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Corporate Affiliations. A directory of corporate structure information, with contact information and subsidiary listings, of more than 170,000 parent companies (both public and private).
CorpTech. A specialized directory containing
contact information and brief profiles of high technology firms.
| Sample Search | When using the online version of this resource, utilize the gray lefthand menu to navigate searching options available to find high tech manufacturers, developers, and services, including by company name or ticker, location, company size, and more. |
CorpTech is also available in print (for the years 1986-1998, 2000, 2005/2006) at call number HD9696.A1 C67 in the Lippincott Library 3rd floor stacks, or for the dates January 1998 - September 2004 on CD-ROM at the Lippincott Library reference desk.
Datamonitor. Company profiles, sometimes including SWOT analyses, key employee biographies, competitor information, and more.
| Sample Search | To use Datamonitor via Business Source Premier, click on Company Profiles in the green toolbar at the top of the page. Search by company name in the Browse for: box. |
| Sample Search | To use Datamonitor via Osiris, click on Expert Search in the left toolbar. Click on the orange chevron symbol, tabbed at the top of the page. Choose the Companies tab and search by company name. |
Hoover's Online (International Company Directory)
. Hoover's provides company profiles, key employee profiles, industry information, financial data, and strategic
information on more than 12 million companies worldwide.
| Sample Search | Search by company name on the default main page, or use the Build A List function to search/screen for companies by industry classification, geography, sales, etc. |
The following print titles are also available from Hoover's:
Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies
HF3000 .H668 (PC) 1997-1998, 2000-2007
Hoover's Handbook of American Business
HG4057 .A28617 (PC) 1995, 1997-2001, 2003-2007
Mergent Horizons. Use this database to find
company profiles, key competitor info, descriptions of products & services, suppliers & partners, valuation analysis,
and more.
| Sample Search | Click on Companies in the green menu at the top of the page, then search by ticker or choose Lookup to search by company name. |
Orbis. Search for company profiles, financial
ratios, and more in this database, which covers 10 million public and private companies worldwide.
| Sample Search | First use the drop-down menus to choose the library's country (United States) and state (Pennsylvania), then click OK. When you've entered the database, enter the company's name or some other identifying characteristic, then click OK. Finally, choose Company Report in the blue toolbar at the top of the screen. |
ReferenceUSA. Search for company profiles, financial data, general expenditures, and in-depth geographical information for each company (including nearby businesses and latitude/longitude).
| Sample Search | Choose U.S. Businesses in the lefthand menu. Select the blue Guided Search tab. Choose criteria from one or each of the steps that follow. Once you've entered all your screening characteristics, click on View Results. |
Compustat. Key financial data, annual and quarterly income statements & balance sheets, etc. Public
companies only.
| Sample Search | To use Compustat via Market Insight, click on Company from the top toolbar once you've entered the database. Search for your company by ticker, then click on the Excel Analytics link to find annual and quarterly balance sheets, income statements, and ratios. |
| Sample Search | Note: This option is only available to members of the Wharton community. To use Compustat within WRDS, click Members Login. Sign in using your Wharton username and password (not your PennKey). Choose COMPUSTAT North America. Use the lefthand menu to then navigate to the statements you are interested in (e.g. Financial Statements - Annually Updated). |
Hoover's Online (International Company Directory)
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| Sample Search | Search by company name or ticker on the default main page. Once you have located your company's profile, click on Financial Data in the lefthand menu for detailed company financials and market data. |
Osiris. Use this database to find financial
information and filings data from over 31,000 companies listed in 125 countries worldwide.
| Sample Search | Click on Expert Search in lefthand menu, then search by Company Name. Once you've selected your company of choice, click on Financials & Ratios in the lefthand menu to find balance sheets, income statements, and financial ratios. |
Thomson ONE Banker: Analytics Module.
Financial fundamentals, corporate filings, and more, as well as research and earnings estimates.
| Sample Search | Search by company name or ticker. Once your company's profile appears, click on Financials in the blue toolbar, then choose Financial Statements to find 5- and 10-Year Balance Sheets and Income Statements, etc. |
Investext via Thomson Research. Search for analyst reports by either searching by company on the default main page, or clicking the Research tab then choosing Full Search. Using this second option will allow you to screen by company, industry, region, contributor, date, etc.
Reuters Research On-Demand. Search for analyst reports, using the tabbed pages provided, by company, research category, date, analyst, industry, geographic region, etc.
Thomson One Analytics (First Call).
| Sample Search | Click Screening/Searching in left menu. Choose your Published Date & Time of interest. Click on the tabs listed under Filter Criteria to add in search limiters, like choosing Ticker to search for your desired company. When you've chosen all your desired criteria, click on Run Search. |
ABI/Inform. Business literature database
covering thousands of scholarly and trade publications.
| Sample Search | Enter your company's name in the search box and choose Company/Org from the drop-down menu. Include any related keywords of interest in the additional search boxes, then click Search. |
Business Source Premier. Similar to ABI/Inform,
this business literature database searches for scholarly and trade articles, as well as industry, market, and country
profiles.
| Sample Search | Enter your company's name in the search box and choose CO Company Entity from the drop-down menu, then include any additional keywords of interest to your search. Click Search. |
Factiva. News articles from over 9,000
publications, updated daily.
| Sample Search | Start by clicking on Search in the green toolbar at the top of the page. Click on Company then perform a Find a Company search in the box that appears. When you see its name, click on it (it will highlight in pink). Add any additional keywords of interest in the Free Text search box. When you're finished, click on the Run Search button at the bottom of the screen. |
Business and Industry. Articles from trade publications, with special focuses on advertising and marketing.
| Sample Search | Input your company's name in the Company: search box. Choose other search criteria, such as Concept Terms or Marketing Terms that you would like the articles to mention. Check off the Must Contain Table box if the article must include a data chart or table. |
Please see the Lippincott Library research guide on this topic, Business History Resources.
| CD = CD-ROM database. Located in Snyder Electronic Reference Center. | ||
| ON = Commercial online service. Access only in Lippincott Library. Ask at Reference Desk. | ||
| RD = Reference Desk | ST = Lippincott Stacks on the 3rd Floor | WRDS = Wharton Research Data Services |
| RS = Reference Stacks | PER = Periodicals | MT = Microtext |
| SS = Service Shelves | PC = Peck Collection | |
| *Library keeps latest edition only; **Library keeps latest two only. | ||
