Introduction

This research guide is meant to help you find information to support your group project and presentation for Business Strategy for Lawyers.

This guide is not designed to be comprehensive; rather, the goal is to expose you to potentially useful resources for finding information on companies, industries, and regional, country and demographic information.

While conducting your research, you will want to learn about: (1) a company and its competitors, (2) the industry in which a company operates, and (3) the general economic and demographic factors informing a company’s decision to, for example, move operations to a different geographic area.

Remember: Research requires analysis and synthesis of information, and no one resource will likely provide sufficient information or data on any given topic.

Also remember: You are always invited to visit with a librarian to learn more about finding information. You may stop by the law school library (Langdell) Reference Desk or email Lisa Junghahn at Ljunghahn@law.harvard.edu with any and all of your research questions! (Never pay out-of-pocket for any research you find on the web.)

In addition, your research will likely require you or your group to visit the Harvard Business School library (Baker). For information on the library, visit: http://www.library.hbs.edu/. The Baker librarians are very friendly and helpful!