Citing Business Information: Reports

Reports like technical or research reports are treated this way:

Author, A. (Year). Title of report (Report No. ####). Location: Publisher.

• If there is no author given, treat it as a corporate author.
• If the report was retrieved from a database, treat that as the publisher. Ex) Retrieved from ProQuest Congressional database.
• If the report was retrieved online from a government agency, include the url. Ex) Retrieved from Department of Labor website: http://www.dol.gov
• Include the report number, if given, as these are often updated with the same name but different numbers.

• Posada, J. (2025, April). Ski & Snowboard Resorts in the US. Retrieved from IBISWorld database. 

• Takemasa, H. (2024, June). Marketing to Gen Z - US - 2025. Retrieved from Mintel database. 

• Takemasa, H. (2024, June). Marketing to Gen Z - US - 2025. store.mintel.com/report/us-marketing-to-gen-z-market-report. 

• Jones, A. (2025, April 22). New Approaches to Telling Your Sustainability Story. (Conference Board Report). www.conference-board.org/publications/New-Approaches-to-Telling-Your-Sustainability-Story

• Young, M. & Phillips, P. (2015, May). Big data doesn't mean 'Big Brother' (Conference Board Research Report No. R-1582-15-RR). Retrieved from The Conference Board Research database.

• Google. (2014). Form 10-K 2014. Retrieved from https://investor.google.com/proxy.html.
• Google. (2014). 10-K annual report. Retrieved from SEC EDGAR website: http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.