DETERMINE IF THE COMPANY
IS PUBLICLY OWNED
The first step in researching a company is to determine whether it is public or private. The likelihood of finding financial information on public companies is good. Information on closely-held corporations can be found mostly in directories or periodicals. Private companies do not publish Annual Reports or 10-K's as required from public ones. If the company's name is listed in the following sources, the company is public.
Thomson
One Banker
Or
Standard and Poor's Net Advantage
DETERMINE THE CORPORATE
RELATIONSHIP
It is important to identify the parent company.
Most financial information is found
under the
parent company's name. The following sources will help identify the
corporate relationship:
Corporate
Affiliations
Guide to corporate families in the U.S. and worldwide.
D&B Million Dollar Database
The D&B Million Dollar Database covers 15 million U.S. public and private companies and also the most significant segment of Canadian companies. You can then go to the parent company and find a corporate tree with all other subsidiaries and family linkages.
ARTICLES & BOOKS
Full-text articles and books from the following databases:
ABI/INFORM Complete; Accounting and Tax; Banking Information Source; Business & Company Resource Center; Business Source Complete; EconLit; Factiva; Lexis/Nexis Academic; UC Library Catalog; Wilson Omni File Mega;
Can be searched individually or collectively at the following link: OneSearch--Busines
BANKRUPTCY
CCH Capital Changes
Covers federal tax consequences of capital changes for more than 58,000 corporations and organizations resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, reorganizations, exchanges, rights and other changes in capital structure in a database that spans over 100 years.
Directory of Obsolete Securities. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Contains brief profiles of companies whose original identities have been lost. The listing indicates the manner in which the company's identity was lost, the new name of the company, and the year in which the action occurred. In many cases an indication is made to whether the stock is of any value.
Lexis/Nexis Academic
Click on the tab "Business" then "Company Dossier" then in the "select Sources" box click on "Bankruptcy Data Source", then do your search.
BDS contains company profiles, reorganization plans, and other news. These sources cover public companies that are in bankruptcy and regularly track and update records for those companies with assets greater than $50 million.
BASIC INFORMATION--COMPANY DIRECTORIES
The following sources will give basic information on U.S. Corporations, i.e. address, CEO's, state of incorporation, number of employees, total sales, and product lines.
NATIONAL COMPANY DIRECTORIES (ALL INDUSTRIES)
Dun's Million Dollar Database
The D&B Million Dollar Database covers all U.S. public and private companies and also the most significant segment of Canadian companies. The total number of companies in the database are over 14 million.You can search the database using over 30 different criteria. The database gives information on the parent and also the subsidiaries, divisions, branchesand various locations. Most of the time, sales are given by branch or location i.e., you can find the sales of a particular Wendy's restaurant in a particular location.
NATIONAL COMPANY DIRECTORIES (SINGLE INDUSTRY)
Accounting:
Who Audits America: Corporations and Accountants. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
A directory of publicly traded companies and the accounting firms who audit them. Section II lists auditors by code and gives accounting firm addresses alphabetically and by city.
AccountantsWorld Directory of Accounting professionals
Extensive database of over 35,000 CPAs, accountants and tax preparers nationwide with full details including address, phone numbers, services offered and specializations.
Emerson's Directory of Leading US Accounting Firms. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Advertising:
Redbooks (Advertising Agencies & Advertisers)
Facts on 8,000 advertising agencies in the U.S. and their overseas branches. Each entry contains the number of employees, association membership, agency's specialization, annual billing with breakdown, top management, account executives, branch offices, and accounts. Includes a geographic index, a market index, a trade name index, and an SIC index.
Banking:
The Bank Directory. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
The Bank Directory is the most comprehensive international directory of financial institutions available. Updated every June and December in five-volumes. Covers International banking and correspondent services, Management and business evaluation, and Funds processing and operations.
Consultants:
Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory.
Consulting companies are included in the Business & Company Resource Center. At the front page, click on "Advanced Search", then change the "content area" to "Company Profiles/Products", then type the name of company you are looking for or search by other variables.
Also available in: (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Dun's Consultant's Directory. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Information on 25,000 consulting firms in 200 areas of specialization. Geographic and specialty indexes are provided.
Corporate Finance:
America's Corporate Finance Directory.
Detailed profiles of the financial functions of major corporations. To access, click on "Business" , then on the right side column click on "Company Profiles", then in the sources window, scroll down and click on "America's Corporate Finance Directory".
Also available in:
(Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Direct Marketing:
The Direct Marketing Market Place. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Listings of Companies, their services and products in the direct marketing industry. Two useful indexes are attached, one by companies with addresses and phone numbers and the other with individuals with names addresses and phone numbers.
Marketing Research:
Bradford's International Directory of Marketing Research Agencies (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Names, addresses and telephone numbers only of 2,400 marketing research organizations listed alphabetically within states. The agencies are also listed alphabetically.
Manufacturing:
MacRae's Blue Book
You can search for information on over 500,000 North American industrial companies with more than 2 million product listings indexed under more than 50,000 product headings
Thomas Register of Manufacturers (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
In three parts: 1) products and services. 2) company volumes including location of plants. 3) catalogs of companies. The directory lists about 100,000 corporations. Volume 10 includes a listing of approximately 100,000 brand names.
Minorities:
Dun's Million Dollar Database
Search through 550,000 minority-owned businesses in the U.S.. Covered are businesses owned by people of African American, Hispanic, Native American, Asian and Indian Subcontinent descent.
To search for minority owned businesses use the "Advanced Search" feature, then under company criteria, select "Minority Owned" or "Women Owned", then select other criteria as appropriate.
Plastics:
Plastics News Online Directory
This business-to-business buyers guide highlights products and services such as extruders, sheet manufacturers, film, rod and sheet suppliers, processors, roto-molding equipment, injection molding, polyurethane machinery, resin producers, and compounders.
Public Relations:
National Directory of Corporate Public Affairs. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
The National Directory of Corporate Public Affairs (NDCPA) has comprehensive listings of corporate executives involved in public and community affairs, government relations and lobbying, public relations/communications, and policy planning and regulation. It provides up-to-date information on the public affairs functions of approximately 1,700 major U.S. corporations and lists the 13,000 people who run them.
Savings & Loans
Savings Directory. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Published twice a year, this directory contains thousands of detailed listings including mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers for every U.S. savings bank and savings and loan association as well as primary correspondent information, national industry statistics and breakdowns of mortgage portfolios.
Trade Shows:
Trade shows worldwide. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
An international directory of events, facilities and suppliers.
Venture Capital:
The Corporate Finance Sourcebook. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Directory of venture capital firms, private lenders, commercial finance and leasing companies, largest commercial banks, U.S. based foreign banks, investment banks, foreign investment banks in the U.S., business intermediaries, pension managers, master trusts, cash managers, business insurance brokers, corporate real estate services, and securities analysts.
Pratt's Guide to Private Equity Sources (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
International directory includes locations, list of project preferences, type of financing, minimum investment, preferred investment, andcontact person. The introductory chapters provide a useful overview of the VC industry with chapters on "Background on Venture Capital," "How to Raise Venture Capital," and "Sources of Business Development Financing."
Wholesale:
American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory.
Can be searched as an integral part of the Business & Company Resource Center.
Also available in
(Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
STATE COMPANY
DIRECTORIES
State Company Directories are included in the D&B Million Dollar Databases Complete, which has 15 million U.S. Companies.
In addition we maintain print copies of the following Directories:
Harris Indiana Industrial Directory. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Harris Kentucky Manufacturers Directory. (Langsam Library
Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Harris Ohio Industrial Directory. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) --
link to Library Catalog
CITY
COMPANY DIRECTORIES
Cincinnati, OH Polk City Directory. (Langsam Library Closed Reserves (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Cincinnati city suburban criss-cross Directory .
Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Web Search .
Search for 10,000 Cincinnati Corporations by name, location, number of employees, products, etc.
Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.
This site has a directory of Northern Kentucky companies
PRODUCT LINES AND BRAND NAMES
IDENTIFY A BRAND NAME
Business and Company Resource Center
To search for a brand name, click on "Company" then type the name of the brand in the "Product/Brand Name" box.
The Thomas Register Online offers a Brand Name search.
"Product/Brand Name" in the "advanced search" of Corporate Affiliations .
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Trademark Database.
ThomasNet
Includes a search by brand names.
BRAND NAME DATA
Mergent Horizon
Mergent Horizon provides information on 6,200 companies in total, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance sectors.
America's Greatest Brands. (Langsam Library Oversize Stacks (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Some of the brands in the early volumes are available on the publisher's web site: America's Greatest Brands
AD $ Summary. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Top 1,000 companies ranked by 10-media $; top 100 companies ranked by several criteria. Also brand name data on 10-media $ totals and media used.
Also, Description of the Company's Product Line Appear in Several Sources:
BUSINESS VALUATION
Business Valuations by Industry. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Reports the details gathered from in-depth studies on the sale of thousands of small to midsize companies. Included are purchase price ratios, financial background on buyers and sellers, recent IPOs, industry forecasts, and rule-of-thumb valuations for businesses of all sizes in any industry.
Business Valuation Resources
Free resource guide to business valuation resources. Covers books, industry research, economic data, cost of equity capital, public company market data, M&A data, Business valuation multiples, and legal resources.
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COMPANY ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
Articles From Periodicals
Articles from periodicals, dealing with organization and management, may appear under the company's name, some may be listed under the following subjects:
Corporations - Reorganization
Management - Case Studies
Decentralization in Management
Chart Collection (The Conference Board). (Langsam Reference CD-ROM -- link to Library Catalog)
The Chart Collection gives you an insider's look at the actual organizational structures of over 200 leading corporations in 15 major industries.
COMPETITORS
Hoover's Online
Hoover's, in their "company profile", lists company competitors with links to these companies. It also allows for a financial comparison among the top three competitors.
Marketline
Marketline, in it's company profiles, lists "Top Competitors"
Mergent Horizon
Mergent Horizon provides information on 6,200 companies in total, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance sectors. You can produce reports on Competitors by Product, and Drug/Medical Device.
Factiva
Select "Companies/Markets" from the top menu, then select "Companies" from the second top menu, then type your company name. After you get the result, select "Reports", then select "Detailed company profile reports".
Dun's Million Dollar Database (Public and Private Companies)
Excellent for identifying "Private" company competitors. Click on "Advanced Search" then search within "industry criteria" and "Location Criteria". You will get a list of local companies within the same industry group. Within that group you can sort by sales to identify competitors.
Standard and Poor's Stock Reports
On the main page, select "Stock Reports, then type your company name, then select the "competitor information" from the left bar.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
BIOGRAPHIES:
Cincinnati Executive Officers Biography
Biographies of Cincinnati Executives.
Dun's Million Dollar Database
D&B gives biographical information on management.
Hoover's Online
Hoover's Includes executive biographies, some detailed. You can also do a "Build a list" and identify executives based on various criteria.
Standard & Poor's Register on S&P Net Advantage
Biographical information on thousands of U.S. company executives.
Who's Who in Finance and Industry
Is part of the Biography Resource Center. Includes approximately 18,000.
Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
One page biographies on notable 835 American business leaders past and present to early 1980's. Indexes are provided by: Industry, company, birth date, ethnicity, and religion. A list of women business leaders is also provided.
LexisNexis(Traditional) (Business Students Only--One Station in the Reference CD-ROM Island) .
LexisNexis(Traditional)'s biographical library "People" has biographies on business people.
COMPENSATION:
Top Executive Compensation
Annual survey published by the Conference Board on the highest compensated executives.
Executive Paywatch
An AFL-CIO produced site with top CEO salaries and benefits.
Execucomp (S&P)
Very comprehensive database on executive compensation data for top officers of more than 2,300 companies.
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Bricker's International Directory. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Profiles, facts, and figures of 1,400 Long-term university-based executive programs and short-term university-based executive programs.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CORPORATE REPORTS (Annual Reports and SEC Filings)
Core Data U.S. Institutional Database (Click on "Company Profiles" then change the source to "Core Data").
CoreData's US Institutional Database, contains "as-reported" and restated annual and quarterly (interim) financial information, price and volume data, earnings estimates, institutional and insider statistics, and other financial and performance ratios. Historical per share data are split adjusted, including EPS, ratios, and price and volume information on US companies. All financial data are stated in US dollars.
Mergent Online
Very comprehensive financial information including annual reports for U.S. and international companies. To get the financial data, type the company name, then choose from the upper tabs the financial data that you need.
Moody's Manuals ( 1909-Present)
These are image files of the various manuals such as Banking, Industrial, Transportation, etc... going back to 1909. Each manual provides company information in the following areas: historical background, current activities, divisions and subsidiaries, businesses and properties owned, officers and directors, seven year income statements and balance sheets, financial and operating ratios, summary of each class of stocks and bonds, text of letter to stockholders, and excerpts from annual reports.
Proquest Historical Annual Reports (1884-Present minus 3 years)
Historical Annual Reports is a digital database of company annual reports from 800 of top North American companies. The database comprises over 150 years of reports, providing a rich source of information. All report text is searchable, and special indexing makes key data accessible for analysis and trending.
10-K Reports. (Microfiche 4 (1981-1995 only))
The 10-K report is the official annual business and financial report the company must file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our collection includes companies listed on the NYSE from 1981-1995. We also receive 10-K reports for companies on all exchanges within a 100-mile radius from Cincinnati 1981-Present.
SEC Filings on LexisNexis
Lexis/Nexis has 15 years worth of SEC filings for 10-k, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, Annual Reports, Proxies, Prospectuses, Resigtration statements, and Williams Act Filings. To access these, click on "Business" then choose "SEC filings and reports".
Thomson One Banker
Thomson One Banker is a financial database that covers US and International Companies and provides profiles, current and historical data including, annual reports, financials (reports and charts), SEC filings (with search capabilities), stock prices, estimates, ownerships, wall street research, deals, company and peer ratios.
FINANCIAL RATIOS (FOR COMPANIES)
For Industries try: Industry Ratios
Company Dossier on Lexis Nexis Academic
At the main page type the name of the company, then when you get the results choose your company from the list, then on the left side choose "Financia lInformation", then scroll down to the section under "Ratio Analysis"
Factiva
At the main menu, click on "Companies/Markets", then click on "Company", then type your company name. When you get the result, choose your company, then on the left side, click on "Financial Results", then in the top box choose "Key Ratios".
Mergent Online
At the main menu tyoe your company name, then choose your company from the list, then click on "Company Financials", then at the top menu click on "Ratios". You can get up to 15 years data.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS
American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries. (Uniworld)
Covers over 190 countries and 1,200 industries.U.S. companies listed have a substantial investment in overseas operations — wholly or partially owned subsidiary affiliate or branch. Search byone or multiplecriteria. Download your list to Excel.
Corporate Affiliations.
Guide to corporate families in the U.S. and worldwide.
Dun's Million Dollar Database
The Corporate Family Linkage links corporate headquarters locations with their branches, divisions and subsidiaries dosestic and foreign.
HISTORY OF THE
COMPANY
Business History.Net
Links to Company histories on the web. You can browse by company name or by industry.
Capital Changes Reports on: (CCH
Internet Research Library)
Covers federal tax consequences of capital changes for more than 58,000 corporations and organizations resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, reorganizations, exchanges, rights and other changes in capital structure in a database that spans over 100 years.
Cincinnati Company Histories
Includes online and print materials for Cincinnati companies
Cincinnati Historical Society Library
Cincinnati Historical Society has records and histories of Cincinnati companies.
Company Histories on the Web.
Many companies are including short
company histories on their Web sites.
Marketline
Basic
Information about 10,000 global companies including
U.S.
Mergent
Online
Histories of about 11,000 U.S. companies and 17,000
international companies
Moody's Manuals 1909 - present These are image files of the various manuals such as Banking, Industrial, Transportation, etc... going back to 1909. Each manual provides company information in the following areas: historical background, current activities, divisions and subsidiaries, businesses and properties owned, officers and directors, seven year income statements and balance sheets, financial and operating ratios, summary of each class of stocks and bonds, text of letter to stockholders, and excerpts from annual reports.
International Directory of Company Histories on (Business and Company Resource Center)
Company histories of U.S. and International companies. Choose "Advanced Search" then change the "Content Area" to "Histories".
Notable Corporate Chronologies on (Business and Company Resource Center)
Choose "Advanced Search" then change the "Content Area" to "Histories".
UC Library Catalog
The library cataloged collection of published histories of companies can be found by checking under the company's name in UCLID; Uncataloged pamphlets on company histories can be found in the Corporate History Files next to the Annual Reports Collection.
LARGEST COMPANIES LISTS
COMPANY RANKINGS
RANKINGS
Business Rankings Annual (On Business & Company Resource Center)
To identify lists of largest companies, Go to "Advanced Search", change the "Content Area" to "Ranking" then conduct your search by company or by industry.
Also available in: (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog).
Cincinnati Company Rankings are included in the Cincinnati Business Courier "Book of Lists" this is an annual print publication you can find in the (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Dun's Business Rankings. (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Ranks approximately 7,500 U.S. public and private companies based on criteria such as: Geographically within states ranked by sales or employees; within industry ranked by sales or employees; public or private companies ranked by sales or employees.
Dun's Million Dollar Database.
The D&B Million Dollar Database covers all U.S. public and private companies and also the most significant segment of Canadian companies. The total number of companies in the database are over 14 million.You can search the database using over 30 different criteria, then sort by any ranking you want.
Forbes
Forbes has several rankings of companies on their web stie, including private, small, and global companies
Fortune 500 largest U.S. Industrial Corporations (Published in the May issue of Fortune magazine each year)
To find an online list, go to Business Source Complete , In the "Find" box type: Largest U.S. Corporations, and in the "Publication" box type "Fortune". Other Forune lists can be accesses on this page: CNNMoney.com
Industry Week's 1000.
Mergent Industry Review (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog).
Provides company rankings within industries based on Revenues, Net Income, Profit Margins, Assets, Return on Equity, Return on Investment, Cash Position, Evaluation of Stock Performance, Price Earning Ratios, Yields, and Mergent’s short- and long-term price scores.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND PENDING
LITIGATION
Item 3
of the 10-K Report (See section on Corporate Reports)
Item 3 includes legal
proceedings, indictments, subpoenas, complaints, etc.--initiated
against the corporation.
Business and Company Resource
Center.
Perform a search under the company's
name, then select the parent company, then select the tab “Suits and Claims"
Tax Court Reporter reports full text cases of federal and state courts. The reporters also include commission complaints, indictments, and decisions.
LexisNexis(Traditional) (Business Students Only--One Station in the Reference CD-ROM
Island).
LexisNexis(Traditional) is a legal and business database. LexisNexis(Traditional) contains: Full text primary sources, i.e. cases, statutes,
and administrative materials and secondary sources, i.e. law
reviews, ALR annotations.
Periodical Articles.
You can find articles dealing with company litigation in the indexes listed in Article and books databases
MARKETING AND ADVERTISING
NEW PRODUCTS
General
BusinessFile on INFOTRAC SearchBank
New product announcements are accessible. Search example: (New Products and toys)
LexisNexis(Traditional)'s
"Market Library" includes company press releases and many other
marketing related operations.
ADVERTISING
AD $
summary. (Langsam Library
Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Top 1,000 companies ranked by 10-media
$; top 100 companies ranked by several criteria. Also brand name
data on 10-media $ totals and media used.
Redbooks . (Langsam Library Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Overview of 25,000 Companies in the US
and Canada with data on advertising Expenditures.
MARKET
SHARE
Business
and Company Resource Center
Market share information is
contained in the industry section of the BCRC. Choose the "Industry
Icon" from the front page,
then enter your SIC or NAICS code and click on
"Search Codes", then click on the tab "Rankings", then click on the
sub-tab "Market Share". Data goes
back to 1996.
LexisNexis( Traditional) (One CD-ROM Station in Langsam Reference)
Market share information is in the library "Market" and the file "MKTSHR". It includes the "Market Share Reporter" data from 1991 - present, and the "World Market Share Reporter".
TableBase
From the front page select "Concept Term" = Market Share, Select
"Industry" = Beer, hit the Search Button.
The following article databses will contain market share data for various products or industries
Use a keyword search such as (IBM and Market Share) or (Paper and Market Share)
ABI/INFORM
Complete
Business Source Complete
Factiva
General Business File ASAP
Wilson Omnifile
Wall Street Analyst's Reports are a great source for market share information. Go to INVESTEXT Plus, then choose the industry from the list and click on "Search". The reports go back to the 1980's. You may also type the name of a major player in that industry and retrieve data on that company which may contain Market Share for other competitors
"Market Share Reporter" in the Library (Langsam Library Latest in Reference (Print)--link to Library Catalog)
The print version of the Market Share Reporter goes back to 1996.
Market share data can also be retrieved from Market Research Reports on that particular industry. We have a large number of Market Research Report providers listed on the following page: Industry
Studies, Surveys and Reports
Trade Associations also provide data about the industry they serve. To identify the trade association in an industry try the following: Associations Unlimited then go the web site of that Association and find the industry data that you need.
MERGERS AND
ACQUISITIONS
CCH Capital Changes
Covers federal tax consequences of capital changes for more than 58,000 corporations and organizations resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, reorganizations, exchanges, rights and other changes in capital structure in a database that spans over 100 years.
LexisNexis(Traditional). (Langsam Reference CD-ROM
Island--Restricted to business students only)
In its "COMPNY" library, and the file "ALLMA" LexisNexis has mergers and acquisitions data including:
M&A database Mergerstat.
Mergent Online
A history of mergers and acquisitions is given in the section "History" under each company. Dates and financial data are included in this section.
Mergers
and Acquisitions. (Periodical) (Current Issues in
Periodical Room--Back Volumes in the Stacks -- link to Library Catalog)
This periodical gives a quarterly
roster of mergers and acquisitions arranged within two digit SIC
numbers. In addition it lists foreign investments transactions and
U.S. Investment abroad transactions.
Mergerstat Review (Annual). (Langsam Library
Latest Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Annual statistical analysis, Industry analysis, Geographical analysis, the year's roster of transactions and cancelled transactions. It also includes historical review.
Thomson One Banker
Includes information on all announced, completed or pending transactions that involve a change of 5% or more in ownership.
ZEPHYR
Web-based database containing data on acquisitions, mergers, demergers, IPOs, planned IPOs, institutional buy-outs, joint ventures, management buy-ins, management buy-outs, minority stakes, share buy backs, private equity, league tables and news stories - no minimum deal value. Also links to detailed company financials. Search and screen variables including company names, industry, time period, geography, deal status, deal type, deal multiples and deal methods. 60,000 deals are added per year. The data goes back to the year 2000.
MISSION STATEMENTS
101 Mission Statements from Top Companies. Jeffrey Abrahams, 2007. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Corporate Statements : The Official Missions, Goals, Principles and Philosophies of Over 900 Companies.
Paul G. Haschak. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Mission Statements: A Guide to the Corporate and Nonprofit Sectors. John W. Graham, 1994. (Langsam Library Reference (Print) -- link to Library Catalog)
Home Pages of Various Companies on the Internet
Various companies are incorporating their mission statements on the Web.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Mergent Online (10-K Reports on Edgar online on Mergent)
Research and development expenditure
appear in Part I of the 10-K report.
SEGMENT DATA
Hoovers Online
Search for the Company name, then look for the section on “Products/Operation"
Mergent Horizon
You can also Analyze data for sector aggregates or averages, as well as for individual companies.
Mergent Online
Do a search for a company, then click on "Company Financials", then click on "Segments". The data given covers product and geographic segmentation.
Thomson One Banker
On the left side, click on "Financials", then under "More" mouse over "Worldscope", then choose either "Business Sehgment" or "Geographic Segment".
Standard and Poor's Stock Reports.
The section titled "Business Summary" under each company gives a brief account of percentages in each line of business.
Value Line Research Center
The Value Line includes segment data in the description of business in the "Investment Survey". Logon to the Research Center, then on the left click on "Standard Edition" then select "Survey Issues" or search for the company name.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
SOCRATES
SOCRATES contains detailed profiles on social and environmental records on 3000 US corporations. The profiles cover 65 issues related to: Community; Human rights; Employee relations; Environment; Alcohol; Contraceptives; Gambling; Military; Gay/Lesbian policies; Charitable contributions; Superfund or hazardous waste sites; Education support; Diversity; Employment of the disabled; Clean energy; Firearms; Tobacco; Nuclear power; Pollution prevention; Military contracting; Women and minority directors.
SWOT ANALYSIS
Marketline
Marketline provides 10,000+ global company reports. Each includes the following: Company & Business Description, History, Key Employees, Products & Services, Competitors, Company View, Locations & Subsidiaries. Marketline also provides 3,000 industry profiles. Each includes: Overview & Size, Segmentation, SWOT Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Leading Companies, Definitions & Key Terms, Forecasts.
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