Research Guides: Operations and Business Analytics: Getting Started

Introduction to Operations and Business Analytics Research

Best Bet Databases

Fitch Connect This link opens in a new window
Fitch Connect focuses on country risk, industry research, and fundamental data and analytics, particularly as they may be of interest to individuals involved in international trade and/or investment. The database provides worldwide coverage of legislation and regulations, corporate finance, offshore finance, market analysis, economic analysis, risk management, property, consultancy, and worldwide business news. Full country risk reports include economic and political SWOT analyses, a monetary and fiscal policy outlook, an investment outlook, analysis of operational risks and an overall 10-year forecast.
MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
MarketLine profiles companies, industries, sectors and geographies. Industry profiles include market values, forecasts, and segmentations; major company profiles and information on the competitive landscape; and a five forces analysis. Company profiles include key statistics, all related research reports and a SWOT analysis. One can search all research by keyword or filter down from broad categories.
NetAdvantage This link opens in a new window
NetAdvantage is a comprehensive source of business and investment information that offers online access to Standard & Poor's research-related products such as industry surveys, stock reports, corporation records, The Outlook, mutual fund reports and more. Company profiles have particularly in-depth financial information, a long business description, peer analysis and a chart building tool to chart market information and comparisons to both peers and indices.
IBISWorld Procurement This link opens in a new window
The IBISWorld ProcurementIQ database provides category market research reports that analyze price trends on hundreds of products and services. These are detailed reports that include sections on the pricing environment, product characteristics, supply chain dynamics and vendors’ information, the purchasing process, suggested negotiation questions and a buyer power score.

Top Journals

Professional Associations

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Since 1963, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has been providing networking, career development, and educational opportunities to the logistics and supply chain management community.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
One of the original divisions of the Academy of Management; a global collection of scholars in operations and supply chain management.
Materials Handling Industry of America
MHI is the nation's largest material handling, logistics and supply chain association. MHI offers education, networking and solution sourcing for members, their customers and the industry as a whole through programming and events.
Academy of Management
Founded in 1936, the Academy of Management is a professional association for management and organization scholars, particularly professors and Ph.D. students in business schools.
American Management Association
An association focused on professional development, particularly through experiential learning.
Strategic Management Society
A nonprofit organization whose goal is "to promote and encourage superior research and practice in the field of strategic management. The activities include, among others, the publication of academic journals, the cooperation and interchange of ideas among academics, business practitioners, and consultants through conference events, the acknowledgement of achievement and scholarly excellence through an awards program, as well as the establishment of high ethical standards in the conduct of business."