Library Guides: MGMT 365: Social Entrepreneurship: Spring 2023: Coffee & chocolate

Company Information: Moka Origins

Moka Origins company website
The Moka Origins website will be an excellent source of information about what the company does and how it presents itself to potential customers. Start your research here.

Access World News (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
Search for newspaper articles about Moka Origins. Enter "Moka Origins" - including quotation marks - in the search box
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Industry Information - Coffee & Chocolate Production Industries

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Reports discussing the performance, outlook, and operations of US and global Industries. Business environment profiles covering economic and market conditions forces. Search for coffee and/or chocolate to get started

IBISWorld provides over 700 full-text industry reports, 700 US industry risk rating reports, and information on over 8000 Publicly Traded US Companies as well as hundreds of economic and demographic profiles. Subscription includes access to the US Industry State Reports module.

Potentially relevant reports include:

Searching for Articles

To take a deeper look at the coffee and chocolate production industries, try searching for recent newspaper, magazine, industry/trade publication, and research articles in the databases below. Incorporate search terms related to Moka Origins and its products and business model. It may be helpful to sort the results by relevance rather than by date. Here are some recommended searches to get you started:

coffee production
chocolate production
coffee production AND "fair trade"
chocolate production AND ethical sourcing
coffee AND chocolate AND supply chain
coffee AND sustainability

Mix and match search terms or add your own to find articles on specific topics of interest. If you would like assistance developing searches, please reach out to me via email or make an appointment.

ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
Search a complete database comprising full-text business periodicals and news sources from ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
An essential article database for business research providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals. Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including: accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM and supply chain management.

Market Research

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Market research reports analyzing market drivers, trends, market forecasts, market segmentations, demographics, and consumer attitudes and purchasing behaviors. Click on Mintel Reports when you enter the database
Provides access to two products. Mintel Academic publishes 600 market research reports each year for the U.S. and European consumer markets. Reports analyze market drivers, trends, market forecasts, market segmentations, demographics, and consumer attitudes and purchasing behaviors. The Trends module in Mintel Academic tracks cutting edge trends and shifts in consumer behavior. Mintel Market Sizes provides market size, market share and segmentation data for global consumer packaged goods industries. No walk-ins allowed.

Search tips:

Use search terms similar to those listed above, such as coffee, chocolate, fair trade, etc
Hover over Region to limit results to just the US or another region. Consider reading reports, observations, and insights that are focused on different geographic areas - even if something doesn't seem relevant based on geography, there may be interesting implications for your work
If a search result takes you to a specific section of a report - such as the result titled Coffee and RTD Coffee - US - 2021 - Ethical and Sustainable, consider looking through the rest of the report as well