Market Research
Research Firms
- A. C. Nielsen & ASI Market Research
- Advertising and WWW research products.
- Business Intelligence Center
- SRI provides research and market intelligence tools, monthly and quarterly reports, and consulting services to a worldwide client base via a annual subscription fee.
- Computer Economics
- Independent research organization devoted to helping corporate executives plan their eBusiness strategies and IT executives control and manage their IT costs.
- eTForecasts
- Market research and consulting company for the computer and Internet industries. eTForecasts specializes in technology and market forecast reports and consulting with a focus on the PC, information appliance and Internet markets.
- Forrester Research
- Analyzes the future of technology change and its impact on businesses, consumers, and society.
- Gartner Dataquest
- Gartner Dataquest offers information on its products and some analysis of the Information Technology industry.
- Industrial Research Institute,Inc.
- Industry group for companies doing industrial research & development, publishes articles on the state of R&D & innovation.
- InfoTech Trends - Data Analysis Group
- Market data on information technology. Limited free data, subscription service available.
- Inteco
- Analyzes the markets for interactive technology products & services, based on large-scale primary market research in the US and Europe.
- International Data Corporation - IDC Research
- IT Market Research firm offers some press release information and product info.
- Internet Jumpstart Newstand
- Market Research & Technology Studies with emphasis on multimedia.
- Thomson Research
- Full text and original-image brokerage reports and market analysis reports. data collection that includes Investext¨, Market Research¨, Industry Insider, I/B/E/S, Disclosure and other industry-leading databases.
- Meridien Research
- IT research for the financial industry (including e-commerce).
- Northern Business Information
- Market research analyzing the global telecommunications market.
- O'Reilly & Associates
- The State of Web Commerce and demographics of the net.
- TechMetrix Research
- A technically-oriented analyst firm focused on e-business application development needs.
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Demographics
- American Demographics
- Full text search of American Demographics Magazine and Marketing Tools Magazine along with other business marketing resources.
- HomeNet Project -- Carnegie Mellon
- Study on what people do with the Internet and how it affects their lives using 100 Pittsburgh households.
- NUA Internet Surveys
- Information on global Internet demographics and trends.
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Advertising Research
- Site Price Index
- tracks fluctuations in the cost of placing banner advertisements on more than 140 benchmark sites, divided into 12 categories, including Children's, Computing, Download/Shareware, Entertainment, Financial/Investment, Gaming, News, Search Engines, Business Executive, Sports, Travel and Women's sites. Updated 6 times per year.
- Project 2000
- Vanderbilt University research program on the marketing implications of commercializing the World Wide Web offers research papers and more.
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Electronic Business Research
- Shop.org
- Trade association for Internet retailers. Shop.org research , conducted by The Boston Consulting Group, assess the size and growth of the online retail channel and offers key financial and performance metrics in a series called "The State of Online Retailing".
- Cyberatlas
- The web marketer's guide to online facts.
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Other research on the Internet
- Rowan's index of Internet Information sources
- Links to sources of research and statistics on the Internet and World Wide Web.
- Public Opinion Poll Database -- UNC Institute for Research in Social Science
- Searchable database of Harris and various regional opinion polls.
- Strategic Research Corp.
- This Network Buyer's Guide provides information on the computer storage and networking industry.
- Computerworld IT Reports
- Free and fee white papers and analysis from industry vendors and leading market research firms on topics like Business Processes, Data Management, Internet, IT Management, Operating Systems, Recruiting/Training, Security, and Wireless/Mobile.
- Computer Industry Almanac Inc.
- A resource to the Internet, PC and workstation industries--past, present and future.
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Venture Capital Information on the Internet
- VentureOne
- Investment research firm serving the venture capital industry. VentureOne's primary product is the Venture Data System. This database service provides venture capitalists with company-specific information on nearly 6,000 venture-backed companies.
- Price Waterhouse Venture Capital Survey
- A quarterly study of US venture capital investments.
- National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
- A member-based trade association that represents the venture capital industry
- Venture Economics
- Research and information on the private equity industry.
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International Emerging Markets
- International Trade Centre
- ITC is a technical cooperation organization whose mission is to support developing and transition economies, and particularly their business sectors. They provide information promoting trade and export development.
- International Trade Forum magazine
- Published quarterly by the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO. The magazine focuses on trade promotion, export development and import methods, as part of its technical cooperation programme with developing countries and economies in transition.
- Investment Promotion Network
- IPAnet provides a database of over 10,000 web-based documents which include research on economies and product markets, investment-related laws and treaties to specific investment opportunities. These resources, catalogued by country, sector and topic, are obtained primarily from the World Bank Group, investment promotion agencies and privatization agencies.
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