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BUS 151: World of Business: Industry Associations

Overview

Industry or trade associations provide resources for those within the industry. In many cases, there is a cost membership required to access some of their materials, but their free resources can still be a valuable asset.

Finding associations

Association Directory
List of industry trade groups

IBISWorld
The first page of each report includes links to industry associations and other organizations. Look under "Additional Resources."

You can always search Google to find out about a trade association in your industry. For example, if you are looking at the beer industry, you might search (beer OR alcoholic drinks) AND (industry OR trade) AND (association OR organization OR institute OR federation)