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Jackson, Robert M. (1999).
The
Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information,
3rd. ed. Washington, D.C. Library of Congress.
This is a guide to further titles or websites on creating
business plans. Selected contents include: Raising
Capital, Managing, Human Resources, Marketing,
International, Statistics, etc.
Reading recommendations
Fraser, Lyn M. & Aileen Ormiston. (2003). Understanding the Corporate Annual Report: Nuts, Bolts, and a Few Loose Screws ; Upper Saddle River, NJ ; Prentice Hall.
Sawyer, Deborah C. (2002). Smart Services: Competitive Information Strategies, Solutions, and Success Stories for Service Businesses ; Medford, NJ ; Information Today. The book will provide advice on how to gather competitive intelligence for service businesses.
HD9980.5 .S284 2002Jackson, Robert M. (1999). The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information, 3rd. ed. Washington, D.C. Library of Congress.
This is a guide to further titles or websites on creating business plans. Contents includes: Raising Capital, Managing, Human Resources, Marketing, International, Statistics, etc.
Locate basic information: address, phone number, number of employees, key executives, basic financial information. You might have to consult a number of directories to find the company or information you are interested in, or to verify the information you find.
Library Research Business Databases
ReferenceUSA (private and public)
Lexis-Nexis Academic / Business / Company Dossier (private and public)
Proquest / Hoover’s in- depth reports (major private and public)
Factiva / Companies and Markets (public)
Inside Prospects (private and public in San Diego County)
Mergent Online (for public companies)
The Big Book
Search for 11 million companies by name, location, type of business, or combinations. Name, address, telephone number and business type given. Includes a detailed map, with a zoom-in feature to the city block level.BPN (Business Partner Network)
BPN's .gov site allows searches of CCR (Central Contractor Registration) federal vendor contractors, registrants to federal agencies, the PPIRS (Past Performance Information Retrieval System) quality performance reports of federal government contractors.California Manufacturers Register (REF T12 C35)
Company directory information. It can be helpful when looking for information on California companies not in the San Diego area.Directory of California wholesalers and service companies. REF HD9981.7.C2 C34
San Diego Source
Company rankings for major businesses in San Diego county, contains number of employees, year established, SIC, contact, major clients if available, awards earned.Southern California Business Directory. (REF HF 5056.C2 S658)
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
This is the place to locate suppliers. Company directory information.TechWeb
http://www.techweb.com/
Directory of software companies
One of the best places to find biographical information is in newspaper indexes. In the library catalog search for the Who's Who titles.
American National Biography (Reference CT213 .A68 1999)
Jackson, Robert M. (1999). The Entrepreneur's Reference Guide to Small Business Information, 3rd. ed. Washington, D.C. Library of Congress.
This is a guide to further titles or websites on creating business plans. Contents includes: Raising Capital, Managing, Human Resources, Marketing, International, Statistics, etc.Business Plans: Links to recommended business plan indexes
In depth Hoovers Company Reports (access restricted to CSUSM)
Profiles of over 500 public and private corporations and some large non-profit organizations. Hoovers Handbook of American Business Profiles of over 500 public and private corporations and some large non-profit organizations.
Hoover's In Depth Company Reports (Proquest--premium content)
Hoover's In Depth Company Reports (Lexis Nexis Academic--premium content)
Brief Hoover reports Free on WebValue Line (Business Quick Ref HG4501 V26)
Stock and financial data for public companies. Includes historical and projected financial performance and a short analysis, opinions and rankings on company performance. Also includes industry profiles and performance projections. Look up your company name in the front index. Looseleaf, updated weekly.
SEC Filings and company financials
Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.Annual Report Gallery
For company annual reports published on the Internet.EDGAR database
From the SEC, for Securities and Exchange Commission database of company information as filed on the 10K.EdgarScan
Pricewaterhouse Cooper. Searches SEC filings by company name or industry and provides normalized financial tables. Downloadable in excel, html, or rtf formats.SEC Info
Contains US and Canadian securities information. Search by SIC, business name, or various geographical methods, city, zip, telephone area code. Search for IPO, M&A, and Insider Trading filings etc....ValuationResources.Com
Access to business valuation, industry and company information.
ABI Inform Global
Abstracts to articles from more than 1,000 leading business and management publications, with full-text for most popular sources.Factiva
Covers news and business information, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus more than 8,000 other sources providing current news.Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides full text access to a wide range of company and industry news, business, legal, and reference information. You will find company and competitor information under Company Financial Information--SEC Annual Reports. Look also under Company News, Company Financial Information, Industry and Market News, Government and Political News, News Transcripts, Reference and Directories.Yahoo Financial
Allows you to look up the ticker symbol for your company and then gives you stock information online
Market Share Reporter. Detroit, MI: Gale Research. REFERENCE HF5410.M35
"An annual compilation of reported market share data on companies, products, and services."Gary Price's List of Lists
List of free websites organized by industry, links to company awards and rankings.
Better Business Bureau
Include valuable information for example how long a company has been in business and any complaints filed against the company investigations.
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