1. Two good database sources for articles on an industry's trends are:

   		JSTOR, Business Source Complete,
   		Business Source Complete, Global Newsstream
   		Business Source Complete, Reference USA
   		none of the above

5 points

QUESTION 8

1. Industry ratios are quantitative indicators of financial strength and operating success. These ratios are benchmarks created by research companies who compile financial statements of many businesses in an industry to discover industry financial averages.

   A good database to use for this information is

   		Key Business Ratios
   		Google Ratios
   		Wall St Journal ratios
   		Edgar ratios

Since the 1930s, the federal government has used industry codes to classify business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. economy, and to check the relative health of industries.

There are two systems

• SIC (1937-1987)
• NAICS (1997-p)

Which of the following statement is true about these codes?

		They are basically the same
		SIC has a few more codes than NAICS
		NAICS is much more inclusive to today's industries
		None of the above