Kresge Research Guides: Organizational Studies 310 Assignment: Company Databases

Best resources for researching companies

D&B Hoovers
- Information on nearly one million companies, including large and mid-sized companies in the United States and Canada, and hundreds of thousands of companies world-wide.
- Video tutorials:
Mergent Online
- Use this resource for company histories
- Current and historical (past 15 years) firm descriptions, statistics, financial information, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock and insider trading for US and foreign companies
Help guide
ESG Direct from MSCI
- International company ratings, risk profiles, sector reports, weekly stock monitors, and other specialized research materials, with focus on emerging markets and new environmental regulations.
- Great resource for looking at a corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues for both companies and industries. Data is available for larger public companies primarily.
- Use policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase "Used with permission of MSCI ESG Research."
Business Insights: Global
- Use this resource for company histories
- Includes company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, SWOT analyses, case studies and periodicals
- Market Share Reporter and Business Rankings Annual
Orbis
- Information about European, US, Canadian, South and Central American, Japanese, Chinese, and African companies, as well as banks and insurance companies.
Video tutorials:

Finding Company Information in Orbis [6:26]
Exporting Data from Orbis [5:32]

Technical Notes: Use of scripts or automated methods to download data from Orbis is strictly prohibited. If you require access to a larger dataset, please contact us at kresge_library@umich.edu.

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