Report Reviews
Writing Manual
Major Players
Style Guide/CTRL + F
Bonus!
100

A data-focused review of an analyst's already completed report done by another analyst.

What is an econ review?

100

Measured/defined as earnings before interest and taxes. Should only be included when there is a figure present in the same sentence.

What is the definition of industry profit?

100

A company with at least 5.0% market search in a given report.

What is a major company?

100

Miami, New York City, San Francisco

What are stand-alone cities?

100

Section with three bullet points highlighting notable pandemic-related trends affecting a given industry. Must be individualized for each report and updated before submission.

What is the COVID granule?

200

A function in Microsoft Word that allows you to keep a record of amendments made to a document.

What are track changes?

200

Four to eight industries that either compete directly with the industry or are similar.

What are Similar Industries?

200

300 to 600 words

What is the word count for major player write ups?

200

A list of common style-related errors that should be avoided in reports. Is also a tab in Report Reader.

What is the CTRL + F sheet?

200

Sections to include relevant, up-to-date info regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic has specifically affected an industry.

What are Executive Summary, Key External Drivers, Current Performance, Industry Outlook, Demand Determinants, Major Markets, International Trade and Industry Globalization?

300

This specific colored highlighted comment requires immediate attention.

What are red highlighted comments?

300

800 to 1000 words.

What is the word count for Current Performance?

300

USMajorPlayers@ibisworld.com

OR

CAMajorPlayers@ibisworld.com

What is the Major Player changes email address?

300

Calgary, Montreal, Quebec City

What are Canadian stand-alone cities?

300

A style of capitalizing words in which only the first word of the sentence is capitalized. Used for report captions, subheadings and charts and tables.

What is sentence case?

400

Two business days.

What is the allotted amount of time to complete an econ or editorial review?

400

Representing a potential opportunity/posing a potential threat to the industry. One of each must be included in every report.

What are threat and opportunity KEDs?

400

Company Name (US industry-specific segment) - financial performance*

What is the Major Players' table title format?

400

Giving human abilities, emotions or characteristics to nonhuman entities. Should be avoided in reports.

What is anthropomorphism? 

400

Editorial document that highlights the basic writing requirements for each section.

What is the Writing Manual Highlights guide?

500

Email sent to the reviewing analyst and assigned editor. Includes instructions and due date.

What is a report review assignment email?

500

Circular chart used to describe the spread of products/services/markets/trade as a share of revenue. Must be adjusted for each update.

What are donut charts?

500

Section with its own subheader that discusses industry-relevant performance of the company over the five years to 2021, including revenue, profit trends and/or profit figures.

What is the financial performance paragraph?

500

A style guide for American English published by the University of Chicago Press. IBISWorld's own in-house style guide most closely resembles this.

What is the Chicago Manual of Style?

500

An editorial guide used to discuss proper usage of this specific punctuation mark.

What is the hyphen guide?

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