DIRECTORIES

The following directories contain basic company information. In addition to this basic data, those with industry classifications (SIC Codes) make it possible to identify companies within industries (competitors).

• D & B’s Million Dollar Database
  Information on thousands of U.S. and international companies including sales, numbers of employees, addresses, types of ownership, biographical information on directors and more.
• Hoover's
  Concise company descriptions with information on the company's strategy, history, executives anddirectors, products, services, brandnames, divisions, subsidiaries and more. Also included are key competitors and a 10 year table of financial data. Links to company websites and news articles. Also a good source of information on the latest IPO's.
• Principal International Businesses. New York: Dun and Bradstreet International. (annual).
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HD69.I7D9, current only.
  Profiles nearly 50,000 companies alphabetically, geographically, and by industry classification (SIC Codes).
• Dun's Asia/Pacific Key Business Enterprises. Murray Hill, N.J. : Dun and Bradstreet International, 1998/99.
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HG4234.85Z65D86, current only.
  Companies listed alphabetically by country, and by industry category (SIC Codes). Information includes address, sales, number of employees, lines of business(es) and CEO.
• Major Companies of the Far East and Australasia. London: Graham and Trotman. (annual).
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HD2906.A1M3, current only.
  Data on over 6,000 of the largest companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Includes executives, basic financial results, branch offices, principle business activities and number of employees.
• Major Companies of Europe. London: Graham and Trotman. (annual).
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HC241.2.P667, current only.
  Information on over 35,000 of Western Europe's largest countries. Includes executives, basic financial results, branch offices, principle business activities and number of employees.
• D&B Europa. High Wycombe, England: D & B Europe, Ltd. (annual).
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HG4132.25.D36, current only.
  Four volume set. Vols. 1-3 list companies alphabetically within country, and include address, namesof executives, principle business activities, year started, and basic financial figures such as capital, networth, profit/loss, sales, and number of employees. Volume 4 provides rankings by sales in ECU, assets (banks), and number of employees.

Information on Public Companies

Financial and General Information

• Thomson Research
  Financial filings, consensus earnings, tears sheets and more for over 29,000 public companies around the world.
• Mergent Online 1990-. New York: Mergent FIS. (updated variously).
  The online version of the former Moody's Manuals. Get a history of the company, summary balance sheets and income statements, capital structure, subsidiaries, principal officers, financial filings and more. Use this resource to perform peer analysis and make custom reports.
• Moody's International Manual. New York: Moody's Investors Service. (annual with weekly updates).
  Bobst Ref6 Investment Services Wall, 1994-1999, microfiche 1981-1999.
  Includes a brief background or history of the company, summary balance sheets and income statements,capital structure, subsidiaries, principal officers, and more. For recent information please see Mergent Online.
• Hoover’s Online
  Concise company descriptions with information on the company's strategy, history, executives anddirectors, products, services, brandnames, divisions, subsidiaries and more. Also included are key competitors and a 10 year table of financial data. Links to company websites and news articles. Also a good source of information on the latest IPO's.
• ISI Emerging Markets
  Articles, news, analyst reports and financial filings for publicly held companies in 35 emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
• Islamic Finance Information Service (IFIS) Is an information service designed to meet the unique requirements of Sharia compliant finance industry participants. IFIS is a single stop resource for investigating market opportunities in the world of Islamic finance and includes the followings: top news, company information, financial markets data, research reports, legal & current affairs, deal details and league tables and Sharia rulings.
• Bloomberg
  Bobst Ref6 Stand alone terminal VI
  Current and historical stock quotes, earnings estimates and analysis.
• Disclosure Worldscope. Bethesda, MD: Disclosure Incorporated. (quarterly).
  Bobst Ref6 Terminal 11, 1990-1998.
  Offers comprehensive financial profiles for more than 6,500 companies in 25 countries. Both publicly traded and non-traded companies are included. For more recent information, please see Thomson Research or Mergent Online
• Worldscope Emerging Markets. Bethesda, MD: Disclosure Incorporated.
  Bobst Ref6 Terminal 11, 1995-1998.
  Financial information on over 1,800 companies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Columbia, Greece,Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea,Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela. For more recent information, please see Thomson Research or Mergent Online
• Datastream International. New York: Primark (continuously updated).
  Bobst Ref6 (Downloading only with IBM compatible diskette)
  Daily pricing, volume, dividends, market value, and PE ratios; forecasts, balance sheets, income statements, covers companies from 57 countries.

Securities Analysis

• InvesText Full text investment reports produced by top Wall Street and international brokerage firms for many industries and publicly held companies.
  
• Bloomberg
  Bobst Ref6 Stand alone terminal VI Current and historical stock quotes, earnings estimates and analysis. Printing only.
• ISI Emerging Markets
  Articles, news, analyst reports and financial filings for publicly held companies in 35 emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe. Please note that for some countries, separate stock guides are available. These are print titles, and are not as timely as electronic resources. Representative titles include:

Rankings

• BusinessWeek Global 1000
• Forbe's 2000
• Fortune Global 500
• World Business Rankings Annual. New York: Gale and Brooklyn Public Library. (annual).
  Bobst Ref6 Desk
  Diverse compilation of international rankings data. Includes not only companies, but brands, markets and other business categories.
• Europe's 15,000 Largest Companies. London: Europe's Largest Companies, Ltd. (annual).
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HD2356.E9E93, current only.
  The basis of this publication is a list of the top companies in Europe ranked by turnover, or in the case of banks, assets. Provides rankings by sales, profits, and number of employees.

Corporate Affiliations

• Directory of Corporate Affiliations. Skokie, IL: National Register Pub. Co. (annual).
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HG4057.A219, current only.
  A multi-volume set with volume five devoted to international companies. Lists subsidiaries, divisions,and affiliates.
• Mergent Online 1990-. New York: Mergent FIS. (updated variously).
  The online version of the former Moody's Manuals. Get a history of the company, summary balance sheets and income statements, capital structure, subsidiaries, principal officers, financial filings and more. Use this resource to perform peer analysis and make custom reports.
• Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States. New York: Simon & Schuster. (irregular).
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HF54.U5A63, current only, backfile Bstack. 1986,1989,-.
  Foreign firms by country, and the American firm(s) owned by or affiliated with the foreign firm.
• Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries. New York: Uniworld Business Publications.(irregular).
  Bobst Ref6 Index Table B HG4538.A1D5, current only, backfile Bstack. 1966-. Lists the American headquarters or one major location of each subsidiary or affiliate by country.
• Directory of Japanese-Affiliated Companies in the USA and Canada. Tokyo: Japan External Trade Organization. (biennial).
  Bobst Ref6 HG4057.A18, current only.
  Lists Japanese-affiliated companies operating in the U.S. and Canada. Any firm owned in whole or in part by a Japanese entity is treated as a Japanese-affiliated firm. Subsidiaries of Japanese firms, as well as subsidiaries of subsidiaries are also covered. Includes address, number of employees, type of business, and year established.

INDUSTRY INFORMATION

• Business Monitor Online
  Provides extensive industry, economic, political, risk, and financial market analysis and data for about 175 countries. Especially useful for emerging economies.
• Globus and NTDB
  U.S. Department of Commerce (part of STAT-USA). An excellent resource for full text industry and market analysis around the world.
• Reuters Business Insight
  Market analysis reports across eight markets; eCommerce, Technology, Telecommunications,Financial Services, Healthcare, Copnsumer Goods, Enery and Human Resources.
• eMarketer
  Data and origninal analysis on the latest e-business, Internet, and technology trends, based on research data aggragated from over 1,200 worldwide sources.
• InvesText
  Full text investment reports produced by top Wall Street and international brokerage firms for many industries and publicly held companies.
• Global Financial Data
  Includes Winans International Real Estate Data.
• Global Market Information Database
  Analysis and market statistics for the consumer industries of the world. Get market size, marketing parameters, forecast data and more.
• Mintel
  Offers research reports covering European, UK-specific, and US consumer markets. The reports analyse market drivers, sizes and trends, market segmentation, along with consumer attitudes and purchasing habits. The reports are supplemented by brief digests of relevant recent events, UK and US demographic and economic statistics and useful lists. Coverage is 2001 to date.
• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage
  
• Panorama of EU Industry. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (annual).
  Bobst Ref6I Aisle 11B HC241.2.P313, current only, backfile Bstack. 1994-.
  Provides a comprehensive review of the situation and outlook of the manufacturing and service industries in the European Union. Major development in production, employment, trade and structural changes are covered.
• Encyclopedia of Global Industries. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc. (biennial).
  Bobst Reference Desk HD2324.E539, current only, backfile Bstack. 1996-.
  This source chronicles the development, current status and history of 115 international industries. Includes an overview of the industry, including current economic conditions, research and technology,industry leaders and more.
• Manufacturing Worldwide. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc. (biennial).
  Bobst Ref6I Reference Desk HD9720.4.M26, current only, backfile Bstack. 1995-.
  Brief information on major manufacturing sectors, product categories and companies. Statistical profiles of 119 countries are shown, including a listing of leading industries and summary data.

E-Journals and Periodical and Newspaper Indexes

All the following electronic resources can be accessed in Bobst Library and most of the web based resources are also remotely available to current NYU students and faculty with NYU or Stern accounts.

• A comprehensive listing of the business and related databases on the Virtual Business Library.
• Full Text Electronic Business Journals An alphabetical listing of some of the full text business e-journals available through Bobst. For a comprehensive listing, please use BobCat.
• ABI Inform
  Provides full text and sometimes images from over 1,000 business and trade publications. A good source for information on companies, industries, products and management policies.
• EBSCO Business Source Premier
  Provides full text for more than 7,400 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for nearly 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922.
• Factiva
  Use the publications library portion of this database for full text publications from major trade and business publications as well as newswires.
• ISI Emerging Markets
  Articles, news, analyst reports and financial filings for publicly held companies in 35 emerging countries in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.
• Lexis Nexis Academic Universe
  Full text company news and financial information.
• TableBase
  Tabular or chart format information on companies and industries including the full text of the article in most cases.
• Promt
  International and U.S. company and industry information from almost 1,000 trade and business sources, most in full text.
• Wilson Omni
  Mostly full text articles from peer reviewed and general business and other publications.