Entrepreneurship Resources for Ross Alumni: Getting Started

Information about Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Initial Public Offering (IPO), Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) deals, going back five years for international deals and back to 1997 for deals involving European and American companies.

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D&B Hoovers has public and private company profiles for US and global companies. Profiles include company descriptions and history, financials and ratios, hierarchy/corporate family tree data, SWOT analysis, news, competitors, SIC industry codes, NAICS industry codes, SEC filings, and annual reports. The “Build a List” function allows users to create a company list based on numerous parameters
and filters. Industry content includes constituents and analysis that include RMA Industry Norms, MarketLine Industry Profiles, and Fredonia Focus reports.
Technical notes: Company lists downloads are limited to 100 records. If you encounter a login screen, all seats are in use. Try connecting using the “UM users” link or at a later time.

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BMI Research provides market insights, analysis, and forecasts that identify and assess economic, political, and country risks and opportunities across 200+ markets and 20+ industries. Data includes 30+ years of country risk data for over 200 countries, and sector reports for agribusiness, autos, banking & financial services, commodity prices, consumer & retail, consumer electronics, defense & security, oil & gas, insurance, food & drink, freight transport & shipping, information technology, infrastructure, medical devices, metals, mining, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals & healthcare, power, real estate, renewables, telecommunications, and tourism.

Bulk data downloads for macroeconomic, political, and industry indicators for 200+ geographies are also available.

Ross alumni have access to MarketResearch.com reports at a discount, through Kresge Library's subscription to MarketResearch.com Academic. Discounts include 15% off of reports published by Kalorama, Packaged Facts, SBI, and Simba Reports, and 5% off all other reports. To access these discounts, please contact Library Director Corey Seeman.

Private and public U.S and international company data, industry news, facts and figures, hierarchy/corporate family tree data, executive contact information, and industry profiles. Additionally, Mergent Intellect allows users to build lists of companies based on location, industry, size, etc.

Current and historical (past 15 years) firm descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock, insider trading and supply chain for US and foreign companies. Mergent Online also provides access to Investext analyst reports.
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Technical notes: Company reports and financials can be exported to Excel.

Orbis contains information about European, US, Canadian, South and Central American, Japanese, Chinese, and African companies, as well as banks and insurance companies. Financials, peer comparison, corporate ownership and deals are included.

Users are required to enter 'University of Michigan' in the 'Enter your organization's name' box to authenticate and use the database.

Digital collection of historical Moody's, Hoover's, Dun & Bradstreet, and Mergent publications. Coverage dates range from 1909-present. The collection includes:
Moody's/Mergent Corporate, Municipal, & Government Manuals
Dun & Bradstreet's Key Business Ratios
Million Dollar Directory
Hoover's Handbooks
Historical US, Canadian, & International Company Annual Reports
Mergent Country & Country Risk Reports
Who Owns Whom
Technical notes: Most publications available only as a PDF download. These files can be quite large.

Business Source Alumni Edition contains articles from newspapers, trade publications, and key business magazines. It also contains papers from leading academic journals across major business disciplines. Due to restrictions from Harvard Business School Publishing, full-text articles of the Harvard Business Review are not available through this database.Due to restrictions from Harvard Business School Publishing, full-text articles of the Harvard Business Review are not available through this database.