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Company Information

For Academic articles you can search Supersearch databases recommended for the following categories;
Accounting - Economics - Management - Marketing

Articles from Newspapers and Trade Press

  • Factiva 1000s of Australian and overseas full text newspapers, including Financial Times and Wall Street Journal
  • Business & Industry Articles from the business and trade press on companies, industries, markets and products
  • Business Source Premier on EBSCOhost click on the Company radio button or browse the list of Company Profiles

Company details and Profiles

  • Datanalysis (Australian public companies) includes company annual reports
  • Euromonitor GMID Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an integrated database providing key business intelligence on countries, markets and companies. It provides users with historical statistics and forecasts, analysis of consumers' lifestyles etc
  • Factiva (click on the Companies/Markets tab)
  • International Directory of Company Histories Current Volumes Online, back issues at Hawthorn and Lilydale Reference 338.7409 INT
  • ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) for public companies
  • ASIC Search (Australian private companies) Australian Securities & Investments Commission
    Click on the Search link to search ASIC's company database and registers.
    On this page you'll find links to free searches, which include searching databases for information about companies and individuals registered by ASIC. The free National Names Index search provides basic details about a company. Fees apply for further company details and financial
  • CAROL Company Annual Reports On-Line  UK and Europe, access is free but you need to register
  • Hoover's  Information about more than 12,000 public and private companies worldwide

Financials and Statistics

Directories

  • Kompass covers 72 countries, public and private companies. You can search by products & services or by company & trade or brand names
  • IHS Australian Engineering Online Product and services catalogues from Australian companies dealing in a wide range of engineering fields
  • Who owns whom. Australasia, Asia, Africa and Middle East Hawthorn Reference 338.0025 WHO-D
    Who owns whom : Continental Europe Hawthorn Reference R 338.74094 WHO
    Who owns whom : North and South America Reference R 338.740973 WHO
  • Major companies of the Far East and Australasia 2006 Lilydale Reference R 338.74 MAJ

If you want to learn more about searching for company information

Author: Jane O'Donnell (jodonnell@swin.edu.au)