Company Research Pathfinder

SCOPE
This covers resources to help you find and understand directory (name, address, contact information) and financial information on companies.

KEY REFERENCE SOURCES

R 658.15 G259o

101 Business Ratios: A Manager’s Handbook of Definitions, Equations, and Computer Algorithms / Sheldon Gates. Scottsdale, AZ: McLane Books, 1993.

Hoovers Directories, including:

R 338.74 H789a 1999	Hoover’s Handbook of American Business 2000 / Austin, TX: Hoover’s Business Press, 1999.
R 338.74 H789p 1999	Hoover’s Handbook of Private Companies 2000 / Austin, TX: Hoover’s Business Press, 1999.
R 338.74 H789	Hoover’s Handbook of World Business 2000 / Austin, TX: Hoover’s Business Press, 1999.

SELECTED TITLES

658.47 F962c

Competitor Intelligence: How to Get it, How to Use it / Leonard M. Fuld. New York : Wiley, c1985

658.812 S741n

The Nordstrom Way: The Inside Story of America’s #1 Customer Service Company / Robert Spector and Patrick D. McCarthy. New York: Wiley, 1996.

338.7610053 I16m

The Making of Microsoft: How Bill Gates and His Team Created the World’s Most Successful Software Company / Daniel Ichbiah and Susan L Knepper. Rocklin, CA: Prima Publications, 1991

PERIODICALS	PERIODICAL INDEXES
Business Week Forbes Fortune Wall Street Journal Puget Sound Business Journal	ProQuest Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe – Business

WEB SITES

Directories of Companies

Business.com <http://www.business.com> Includes links to sites on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), and individual industry links, among other resources.
Thomas Register Online <http://www.thomasregister.com> This site will tell you which companies make which products. You have to register to use it, but it’s free.
Google Web Directory (Asia) < http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Resources/Directories/Asia/> A list of directories to Asian companies. (Websites may come up in languages other than English; look for a button that says “English” to find the English language version.)
Google Web Directory (Europe) <http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Resources/Directories/Europe/> A list of directories to European companies. (Websites may come up in languages other than English; look for a button that says “English” to find the English language version.)

Sites Specializing in Company Financial Information

Edgar <http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm> Financial information submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Companies that sell stock to the public must file financial information with the SEC.
Free Edgar <http://www.freeedgar.com/> Another source of SEC filings.
Wall Street Research Net (http://www.wsrn.com> An excellent source of information on publicly traded companies, including stock price and financial information.
Yahoo Historical Prices (Stocks) <http://chart.yahoo.com/d> Need five years of stock prices for a company? Try this Yahoo site.
Hoover’s Company Information <On campus this file is included in “Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe - Business - Company Financial”. Off campus - less information, but still useful – it is found at Hoovers.com <http://www.hoovers.com>)> Company financial information, lists of competitors, and news."

Other Useful Company Information Sites

Newspaperlinks.com <http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm> Newspapers in a company’s hometown often publish company news not found elsewhere.
American Society of Association Executive's Gateway to Associations Online <http://info.asaenet.org/gateway/OnlineAssocSlist.html.> Industry Associations often offer lists of member companies – plus industry news and trends.
Search Systems <http://www.searchsystems.net/> Excellent set of links to public records information available on the Internet. Search for company incorporation information, licenses issued to the company, and more.
Researching Companies Online <http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/index.html> The best site on the web for finding links to online company and industry research.

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