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S&P Capital IQ

S&P Capital IQ provides real-time data, research, and analytics on both public and private capital markets.

Provider: Standard & Poor (S&P)
Updated: Mar 15, 2017 2:25pm

Moody's Products

Moody's analytics is the exclusive distributor of all content produced by Moody’s Investors Service; the products provide investment research and analytics for debt capital markets and risk management professionals.

Provider: Moody's Investors Service
Updated: Feb 23, 2017 12:11pm

OECD iLibrary

The OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development featuring books, papers, and statistics as well as OECD data and analysis.

Provider: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Updated: Feb 22, 2017 1:33pm

Corporate Affiliations

Corporate Affiliations is an online business database with information on companies from across the globe, it is provided by LexisNexis. The database includes company profiles, financials, parent and subsidiary company information, and access to business news feeds. 

Provider: LexisNexis
Updated: Feb 20, 2017 3:30pm

Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)

The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) is a set of databases of historical stock market data provided by the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. CRSP maintains the most comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets. Additional CRSP files provide stock indices, beta- and cap-based portfolios, treasury bond and risk-free rates, mutual funds, and real estate data.

Provider: Booth School of Business
Updated: Dec 20, 2016 11:05am

BMI (formerly Business Monitor International)

The BMI (formerly Business Monitor International) platform provides a wide suite of raw data, risk ratings, quarterly and/or monthly forecast reports, daily sector analysis, webinar access, analyst team interaction and project databases to evaluate, measure and identify business opportunities and environments by country worldwide. BMI has three "pillars" of service: 

Country Risk Analysis Is what BMI calls its "umbrella service," which provides country and regional investment and growth strategies based on macroeconomic forecasting, financial market analysis and political risk assessments. Industry Risk Analysis...
Provider: BMI Research
Updated: Jan 1, 2018 12:05am

UNdata

UNdata is the online entry point to UN statistical databases containing over 60 million data points covering a range of themes including: Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators. UNdata is an aggregation of international and national databases providing open and free access to statistical information.

Provider: The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Updated: Oct 11, 2016 11:03am

Eurostat Database

The Eurostat databases provides access to statistics and microdata on European economy and finance, industry and trade, environment and energy, population and social conditions, agriculture and fisheries, transportation, and science and technology.

Provider: Eurostat
Updated: Oct 7, 2016 3:23pm

Business Dynamic Statistics

Business Dynamic Statistics is a series of openly accessible datasets provided by the U.S. Census Bureau that contain data on U.S. business dynamics. The featured data includes: economic data  on employment, number of establishments, establishment openings and closing, number of startups and firm shutdowns as well as annual business and economic statistics. 

Provider: The U.S. Census Bureau
Updated: Oct 6, 2016 1:14pm

Avention

Avention (formerly known as OneSource) provides real-time financial data, research and analysis, editorial content, web mining, profiles of privately and publicly owned companies, and more.

Provider: Avention, Inc.
Updated: Oct 4, 2016 12:32pm

EIU Country Analysis

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Subscription Services provide several distinct sources of information on global political and economic trends, based on original EIU research and analysis. One set of subscription service products,“Country Analysis and Forecasting,” consists of data, reports and analysis from in-house researchers, freelance contributors from a range of countries worldwide, and from open sources such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Country Analysis and Forecasting includes five main titles.

A selection of databases included in this resource are:

Country Commerce Financial Services Reports Country Reports Country Data
Provider: Economist Intelligence Unit
Updated: Oct 4, 2016 12:29pm

CB Insights

CB Insights is a venture capitalist database that provides financial data and profiles on privately and publicly owned companies.

Provider: CB Insights
Updated: Oct 4, 2016 11:38am

Business Insights: Essentials

Business Insights is a database provided by Gale Cengage with access to company and industry information, articles, and statistical data. The data includes: case studies, coutnry profiles, statistics, market research reports, news articles, academic journals, and reference materials. 

Provider: Gale
Updated: Sep 20, 2016 5:44pm

SDC Platinum

SDC Platinum is a databases of information on new corporate issues, mergers and acquisitions, syndicated loans, private equity, and other global financial marketplace related data. The product is provided by Thomson Reuters.

Provider: Thomson Reuters
Updated: Sep 20, 2016 5:34pm

Business Source Premier

Business Source Premier provides the full text for more than 8,800 serials, dating back to 1965 (or the first issue published for that journal). It also includes searchable cited references back as far as 1998. Journal ranking studies reveal that Business Source Premier is the leader in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

Regional Business News is a supplemental/complimentary database for customers of Business Source Premier. With daily updates, Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for nearly100 regional...

Provider: EBSCO Information Services
Updated: Oct 6, 2015 2:56pm

Business Source Complete

This is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content. Business Source Complete contains far more active, peer-reviewed, business related journals than any other database currently available. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included.

Provider: EBSCO Information Services
Updated: Oct 6, 2015 2:56pm

ABI/INFORM

ABI/INFORM (available in multiple iterations and coverage levels) is one of the most comprehensive business databases on the market. The database is designed for students and faculty at business schools offering the latest business and financial information for researchers at all levels. With ABI/INFORM, users can find out about business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics and competitive landscape.

Provider: ProQuest
Updated: Oct 6, 2015 2:54pm

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