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2: Research Company Activities
4: Research Financial Performance of companies
6: Research National Economic Data
7: Newspapers and Trade Publications
8: Reference, Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
Find Company Information
Find information on:
- Name of company
- Location and contact information
- Corporate tree: parent company, headquarters, subsidiaries, branches
- Ownership – Location and status: public or private
- Company size: Number of employees, size of executive board
- Key financials - Turnover (operating revenue), total assets, profit margins
- Peer groups
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Bloomberg terminalsAccess available via the Business School in the Bloomberg Financial Markets Laboratory. Bloomberg terminals can be booked for up to two hours at a time.
Research company activities
Find Information on:
- Industry profiles
- Business size (revenue and number of employees)
- Products and services
- Media presence: advertising, social media, public relations
- Competitors
- SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
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ABI/INFORM GlobalIn-depth coverage for over 3,040 publications, with more than 2,060 available in full text.
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Business Source PremierA full-text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business.
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FameProvides detailed information on UK and Irish companies.
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Nexis
A comprehensive newspaper database, updated daily, providing full text access to all UK national newspapers, plus regional newspapers, international news providers and a number of trade journals and magazines.
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OrbisContains comprehensive information on both listed and unlisted companies worldwide.
Find Industry Reports
Find Information on:
- Industry structure
- Industry performance
- Products and markets
- Key trends & outlook
- Market Research reports
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Business Market Research CollectionProvides company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
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Business Market Research CollectionProvides company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.
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IBISWorldA comprehensive collection of UK industry market research and industry risk ratings. Includes statistics, analysis, forecasts and Brexit Impact Reports.
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J.P. Morgan ResearchFeatures thousands of analyst reports (2011-present) covering over 3,000 global companies and all industries. Reports cover equities and company performance, global and regional economics and financial strategy, foreign exchange, commodities, liquidity, and emerging markets.
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MintelProduces hundreds of reports into European, UK-specific and Chinese consumer markets every year. You will need to login to access Mintel.
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Passport (Euromonitor)Provides international market intelligence on industries, countries and consumers.
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StatistaAccess to statistical data from market and opinion research institutions and from business organisations and government institutions in English and German.
Research Financial Performance of Companies
Find information on:
- Company financials (e.g. income, balance sheet, cash flow)
- Equity pricing
- Dividend information
- Analysts’ reports
- Investments
- Financial strength
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Bloomberg terminalsAccess available via the Business School in the Bloomberg Financial Markets Laboratory. Bloomberg terminals can be booked for up to two hours at a time.
Find Case Studies
Find information on:
- Real-life scenarios faced by sectors and industries, managers and companies
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Business Source PremierA full-text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business.
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Case CentreCase studies by organisations on a range of subject areas.
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MIT Sloan Teaching Innovation Resources (MSTIR)Case studies on a range of topics including Accounting and Finance; Entrepreneurship; Leadership and Ethics; Operations Management; Strategy; Sustainability.
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Proquest Business CollectionCombines seven databases: ABI/INFORM, Accounting,Tax and Banking, Asian and European Business, Business Market Research, Business Video, Entrepreneurship and JP Morgan Research.
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Sage Business CasesA discipline-wide digital collection of cases from 2016 to support teaching and independent research. TUTORS: Please contact your library for an 'instructor verification code', in order to access the Teaching Notes..
Research National Economic Data
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CIA World Factbook
Information and statistics on the countries of the world.
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OECD iLibraryPublications and datasets, from 1998 to present, released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF).
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Passport (Euromonitor)Provides international market intelligence on industries, countries and consumers.
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UN ComtradeAccess to commodity trade data for all available countries and areas since 1962. To get access to the full dataset without any restrictions on the number of rows please click on the Legacy link at the top of the page. If your data query is more than 150,000 rows you will need to submit your query via "batch processing".
Newspapers and Trade Publications
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Asian and European Business CollectionProvides information pertinent to the study of business and finance across Asia and Europe.
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Business Source PremierProvides access to numerous news and magazine sources. Includes, Newsweek, Time Magazine and Wall Street Journal.
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Financial TimesProvides essential news, comments, data and analysis for the global business community. Registration subscription is required. Click 'Subscribe' button in the top right hand corner of the FT homepage, and fill out the required details. Alternatively, open the 'drawer menu' at the top left of the screen, scroll down and select 'Today’s Newspaper (ePaper)'. You will then be asked to ‘Join’ under the UoS subscription and to fill out a few details. App also available from iOS and Android app stores.
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Nexis
A comprehensive newspaper database, updated daily, providing full text access to all UK national newspapers, plus regional newspapers, international news providers and a number of trade journals and magazines.
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The EconomistFull text access from Jan 4, 1992 - present.
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Newspaper GuideTo see the full collection of newspaper resources available through the library visit our newspaper guide
Reference, Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
Find information on:
- Key terms and concepts
- Introductory materials
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Oxford Handbooks OnlineA collection handbooks covering different subject areas. Provides introductions to key topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship.
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Oxford Reference OnlineA wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
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Oxford Scholarship Online Economics and Finance ebooks CollectionEbooks on Behavioural Economics; Development, Growth and Environmental Econometrics; Economic History; Economic Systems; Financial Economics; History of Economic Thought; International Macro and Monetary Economics; Microeconomics; Public and Welfare and South and East Asia.
Research Methods
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Sage Research Methods OnlineA research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects.