The only complete market research guide to the health care industry-for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research. Covers expenditures, patient populations, Medicare, Medicaid and managed care with trends, statistical tables and a glossary. Features profiles of 500 major health care industry firms.

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Market research guide to the food industry a tool for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research. Contains trends, statistical tables, and an industry glossary. Includes one page profiles of food industry firms, which provides data such as addresses, phone numbers, and executive names.

A business development tool for professionals, marketers, sales directors, consultants and strategists seeking to understand and reach middle market American companies. It covers important business sectors, from InfoTech to health care to telecommunications. Profiles of more than 500 leading US middle market companies. Includes business glossary, a listing of business contacts, indexes and database on CD-ROM.

A guide to the trends and leading companies in the engineering, research, design, innovation and development business fields: those firms that are dominant in engineering-based design and development, as well leaders in technology-based research and development.

Everything you need to know about the business of insurance and risk management--a powerful tool for market research, strategic planning, competetive intelligence or employment searches. Contains trends, statistical tables and an industry glossary. Also provides profiles of more than 300 of the world's leading insurance companies--includes addresses, phone numbers, and executive names.

This exciting new industry will enhance technologies of all types. Nanotech has applications within biotechnology, manufacturing, aerospace and information systems. This book covers micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS), microengineering, microsystems, microsensors, carbon tubes and much more. Trends, finances and profiles of the 250 leading companies included.