MARKETNG 499 J/K Honors Case Study & Internship

It is important to properly cite your sources that you use in your research for various reasons:

1. It acknowledges the work and contributions of other writers and researchers as related to your work.
2. It shows that you are a responsible scholar who gives credit to other researchers and acknowledges their ideas.
3. It shows to your readers that you have done proper research by listing the sources you used to gather information.
4. It helps your reader to track down the sources you used by citing them accurately.
5. It avoids plagiarism.

For your work in this course, you have been asked to use the APA reference citation style for both print and online resources. This style is used in economics and other social science disciplines. Here are a couple of style guides for examples of citing sources in the text of your paper and in a bibliography or reference list.

• Basics of 7th Edition APA style Tutorial (online from the APA, outlining writing and citing guidelines)
• APA Formatting and Style Guide (online from The OWL at Purdue with several examples of in-text citations and reference list entries)

Examples of Citations of Online Business Resources using APA 7th ed. (for your references list).

An Article with a DOI

Prashantham, S. (2021). Partnering with startups globally: Distinct strategies for different locations. California Management Review, 63(4), 123-145. https://doi.org/10.1177/00081256211022743

An Article without a DOI, from an Academic Database (such as ABI/Inform) or a Print Version

Cavusoglu, L., & Atik, D. (2021). Accumulating capital through social media: The transformative power of underrepresented fashion consumers. The Journal of Consumer Marketing, 38(5), 514-524.

IBISWorld Reports

Ristoff, J. (2021, September). Manufacturing in the US (US Industry NAICS Report 31-33). IBISWorld. http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=https://www.ibisworld.com

Al Bari, S. (2022, February). Solar Panel Installation (US Specialized Industry Report OD4494). IBISWorld. http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=https://www.ibisworld.com

IBISWorld. (2022, June). Industrial production index (US Business Environment Profiles Report B106). http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=https://www.ibisworld.com

BCC Research

BCC Publishing Staff. (2021, November). Smart Retail: Technologies and Global Markets. BCC Research. Retrieved September 6, 2022 from http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=https://www.bccresearch.com/epublish/index/loginip/

MarketResearch.com Academic

Freedonia. (2021, December). Mining & quarrying: United States [Market report]. MarketResearch.com Academic. http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=https://academic.marketresearch.com/

Mintel

Gallinari, M. (2021). Urban, rural and suburban lifestyles - US - 2021. Mintel Academic. http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=https://academic.mintel.com

Hansen, K. (2021, November). Sustainability behaviors in online shopping - US - 2021. Mintel Academic. http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=https://academic.mintel.com

Mintel Market Sizes. (2021). Household Cleaners - US. http://silk.library.umass.edu/login?url=http://marketsizes.mintel.com/

Insider Intelligence (eMarketer)

Konstantinovic, D. (2022, August). TikTok is having trouble keeping up with its own growth. eMarketer. https://content-na1.emarketer.com/tiktok-having-trouble-keeping-up-with-its-own-growth

World Advertising Research Center (WARC)

Walker Smith, J. (2022, August). How brands can manage through inflation. WARC. https://www.warc.com/content/article/warc-exclusive/how-brands-can-manage-through-inflation/147148

Citation examples adapted from:

Schemm, N., Dellenbach, M., Grisham, Z., Hageman, M., Tingle, N., Trowbridge, M., & Wheatley, A. (2020). APA 7th ed. citation for business sources. https://bit.ly/APA7business