Market Research: Industry Experts
Industry Experts
Trade Associations :
- Members are companies.
- Some can afford to produce research
- Some have staff- experts on the industry
- Produce news
- Other activities might include trade shows
Government Departments:
- Some industries strongly represented by Govt- such as Agriculture, Natural resources, etc.
- Departments have staff
- Produce reports- many posted on their website
Valuable Collection!
- Canada Commons : Canadian Books & Think TanksCanadian Electronic Library is a database of Canadian monographs offering a rich selection of over 16,000 e-books (fiction and non-fiction) and 50,000 public policy documents. It contains government (federal, provincial and municipal) reports, think tanks, consultants reports etc. These reports can be useful to industry research considering public sector industries such as transit, shelters, etc.