Tips for Citing Business Profiles & Industry Reports
Most company and industry profiles do not have a personal author (ex: John Smith). When you do not have a personal author for a market research report or profile, you can use one of the following options:
Corporate name or trade organization name (ex: Starbucks Corporation or National Sporting Goods Association)
Name of market research firm that provided the report (ex: Euromonitor International, Marketline)
When you cannot identify any of the above, use the name of the database (ex: First Research or Hoovers).
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