Researching employers shows your interest and motivation to work for that company. You will need to be able to express what you have to offer the company, how your skills fit their needs, and what interests you about the organization.
When preparing for an interview for a career in business, investigate these issues about the company:
Search BSP for company profiles, industry and market research reports, country reports and articles from trade and scholarly business publications. Use the Business Searching Interface for browsing reports by country, industry or company. Mobile users: click here for Corporate Profiles.
For US and global business, find company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and articles plus industry reports and news. For complete listing of SWOT reports, choose Companies at the top menu.
Hoover's profiles are particularly helpful for private and small companies with overview and history that provide insights into strategy. Click Link to Fulltext for full record!
Use these databases to research companies.
Hoover's profiles are particularly helpful for private and small companies with overview and history that provide insights into strategy. Click Link to Fulltext for full record!
For US and global business, find company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and articles plus industry reports and news. For complete listing of SWOT reports, choose Companies at the top menu.
Search BSP for company profiles, industry and market research reports, country reports and articles from trade and scholarly business publications. Use the Business Searching Interface for browsing reports by country, industry or company. Mobile users: click here for Corporate Profiles.
Includes international coverage and provides researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Features business and economics full-text journals and periodicals, Dissertations, conference and working papers, Country-and industry-focused reports and downloadable data, and Newspapers and news content (WSJ, NYTimes, etc…).
Search by company name or ticker symbol to obtain annual 10K, 10Q, proxy, S1 and other required filings. Annual filings are critical sources of company & industry data. The annual report to stockholders may also be included, but not always.
For regional companies:
Full-text coverage of the Boston Globe from 1980 to the present. Courtesy of the MBLC
Use the sources below to determine the opportunities, threats, trends and driving forces in your company's industry.
Search or browse by industry name,
or search by company and look for links to industry reports.
Analysis of over 900 US/Global industries with product overview, competitive landscape, sales & marketing, international insights, finance & regulation, and more. Once you find your industry, click Full Profile (top right), highlight all and copy to a document; the URL is not a permalink.