Many of these resources are "mixed bags" containing multiple information and not only those under whose heading they appear. Beware of major overlaps and use them judiciously.
Market Research & Company Information
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Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowFind company financials, competitor, customer, and supplier information, recent analyst reports, and more on US and global companies. Also includes industry reports and country snapshots.
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Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new windowMergent Intellect provides access to a comprehensive suite of business information that includes US and global business directories, D&B First Research Industry Reports, Nielsen PRIZM demographics, a job search database, and executive contact information.
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Business Insights: Global This link opens in a new windowEasily find information on companies, industries and more in the context of timely news, statistical data, and in-depth reports. Coverage is 1980 to present.
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PrivCo This link opens in a new windowPrivCo contains data and business information on non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity-owned, venture-backed and international unlisted companies. To access PrivCo without registering a personal account, click the “Direct Access” button.
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Mergent WebReports This link opens in a new windowMergent WebReports is a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. WebReports contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries. It also includes searchable Mergent/Moody's Manuals going back to 1909.
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Business Source Elite This link opens in a new windowBusiness Source Elite provides full text for nearly 1,060 journals covering business, management, economics, finance, banking, accounting.
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BCC Research This link opens in a new windowResearch reports about industrial/ manufacturing industries, including chemicals, advanced materials, energy, and cell biology. Reports are comprehensive treatments of specific areas in basic and applied sciences.
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowSearch by NAICS code or keyword to find thousands of U.S. industry research reports. Includes reports for the US, UK, and China.
Company Information Sites on the Web
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OpenCorporatesThis online resource claims to be the largest open database of companies and company data in the world, with in excess of 100 million companies in a similarly large number of jurisdictions. It also claims it doesn't use any third party data, only provenanced primary public data hence providing complete line-of-sight to the official source.
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QuandlA pay-walled database providing financial, economic and other datasets.
Librarian
Market Share Data
Market share data can be difficult to find and you may need to search more than one source for information. Sources such as Google do not usually provide free access to this sort of information and the reports that you find on the web can be very expensive. The library provides a number of databases that can best provide access to the information you need. Below is information about and links to some of these resources.
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowSearch by NAICS code or keyword to find thousands of U.S. industry research reports. Includes reports for the US, UK, and China.
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowSearch the world's leading business & news publications, incl. WSJ & Barron's. Includes 35,000 sources in 60 languages. Some content is unavailable to academic accounts.
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GfkMRI University Internet ReporterThis site provides access to detailed U.S. consumer demographics affiliated with a wide range of products (e.g., heavy consumers of cookies) and brands (e.g., Keebler Chips Deluxe). Data are based on the Survey of the American Consumer, an in-person semi-annual survey conducted by Mediamark Research & Intelligence. Media usage data is also provided. Data available from 2005 to the present.
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