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1. Company Directories
2. Company Overviews
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Financials & Investment Surveys
4. Newspaper, Magazine and Journal Articles
5. Company Rankings
1. Company Directories
Company Dossier through LexisNexis Academic [About]
Click on ‘Company List’ tab, to create a list of international or U.S. companies by Industry, Geographic area, and revenue. Companies can be ranked by sales.
Corporate Affiliations.com (LexisNexis Group) [About]
International companies' corporate linkage information on prominent parent companies and affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions – public and private. Approximate sales or revenue numbers for some subsidiary companies.
Reference USA [About]
Lists over 14 million businesses, listed by name, SIC code, etc. Good for finding basic private company information.
2. Company Overviews
Factiva [About]
Go to Companies/Markets tab to select Company Snapshot with description, SIC/NAICS codes and peer group ranked by sales, etc.
Datamonitor Company Profiles through Business Source Complete [About]
Provides company description, history, key employees, major products and services, top competitors, company view, locations and subsidiaries.
Hoover's Company Records [About]
Data on select public and private companies, up to ten years of financial data. Click on search type: Natural Language to access the Hoover’s Company Records.
Mergent Online [About]
Financial data on U.S. and International Public companies.
GLOBAL SOCRATES [About]
SOCRATES is a database that measures the social and environmental performance of corporations. It contains social, environmental, and governance research on more than 4,000 companies in 50+ global markets.
International Directory of Company Histories
Reference Area: Section 15, Company Descriptions
Good for looking at a company over time. Detailed information on the historical development of private and public companies. Use index in the last volume to locate information about your company.
3. Financials & Investment Surveys
Mergent Online [About]
Financial data on U.S. and International Public companies. Business description, history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long term debt, capital stock, and financials.
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Detailed reports and comparison (company and industry, or peer group)
Investext [About] Internet Explorer Only
Click on the ‘Research’ tab and click on ‘Company’ Search. Can be used on Internet Explorer only.
Value Line Research Center Online [About]
To search for the Value Line Investment Surveys for companies, go to Stocks - Premium Content - Lookup Company and search by company, industry or ticker symbol.
Bloomberg (Terminal located across from Circulation Desk in the Library.)
Real time financial information. Provides current news and prices from financial markets, industries, commodities, and publicly traded companies from around the world.
*Some private company financials can be found in Company Dossier, Corporate Affiliations.com, and Hoovers Company Records.
4. Newspaper, Magazine and Journal Articles
ABI/INFORM Global [About]
Find article by subject, author or publication.
Boston Business Journal + [About]
Online access to the Boston Business Journal along with access to business journals from 39 other major metropolitan cities across the United States. Also includes a digital Book of Lists containing rank ordered companies for each city.
Business Source Complete [About]
Find article by subject, author or by publication.
Factiva [About]
Search for business news through trade publications and newswires. International in scope.
General Business File ASAP [About]
Locate Company Profiles & articles. Search by SIC code for articles about an industry.
LexisNexis Academic [About]
Magazine and newspaper articles on companies. Information on smaller companies, annual reports and SEC filings & reports.
5. Company Rankings
For company rankings see the following guide http://www.bu.edu/library/guides/pml/career/companie.html#rank