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Last Updated: May 14, 2024     Views: 1003

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Digital Innovation and Transformation: Resources useful for Course Assignments

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Baker Library staff created this quick resource guide for your DIT course assignments. Please contact infoservices@hbs.edu or use ASK US when you need more specific information research support. To help us better support your research, please indicate that your request is for DIT course assignment.

To identify and analyze firms using company data and reports, you may begin with more than one of the following databases:

Capital IQ

Data on public and private companies, capital transactions, auditable financials, earnings call transcripts, key developments, and more.  

PitchBook

Information on companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the private investment lifecycle. Strong valuation information.  

LSEG Workspace

Features market quotes, earnings estimates, financial fundamentals, ESG data, press releases, transaction data, corporate filings, ownership profiles, and sell-side equity research.

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To identify and analyze firms using market reports, you may begin with more than one of the following databases:

BCC Research

Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology worldwide. Topics covered include advanced materials, advanced transportation technologies, biotech, info tech, nanotech, semiconductor manufacturing, etc.

EMIS

Global market reports on a broad range of industry sectors from diverse research firms. Also covers some company information, country profiles, macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and business news that are related to emerging markets.

Frost & Sullivan

Industry research,  reports on growth & opportunities, and industry megatrends encompassing various fields such as aerospace, healthcare, chemicals, food, automation, energy, transportation, environmental technology, etc.

Technavio

Global market reports on a variety of industries such as AI, machine learning, healthcare, retail, energy, aerospace, consumer goods, and automotive.

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  • You may try to identify major industry organizations using google search. They are good resources for the industry emerging trends and key leaders, such as: World Manufacturing Foundation 

To identify and analyze firms using articles and news, you may begin with more than one of the following databases:

ABI/ProQuest

Provides articles on various digital transformation related business and management topics, firm practices, also covers some public companies' SWOT analysis.

Factiva

Industry research, technology research and industry megatrends encompassing various fields such as aerospace, healthcare, chemicals, food, automation, energy, transportation, environmental technology, etc.

Gartner Online Information Resources

Research findings on wide range of IT-related topics, including analyses, opinions, trends, leading practices, and case studies. Its Generative AI Resource Center is recently developed and very interesting.

IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Good database for finding technology management related articles, e.g. searching for: commercialization and advanced technologies

Statista

Grab & go type of statistics on a variety of topics including some product brands, specific technologies and services. Also provide articles and analysis.

Last but not the least: