Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: MGMT 4000-02: Project Research: Business & Industry Databases

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Business Databases

ABI/Inform Collection This link opens in a new window
Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, country-and industry-focused reports and key business and economics periodicals such as The Economist and Sloan Management Review, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal.
Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
Find company and industry information, articles, and statistical data.
Gartner Core Research This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of analysis and advice for the users and vendors of technology.
ProQuest Business Market Research Collection (formerly Hoovers) This link opens in a new window
Provides company, industry, and geopolitical macroeconomic market research from Hoover's Company Profiles, which offers information on 40,000 global public and non-public companies, OxResearch, which features succinct articles covering significant economic and political developments of major significance from a network of over 1,000 faculty at Oxford, and Snapshots Series, which includes market research overviews on over 40 industries and 40 countries to 2008.
MarketLine This link opens in a new window
MarketLine is a business information database covering a unique mix of company, industry, financial, and country data, for every major marketplace in the world.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources.
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Allows access to hard-to-find business information and financial data on privately-owned companies.
Users will have to create a (free) user account for full access.
Statista This link opens in a new window
A statistical data and research platform that consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.

SWOT Examples

To find examples of Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats reports:

Click on the "Business Insights Essentials" database.

Click on "Search now" under the "Company Search" section.

Click on the box "Only search companies with S.W.O.T. PDF"

Enter a company or description search.

Click on the "Download S.W.O.T." button at the top of your results.