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FIN 370 Risk Management Library Research Tutorial

Company & Industry Resources

Mergent Online
International Companies covered. Search for the company by name. Check for subsidiaries under company details. Review the information in the landing page, financials, reports--look for the 10K. Search the 10K report by keyword, such as supply, demand, customer or consumer, risk, regulations, etc.
Also look at the news and you will want to look at competitors if you are researching comparative advantages/disadvantages.
Note the NAICS number (not the SIC) for IBISWorld searching.
Note the company website URL to search later.
This database is only for companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

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IBISWorld -- DOWNLOADS do not work with Firefox; use Chrome
This is for industry information and where you will search by NAICS. If the NAICS returns unexpected results, search by industry names (from Mergent).
Click Industry at the top to view US, China, and Global reports.
Look at both the Industry report and the iExpert report (this is for US reports only).
Click Expert Tools to see the US Risk Early Warning System.

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Gale Business: Insights
Search for the company by name and review company information, industry profiles, SWOT analysis (by Global Markets Direct) and more.

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Business Source Complete [Ebsco]
SWOT analyses by MarketLine (on the right, look up by company)
Company Profiles (on the right, look up by company)
Try Market Research Reports and Industry Profiles for more information
You can also search for scholarly articles that may address relevant topics, such as supply chain, regulations, labor, etc.

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ProQuest One Business
Search for company information (reports), industry report (trends, risk factors, financial data, and forecasts) and Country Reports (profiles, economic indicators and business risk factors).

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Company Website

Use Google to locate the company’s corporate website. Look for the section intended for investors or investment. This section may have more specific analysis than the reports found in Mergent or Business Source Complete.

Citation Help

Use Purdue OWL for information and examples on in-text citations and for creating your references (bibliography).

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Country Resources - Try First

Business Source Complete [Ebsco]

Business, Industry & Marketing

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Doing Business (World Bank)
Look for Explore Data Details and select your economy (country). Also click Explore a Topic for comparisons.

Passport [Euromonitor]
International Companies covered.

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ProQuest One Business

Business.

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World Development Reports (World Bank)
Search for your country to read various reports.

Country Resources - Try Second

A to Z World Business

Business & Travel

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Global Competitiveness Report
Search for Global Competitiveness. Select the year you wish to read.

International Debt Statistics (IDS) [World Bank]

Finance & Statistics
OECD iLibrary

Economics & Social Issues; Ebooks - Covers many topics
OKR: Open Knowledge Repository [World Bank]

Economics & Social Issues

Statistical Sites on the World Wide Web
Links to national statistical agencies of countries and international statistical organizations
US Commercial Service Market Research
Scroll down to the Country Commercial Guides and select your country