Tutorial for Business Research   Tags: business, company, company_ratios, company_trends, corporate_culture, industry, industry_ratios, market_share, marketing  

This tutorial was created to serve as a good general starting for students doing business research. More detail and additional sources can be found in the  Research Guides: Business: Finding Company Information  and   Business: Finding Industry Information

1. How do I find the names and addresses of the chief officers of publicly owned companies?

2. How do I find financial information? (stock prices, dividends, shares outstanding, income/balance sheets)

3. How do I find company ratios? 

4. How do I find industry ratios?

5. How do I find industry information and trends? ( forecasts, major competitors)

6. How do I find out about company trends? (current company overview, economic, technology, regulatory changes, suppliers...)

7. How do I find information on corporate culture?  (management style, organizational strucuture, benefits, types of employees...)

8. How do I find marketing information?  (market share and market strategy, niche, customer demographics....)

9. How do I cite my sources?