The COVID-19 coronavirus has had a widespread global economic impact. You may be wondering how your company, industry, and market may be impacted -- and how the market research you are reading may need to be updated. This page details the updates we have collected from market research vendors available to you via U of T Libraries, as well as other sources available online.
This page will be updated regularly as the situation develops.
UTL databases (access here)
- ASTM is providing no-cost public access to important ASTM standards used in the production and testing of personal protective equipment - including face masks, medical gowns, gloves, and hand sanitizers. (See more standards in our Standards guide.)
- CB Insights has created an Expert Collection collecting companies working on "Infectious diseases" and a tag for the Gates Foundation "#COVID19_therapeutics_accelerator" among others. Access under Collections in the navigation. Analysis includes how the pandemic has impacted startup funding overall, as well as closer looks at seed-stage investment and corporate venture capital investment (note: log in via UTL portal for access)
- eMarketer has articles on how the pandemic is affecting everything from consumer shopping habits to marketer responses to cancelled events.
- EMIS is producing a free daily newsletter with key news articles and research reports on the economic and industry impact as well as government response from countries around the world.
- Frost & Sullivan have updated COVID Growth Opportunity Analyses on Big Data and Marketing Automation Solutions, with more to come. Frost has also produced a series of webinars and whitepapers looking at impact and opportunities.
- Gartner has a resource center for organizations as they plan and recover.
- IBISWorld have updated many of their reports to incorporate changes to a range of industries.
- Passport GMID has a collection of briefings on the impact on industries from e-commerce and consumer health to travel and tobacco.
- Simply Analytics has compiled COVID case data for the U.S. at the national, state, and county levels from USAfacts.org, updated daily.
- Statista has compiled statistics and facts on the pandemic, updated daily, as a dossier or individual charts and tables.
- UTL also holds subscriptions to local and international newspapers and magazines accessible via a variety of platforms.
Open online sources (access via web browser)
Andressen Horowitz has compiled a collection of Coronavirus resources and readings for VCs and startups.
McKinsey has created a collection of resources titled Coronavirus: Leading through the Crisis
Not available via UTL, Pitchbook has also analyzed the impact on private markets.
U of T Entrepreneurship has a list of COVID-19 resources for startups.
Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub has compiled a list of resources for Canadian entrepreneurs.