International company research: Business databases

(1913 - 1983) covers the important events, issues and trends in the history of business and industry, plus the most important historical sources in the applied science and technology field for the early/mid 20th century.

detailed financial analysis reports on thousands of lines of business, from the national to zip code level, derived from voluminous data from the IRS, Census, BLS, etc. Can be used for benchmarking, business plans, assessing new business opportunities, valuation, and market analysis.

academic and trade journals and magazines in all business disciplines; also industry reports, company profiles, and country economic reports. Special feature: online access to the Harvard Business Review.

authoritative research reports on issues in business management and U.S. and global economics.

electronic form of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) providing citations and abstracts for economics research from journals, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and working papers.

Detailed market reports and analysis on technology aspects of many industries. (Many reports are read-only, but you can request a .pdf from rwerner@andrew.cmu.edu. For academic use only. Not every feature is available.) Industries covered: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive & Transportation, Chemicals & Materials, Electronics & Security, Energy & Power Systems, Environment & Building Technologies, Food & Beverage Ingredients, Healthcare, Industrial Automation & Process control, Information & Communication Technologies, Measurements & Instrumentation.

research reports on a detailed range of technology products and services.

famed management journal - contains articles and occasional case studies.

directory of US and International companies, public and private, with extensive information on each company, including profiles, competitors, financials, and executives.

time series data used in economic analysis, from the IMF. You'll need to register, and then sign in each time, in order to download data.

peer-reviewed scholarly ,journals in all disciplines including management, finance, marketing and economics (not including last 3-5 years, however.)

profiles of companies, industries, and countries, often containing SWOT and 5 forces analysis; also provides M&A and financial deal activity, case studies, and market data on a number of consumer products.

historical and current annual reports in .pdf format for over 5,000 companies, some going back to 1925 (use "Annual Report Search" tab) - equity and industry reports as well.

corporate hierarchies and linkages for all major public and private companies and their subsidiaries worldwide. Provides business descriptions, basic financials, detailed competitor listings, brands, and service firms. Creates lists of foreign firms operating in the US and vice versa, has historical data back to 1993, tracks mergers and acquisitions, and provides executive and board member listings.

interdisciplinary, international database of over 18,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, reports, blogs, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and reference works.

documents and databases on economics, energy, development, education, environment, employment, patents, R&D, finance, governance, agriculture, industry, science, social expenditures, trade, transportation, and more. Global coverage from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (IEA Databases not included.)

(choose "OneSource" in right hand column) - covers over 5 million global firms, with industry overviews, ratios, market research and analyst reports. - excellent starting point for getting a lot of information quickly.

covers Psychology and related fields, with relevance for organizational behavior. effectiveness, climate and structure; as well as marketing, working conditions, economics, communication, motivation, etc.

helps design research projects, identify methods, conduct research, and write up findings, combining research methods content with visualization, social networking, and video features.

from the World Bank, provides datasets for more than 700 development indicators, in areas such as finance, communications, the environment, education, labor, health, and economics, for 208 countries and 18 country groups, from 1960 to the present. Try the new beta version.

a uniform web interface to current and historical datasets in finance, economics and banking, from multiple sources. Some of those are: Standard & Poor’s Compustat, the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP,) Mergent, Dow Jones, the Federal Reserve, and the Chicago Board of Options Exchange.

the classic source

academic research in business and management