Sources for BADM 101 - "Company Report"
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• Factiva   ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > Factiva
  • Select Companies/Markets > Company
  • Use the official name of the parent company or search by stock symbol.
• Mergent Online   ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > Mergent Online
  • Use the company name or stock ticker symbol
• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > NetAdvantage
  • Use the Companies tab
  • Includes names and biographies of executives and directors
• Hoover's Handbook of American Business (Reference, HG4057 A28617)
  • Executives, products/services, competitors...
  • Hoover's Reports are available online in ABI/Inform
    ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > ABI/Inform
• LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations (Reference, HG4057 A23)
  • "Who Owns Whom" - parent companies and subsidiaries.
  • Use the Master Index volume to locate your company
• International Directory of Company Histories (Reference, HD2721 I63 ).
  • Company history, product lines, marketing strategy
• Million Dollar Directory (Reference, HF5035 M55 )
  • Year founded, number of employees, officers, etc.
• 10-K Reports and Annual Reports to Shareholders
  • From the Mergent company report, link to EDGAR and select "10-K"
  • Company web sites have the Annual Reports, usually in links to "Investor Relations" or "Company Research"
  
  

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  Stock market price quotes

Current

• Factiva / Company Quick Search
  
• NetAdvantage Standard & Poor's Stock Reports
  

Historical

• BigCharts.com http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
• Factiva / Quotes

• Encyclopedia of American Industries (Business Services Table 2B #3 or online Encyclopedia of American Industries
• Mintel Oxygen ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > Mintel
  • Establish an accounting using your Wildcat email address
• Product trends, customer demographics, market share, market size, etc
• NAICS/SIC code lookup http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
  • Define industries; also used to search for company information in some directories and statistical reports
• Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > NetAdvantage
  Use the Industry Surveys Quicklink

• ABI/Inform Global ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > ABI Inform
  Business magazine, journals, and news articles (including Wall Street Journal )
  • wal-mart and labor
    
• Academic Search ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > Academic Search
  Magazine and journal articles on all topics
  • wal-mart and employees
    
• Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management (Reference, HF1001 B455)
  
• Business Source Complete ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > Business Source Premier
  Business magazine, journals, and news articles (including Harvard Business Review )
  • wal-mart and retail and competition
    
• Factiva News Pages ReSearch Station > Articles & Databases > Factiva > News Pages
  • Browse the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post and other publications
  • Select News Pages tab from the top line
    
• International Encyclopedia of Business & Management (Reference, HF1001 I53)
  • Definitions, overviews, and sources for further research --- an excellent place to start an assignment

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  This page maintained by Wendy Diamond Last update: 11/8/2007