We've recently added several new titles to our Plunkett Research Online collection of industry almanacs!  

The new titles cover such industries as: 

• Renewable, Alternative & Hydrogen Energy‌
• Biotech & Genetics
• Games, Apps & Social Media
• Green Technology
• ... <and more>

I just came across a great tip sheet from the Journalists' Resource: Free tools for visualizing economic data.

The title is pretty much self explanatory. I thought I'd mention it here because doing so gives me a chance to talk about the hot topic of data visualization and the indispensable Journalists' Resource...

I mentioned in yesterday's post about Thomson Reuters Eikon + Datastream that I'd be writing some follow-up posts to highlight specific aspects of these powerful databases. Today's focus: Economics!  In particular, point-in-time economic data... <more>

I'm very pleased to announce that SFU researchers now have access to two Thomson Reuters databases: Eikon and Datastream! 

These databases will be most useful to many accounting, finance, and economics researchers, but it's possible that other areas (international business, strategy, entrepreneurship, statistics...?) will find them valuable as well.

CONTENT: [...] comprehensive fundamentals for publicly traded companies from around the world and data and charts on equities, commodities, markets, and funds, as well as massive amounts of global deal (M&A, bond, etc.), debt, and economic data, plus such data as...  <more>

Do you need to know...

• which brands of energy drinks are purchased most often by young Canadians?
• which Canadian magazines are read most by people who report having donated in the past year?
• how many Canadians take multivitamins?
• which major brands of beer Canadian women buy most often?
• how opinions about global warming vary between consumers of different products?

If so, then the new version of our Vividata database may be of interest... <more>

Around a year ago I wrote a post about innovation resources available via the SFU Library, starting with a note about the Boston Consulting Group's (super-cool) interactive guide to innovative companies. 

BCG has just released an update to that interactive guide, as well as... <more>

A quick heads-up for all you super-CANSIM users (I'm sure you know who you are by that description!): As of today, Statistics Canada has replaced the label "Terminated" on all ceased data series with the label "Archived."

In their words... <more>

As you may have heard, there's been some talk lately about reopening and renegotiating the NAFTA agreement. If you'd like to join that conversation and want to contribute more than just "alternative facts," consider consulting this handy dossier of statistics from our newest database: Statista...  <more>

Our BUS 345 students are going to be doing some taste tests again this semester, and this time the focus is on cheese!

Happy New Year, everyone!  

And what better way to ring in the new year than a post about a new video course in Lynda.com aimed at those who want to start new ventures? :-) 

Design Thinking: Venture Design is an intermediate level video course intended to help you "Discover the key principles of venture design and discover the tremendous advantages it brings to entrepreneurial efforts, both within startups and... <more>