Analysis & Assessment
Market research reports often include technology assessment and product evaluations.
- Frost & Sullivan Market research and analysis of applications & technologies in ten high tech sectors.
- Gartner Group Research on all aspects of IT. Includes product evaluations.
- JupiterResearch Covers communication and internet applications and technologies.
- Other Market Research Databases at MIT
Data on Performance
Product reviews and research published in professional journals and trade association news often have information on the performance of products/technologies.
Manufacturers' specs and catalogs can also be informative.
- Business Source Complete Articles from business research and professional journals. Results can be filtered for product review articles.
- Engineering Village Articles from engineering journals.
- Web of Science Articles from science and business journals.
- Google Scholar Articles from science, engineering and business research journals.
- GlobalSpec.com Locates products & suppliers specializing in technical, scientific, & industrial markets. 20 general product areas, with the option to search by spec. Free, but registration required.
- Thomas' Register Product data and specs from manufacturers. Free, but registration required. Print editions also in Dewey Library at T12.T463. Boston Public Library has holdings back to 1905.
- Business & Industry Articles from trade association newsletters and magazines.
- Factiva News articles from trade and industry sources.
Data on Prices
Information on prices may be gleaned from articles, but government statistics are the most systematic in terms of time series.
- Producer Price Index - Data from US Dept of Labor Tracks average change over time in selling prices received by producers of goods and services. Includes 600+ industry price indexes with 5000+ product lines. Called Wholesale Price Index from 1902-1978.
- Consumer Price Index - Data from US Dept of Labor Tracks changes in price of a market basket of goods for urban consumers.
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