC on a product-by-product basis, overseas trade opportunities, business contacts worldwide and information on trade fairs, this book aims to help the individual select the right on-line database for her/his requirements, by providing a description of 660 different services offered by 149 hosts and 384 producers worldwide.;The directory attempts to cut across geographic and information source boundaries. Chapters are arranged into country data sources, industry data sources and on-line databases.It covers a large number of countries including 12 in the EEC and a selection of 11 major industry sectors. For each country there are addresses of major banks, stockbrokers, stock exchanges, sources of advice on trade and investment, trade associations and business publications.;There are summary matrices on both the on-line databases and other services enabling the user to identify information sources by country and subject and there is a flow chart which outlines different routes in information gathering according to time and cost criteria.
