Accessing Mintel Reports

Mintel Reports offer product and industry market research reports covering US and International marketplaces. Each report combines data and analysis of the competitive landscape, supply chain, market-share size and trends, and consumer profiles. Complex demographic issues are broken into easy-to-understand sections, explaining consumer behavior and demonstrating the structure of the market. Reports may be downloaded as RTF (rich-text format) files; tabular data may also be saved as CSV (comma-separated values) files.

All users will have to agree to the Academic Terms and Conditions of Use, which prohibits systematic copying, use without attribution, use for commercial purposes, or distibution to non-IUB students and employees. First-time users will also have to create a personal profile (which will allow searches to be saved for up to two months).

Locate Mintel Reports under Market Research here:

http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1336#marketing

Value Line Investment Survey is now On Line

We’ve updated our subscription to Value Line with the on line version.

The Value Line Investment Survey is a comprehensive source of information and advice on approximately 1,700 stocks in 98 industries, the stock market, and the economy.  The Value Line Survey includes three sections which include Ratings and Reports;  Summary & Index; and Selection & Opinion. 

Find it here on the Business/SPEA Information Commons website for the latest stock reports:

http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1336#company

LexisNexis Statistical Data Sets Now Available

LexisNexis Statistical Data Sets online provides fast and easy access to statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations with advanced PowerTables™ functionality – the shortcut to finding statistics online.

Locate tables and citations to statistics produced by the U.S. federal, state and local governments, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations  here:

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv

Or through the IU Libraries A to Z resources page here:

http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1044&mode=alpha&letter=L

Find key economic indicators, and population and income data, among many other categories,  in the Customize Data link.

Access to On-Line Databases for Kelley Direct Students at the IUPUI or Bloomington Campus

If you’re a Kelley Direct student from Bloomington or IUPUI, here are links designed to help you login to your campus for database access:

http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=7898

http://iubusref.pbworks.com/Kelley-Direct-Databases

Google plans new mirror for cheaper solar power

The search giant said it is investigating low-cost ways to develop thermal power plants

Andrew Donoghue, BusinessGreen, 10 Sep 2009

 

Search giant Google wants to reduce the costs involved in building solar thermal plants and is developing its own mirror technology to help achieve the aim.

Speaking at the Reuters Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, Google’s green energy czar Bill Weihl said it was investing in companies and researching ways to produce renewable energy within a few years.

The company said it expected to be able to demonstrate some working mirror technology in the next few months, but there was still a lot of work left to do on issues such as on the impact of wear and tear on reflective surfaces.

“We’re not there yet,” he said. “I’m very hopeful we will have mirrors that are cheaper than what companies in the space are using…”

Weihl added that Google is also investigating the potential of gas turbine technology that runs on solar power rather than the usual natural gas.

“In two to three years we could be demonstrating a significant-scale pilot system that would generate a lot of power and would be clearly mass manufacturable at a cost that would give us a stabilised cost of electricity that would be in the five cents or sub-five cents a kilowatt hour range,” he said. …

… http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2249278/google-plans-mirror-cheaper

Paul O’Neill to Lecture at IU in September

Date: September 15, 2009 4:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Bloomington Campus

Energy and the Environment

Paul H. O’Neill Lecture

School of Public and Environmental Affairs – Bloomington
1315 E. Tenth Street
2nd floor Atrium

Mr. O’Neill is a 1966 IU graduate who has held positions from Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to CEO of Alcoa. O’Neill stands out as a successful leader in public, private and nonprofit sectors. He is also the author of The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill.

Mr. O’Neill’s lecture is open to the public.

http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/events/2009/Paul%20%20O%20Neill.shtml

Where can I purchase Harvard Case Studies?

One can purchase Harvard Case Studies for about $7 a copy from the Harvard Business Publishing site by following the links here:

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/

(The Business/SPEA Information Commons does not subscribe to the service.)

How do I locate housing statistics for Monroe County Indiana?

To find occupancy and vacancy rates; the number of housing units; the percentages of owner occupied and renter occupied housing; and the percentages, by type, of house heating fuel used in Monroe County, click on the U.S. Census online site here:

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?-geo_id=05000US18105&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_DP4&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_

To search for other counties throughout the U.S. or other nations, follow the links on the page here:

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_lang=en&_ts=265110495864&_ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&_program=

Importing Data from Bloomberg to Excel on the Business/SPEA Information Commons Terminal

Log-in to Bloomberg and then open Excel. You should see Bloomberg as an option on the top menu bar. If it is not there, close Excel and click on the desktop icon: “Install Excel Add-in”. After installation (it will only take a moment), start Excel again and you should now see Bloomberg as an option on the top menu bar. Use the provided Wizards and functions to import data.

For help using the Excel Add-in, click on the Start menu, All Programs, hover over Bloomberg, and a list of options will appear including a link to a help document.

Students explain the essentials of Millennial marketing in Target Case Competition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2009

Bloomington, Ind. — These days, everyone seems to be talking about members of the Millennial generation: their penchant for technology and social networking, their close connection to their parents and their desire to make a difference in the world. When Target wanted ideas for reaching the Millennial market, it came to the Kelley School of Business to ask the Millennials themselves.

Each year Target hosts a case competition for undergraduate students at the Kelley School, as well as several other business schools. This year’s competition focused on attracting and keeping Millennial guests and balancing the desires of Millennial customers and Baby Boomer customers.

Nearly all Kelley sophomores participate in the case competition through the X204 course, Business Communication. This means that 200 teams of four to six students work together to develop a report and presentation for their solution to the case competition. From the original 200 teams, 12 are selected for a semi-final competition, after which four finalists are identified to present to a team of judges from Target. Each member of the four teams will receive a cash prize: $750 for a first-place finish, $500 for second place, $250 for third place and $100 for fourth place. …

…. http://info.kelley.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11102.html