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Management & Marketing: Corporate Research

This guide identifies some standard MGT, MKTG, and SCM resources available at the WIU Libraries and beyond. It is a constant work in progress, so I welcome suggestions regarding content, organization, or presentation.

The Starting Line

If you are targeting a specific company, check out the Company Research guide. Or, if you want to look at a company within the larger context of its competitors, try the Industry Research guide.

Quick Quotes

WSJ Market Data Center - indexes, rates, currencies, and other market data in real time or with brief delays

BigCharts Historical Quotes - a tool that allows you to look up a security's exact closing price on a date you specify.

Company & Industry Data



Company Dossier from Nexis Uni/LexisNexis allows you to search by company name, find companies that match specific criteria, or compare companies' financial information. This is our most extensive company directory (Open the Menu, very top upper left, to find Company Dossier.)

Value Line Investment Survey - company and industry financial data, on a cycle so that each is updated every 13 weeks

Mergent Corporate Manuals - company descriptions and financials back to the early 1900s (formerly Moody's Manuals)

MarketLine Company Profiles Authority - Go to Business Source Elite and choose the "Company Profiles" tab from the blue bar across the top of the screen. These profiles of individual companies include sections such as key facts, history, revenue analysis, SWOT analysis, and more.