Digital Innovation and Transformation

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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.

For more company databases, consult our Q/A on "Company databases: which database to choose?"

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.

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.

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