Jackson Library

• Corporate reports databases
  • Thomson Research - a good source of SEC reports
• Corporate financials databases
  • Thomson One Banker - Analytics - detailed financial data
  • Compustat - detailed financial data
• Corporate executives databases
  • Leadership Library - includes education, career history, biographical facts

• Business literature databases, such as:
  • Business Source Complete
  • ABI Inform
  • Factiva - in particular, a good source of newspapers.

Sample searches in Business Source Complete , using 'Advanced Search' fields:

• Strategy - Combine SU and CO, e.g. 'strategic planning' (SU) and 'ford motor' (CO)
• SWOT - Combine TI and CO, e.g. 'swot' (TI) and 'ford motor' (CO)
• Executive news - Combine SU and CO, e.g. 'executives' (SU) and 'ford motor' (CO)
• Relative position to peers - OneSource, TOBA, analyst reports

Sample searches in ABI Inform , using 'Advanced Search' fields:

• Strategy - Combine Subject and Citation & Abstract, e.g. 'strategic' (SU) and 'ford motor' (CIT)
• SWOT - Combine Title and Citation & Abstract, e.g. 'swot' (TI) and 'ford motor' (CIT)
• Executive news - Combine Subject and Citation & Abstract, e.g. 'executives' (SU) and 'ford motor' (CIT)

Sample searches in Factiva :

• Click Subject to expand, then select and expand topic, e.g. Corporate / Industrial News, further, e.g. Bankruptcy, Corporate Awards, Corporate Social Responsibility, Management Issues, etc. Click on appropriate Subject and use in a search with a firm name, e.g. Ford Motor.

• Corporate Library -- Comprehensive objective corporate governance, compensation, and critical company information on over 12,400 U.S. companies and over 135,000 directors. Included are data on corporate board structure and independence, director positions and committee assignments, executive and director compensation, audit fees and more.
• RiskMetrics - Research and data provided by the Investor Responsibility Research Center. Includes governance data (formerly the Takeover Defense database) and historical directors data.
• Audit Analytics - Audit Analytics provides detailed research on auditor information, Sarbanes-Oxley disclosures, compliance disclosures, litigation, and corporate governance (NOTE: You need to request an account.)   Alternatively, you may access via WRDS .
• Executive Compensation (Compustat North America) - Historical file covering over 2,000 companies
• BoardEx -- Analyses top corporate decision-makers who represent the boards and senior management of U.S. and European public and private companies (NOTE: You need to request an account.)
• SDC (Trader's Pit) - Contains data on poison pills, proxy fights.
• Business Web Sites: Company Research - Includes public corporate governance websites collected by Jackson Library staff