No. 17 - Job Interviews

A company's 10-K, Annual Reports, and other SEC filings are a good source of information about a company. Mergent Online provides company financials in easy to access formats.

Hoovers provides public and private company profiles that include business overview, products and operations, subsidiaries, current news, history, financials, key competitors, names and salaries of executives. Hoovers reports and current news and trade articles are also available in Lexis/Nexis Academic.

Onesource (restricted to Haas students) provides information from a number of business databases. Available are public and private company news and analysis, as well as profiles that provide business overview, products, operations, financials, key competitors and customers, names of executives, news, subsidiaries, divisions.

Print Sources

Hoover's Handbook of American Business
Austin, TX.: Hoover's Business Press. Annual.
Profiles of major companies with descriptions, officers, competitors, financial performance.
In print: HG4057 .A28617 Reference

Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies
Austin, TX. : Hoover's Business Press. Annual.
Public companies selected because of growth, sales, or market value.
In print: HG4057 .A33 Reference

Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies
Austin, TX.: Hoover's Business Press. Annual.
Profiles of major U.S. enterprises with revenues in excess of $650 million.
In print: HF5035 .H66 Reference

Hoover's Handbook of World Business
Austin, TX: Hoover's Business Press. Annual.
Profiles of major public, private and state owned companies headquartered outside of the U.S.
In print: HG4009 .H66 Reference

International Directory of Company Histories
Chicago: St. James Press.
Provides detailed information on the development of the world's most influential companies.
HD2721 .D36 Reference

Moody's Industrial Manual
New York: Moody's Investors Services.
There are eight manuals covering companies within different types of industries. Most companies will be found in the Industrial Manual, but the Over-The-Counter, Bank and Finance, and Public Utility manuals also cover many companies you might be interviewing . Only public companies are included.
HG4961 .M7 Reference

Value Line Investment Survey
Organized by industry, analyzes current and future business environments for various industries & gives investment advice. Summary statistical data included. Industry reviews followed by pages describing and evaluating individual companies.
Latest unbound at Circulation desk, Financial Services No. 17
Earlier volumes on microfiche also at Circulation Desk

Electronic Resources

Factiva and Lexis/Nexis for current news and trade articles.

Mergent Online has industry reports that include market trends and outlook for 19 key industries.

Onesource (available to Haas students only) provides news, market research, financial norms, market share, top participants and analyst reports for key industries.

Thomson Research/Investext has analyst reports on industries.

Print Resources

Encyclopedia of American Industries
For major U.S. industries: profile, organization and structure (goverment regulation, interaction with other industries), background and development, current conditions, industryleaders, workforce, global marketplace for the US industry, and international participation in U.S. markets, research and technology, and resources for information on the industry.
HC102 .E53 2001 Reference

Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
Industry snapshot, organization and structure (goverment regulation, interaction with other industries), background and development, current conditions, industryleaders, workforce, global marketplace for the U.S. industry and international participation in U.S. markets, research and technology, and resources for information on the industry.
HC102 .E54 2001 Reference

Medical/Healthcare Marketplace Guide
MRC Biomedical Information Services. Annual.
Covers pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and health service providers. In addition to company information, it also includes market analysis for various specializations in the industry.
HD9994 .U5M42 Reference

S&P Industry Surveys
New York: Standard & Poor's Corp.
Covers 52 major industries. Surveys for each industry include current environment, industry profile, how the industry operates, key ratios and statistics, how to analyze a company in the industry, glossary of terms specific to an industry, industry references (key journals, trade organizations, government agencies, research firms, websites), and comparative company analysis of major industry players.
Latest shelved at the Circulation Desk, Financial Services no.3
HC101 .S77 Reference

Value Line Investment Survey
Organized by industry, analyzes current and future business environments for various industries, and gives investment advice. Summary statistical data included. Industry reviews followed by pages describing and evaluating individual companies.
Latest unbound at Circulation desk, Financial Services No. 17
Earlier volumes on microfiche also at Circulation Desk.

Business & Industry
Facts, figures and other information about companies and industries from over 1000 trade and industry publications, newspapers, business dailies and newsletters.

Factiva
Factiva's major focus is on "current awareness" and most of the databases concentrate on very recent information about companies, industries, and financial markets. The Publications Library provides access to nearly 6,000 publications, including exclusive access to the full text of the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times, and is updated daily.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Provides the full text of articles in trade journals, newspapers, and magazines. It is excellent for locating information on private firms that mainly are written about in their local papers.

Compensation in Nonprofit Organizations
Crete, IL : Abbott, Langer & Associates
Salaries at all levels of nonprofits based on surveys.
HD4965.5 .U6.C657 Reference