International Company and Industry Research Guide 

Virtual Business Library

Start your business research here. You can access the library's business resources: including information on industries, marketing, companies, etc.).

Directories

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

AMADEUS
Standardised annual accounts (for up to 10 years), consolidated and unconsolidated, financial ratios, activities and ownership on approximately 10 million companies throughout Europe, including Eastern Europe.

Lexis-Nexis Click on the Business tab to get a concise company dossier, including executives, subsidiaries, and current news.

D & B’s International 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.

Financial Information and Filings

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.

AMADEUS Detailed financial information on over 11 million European and Eastern European companies.

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. ice from Wharton consisting of historical financial information for major companies, banks, and stock indices.