Sports Business Information Resources
Industry Classification Systems
- Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC)
- DOCS REF HF 1042 .A55 [On Business Index Table]
Search SIC Codes on the Internet: Standard Industrial Classification Search
- North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
- DOCS REF HF 1041.5 .N674 1997 [On Business Index Table]
Search NAICS on the Web : 2002 NAICS Index -- Searchable by keywords.
Industry Information
- Business Rankings Annual
- DOCS REF HG 4050 .B88 [On Business Index Table]
Arranged by subject. Lists top brands, companies, sports, etc. as drawn from articles such as Sporting Goods Dealer.
- Market Share Reporter
- DOCS REF HF 5415.2 .M37 [On Business Index Table]
Organized by SIC code, this annual publication contains data as cited by articles and other publications (the source of the data is given as well).
- SBRnet (Sports Business Research Network)
- SBRnet focuses on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. It covers all facets of the industry sports equipment sales,sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
- Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage brings together a dozen financial and investment publications that provide information for corporate research and for industry, competitive, and investment analysis. Among the publications included are such familiar titles as S&P's Corporation Records, Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Stock Guide, Bond Guide, Dividend Record, Earnings Guide, Mutual Fund Reports, and the Outlook. Also included are S&P's Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives and the Security Dealers Directory.
Trade Associations
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Financial Information
- Annual Statement Studies
- DOCS REF HF 5681 .B2 R6 [On Business Index Table]
Composite financial data on manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, service, and agricultural lines of business. Includes "norms" for Sporting Goods Manufacturers (SIC 3949) and Sporting Goods and Bicycles (SIC 5941)
- Financial Profiles of the Small Business
- DOCS REF HD 2346.U5 F55a
Published annually includes data for Sporting Goods Stores. Balance sheet averages + 16 different financial ratios, five-year trends, and financial analyses of the 25% most profitable sporting goods establishments.
- Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
- DOCS REF HF 5681 .R25 [On Business Index Table]
Industry Norms by SIC code, includes information on Sporting Goods Manufacturers.
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Demographics / Market Information
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Directories
- Americans at Play: Demographics of Outdoor Recreation and Travel
- Reference GV 191.4 .W45
- Sport Market Place
- DOCS REF HD 9992 .U5 .S667
- Sport Summit Sports Business Directory
- DOCS REF GV 583 .S683
- Contact information for Sports Teams, Sports Media Organizations, Sports Manufacturers, Sports Lawyers, Sports Sponsors, and other sports-related organizations.
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Periodical Indexes
- Academic Search Premier
- Covers current news, business and company information, government and legal information.
- Business Source Premier
- Full text from nearly 930 journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance, accounting, etc.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic
- Provides comprehensive coverage of current news, business and company information, government and legal information, and more.
- Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition)
The Wall Street Journal, the financial newspaper of record, is an indispensable source for business professionals, providing business and financial news coverage, personal and company profiles, feature reporting, special reports, and regular columns. The database provides the full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal going back to at least 1986, with some material from earlier years. It includes the entire text of written articles, but no graphs or data, such as stock prices.
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Statistical Databases
- University Internet Reporter
- Lexis Nexis Statistical
Access to all statistics issued by the Federal and State governments, non-governmental organizations, trade associations and international organizations.
- Tablebase
Provides statistics on market share, market size, capacity, production, imports, exports, sales, and demographics.
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Maintained by: Kaiping Zhang, kzhang@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 08/07/2008