Research and Course Guides: Entrepreneurship: Company and Industry Research

Key Company Research Databases

Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
U. S. and international company information (Limit: 20 simultaneous users). Includes History, Bonds (Long Term Debt), Stocks (Equity Pricing), Executives, Subsidiaries, Ownership, Company Financials, Annual Reports, SEC Filings, Competitors, Industry Reports, Country Reports

Data Axle Reference Solutions (Previously Reference USA) This link opens in a new window
Directory of over 12 million U.S. businesses. Includes: Business Profile, Industry Profile, Map, Demographics, Management Directory, News, Business Expenditures, Competitors, Nearby Businesses, Corporate Tree

MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
uses published desk research and secondary data sources to create Company, Industry, and Country Profiles

Business Insights (Gale) This link opens in a new window
This resource provides company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and business-related articles.

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window
Company Dossier search and Company Information search are available under Discover Topics Business

Value Line Library Research Center This link opens in a new window
An independent investment research resource that tracks and provides analysis on approximately 3,500 publicly traded stocks in 100 industries, as well as 20,000 mutual funds.
Limit: 10 simultaneous users

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
U.S. Industry Reports include industry overviews with key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants, industry outlook, products and markets, and the competitive landscape. Also includes U.S. Industry iExpert Summary Reports that condense the integral elements from the industry reports into bite-sized paragraphs, charts and tables.

MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
Uses published desk research and secondary data sources to create Company, Industry, and Country Profiles Browse Industries search includes: 23 industry categories, U.S. and Global reports, Market Size, Market Segmentation, Competitive Landscape, Market Share, Market Forecasts

MarketResearch.com Academic This link opens in a new window
Full-text market research reports Reports Include: Market Intelligence on Consumer Demographics, Market Size & Growth Trends, Industry Forces & Structure, Product Trends, Competitive Environment Analysis, Company Profiles (short)

Mintel Academic Access This link opens in a new window
Access to market research reports including consumer data and GNPD (Global New Products Database) with information on product introductions that can be searched by packaging, company, country, ingredients, brand, launch date, and other criteria.

Business Insights (Gale) This link opens in a new window
This resource provides company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and business-related articles.

MarketScope Advisor (CFRA) This link opens in a new window
Detailed insights on industries and sectors, and stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds. Download Industry Surveys (formerly S&P Industry Surveys), Stock Reports, Sector Scorecard, Thematic Research, and market news and commentary.

International Financial Statistics This link opens in a new window Includes approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries and areas, exchange rate series, major fund accounts series as well as country, world, and commodity prices tables.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) This link opens in a new window Information about Clemson University holdings of ICPSR social science datasets. Access to ICPSR is available for Clemson faculty, staff, and students.
CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online) This link opens in a new window University research institute working papers, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, books, journals and policy briefs. Also includes original case studies written by leading international affairs experts and course packs of background readings
Faulkner's Advisory on Computer and Communications Technologies (FACCTS) This link opens in a new window market research and product information for the computer industry

Small Business Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Sample business plans, how-to guides, articles and websites on how to start, finance or manage a small business
Entrepreneurship (Gale Business) This link opens in a new window
Provides sample business plans, how-to guides, articles, and websites on how to start, finance, or manage a small business.

SBA - Business Guide
Provides access to resources, including articles on the essentials of writing a good business plan.
Business Plan Index - Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Find sample business plans by business type. Some are online while others are in books as cited in each entry.