Harry and I have met with several of the first summer session BPL5100 sections. Here is a list of some of the industries that have been assigned for the team presentations:
- Beer
- Biotechnology
- Coal
- Electric Utilities
- Funeral Homes
- Gaming
- Life Insurance
- Lodging
- Pharmaceuticals
- Pipelines
- Railroads
- Toys and Games
- Waste Management
Most of these industries are covered in the Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys. Others like toys and the funeral home industry can be found in Ibisworld. (Our trial runs through the end of the month.) Government websites are good for coal and railroads and electric utilities. The Oil & Gas Journal is the key source for the pipelines industry.
Students need to include both a SWOT analysis and a Porter analysis in their presentations. Several of the classes have been encouraged to recommend international companies for investment. You should be seeing many of these students at the reference desk as the presentations are due the week of June 27th.