ASU Business Databases
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The following databases are popular business-related resources for beginning your research.
- ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1923+
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
This comprehensive business database merges the content of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, ABI/INFORM Dateline, ABI/INFORM Archive and The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition. It includes articles from thousands of English-language publications worldwide covering business, management, and related areas as well as case studies, annual reports, Experian company credit information, country reports, industry reports, commodity reports, conference papers, and dissertations. - IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowMaximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
IBISWorld has industry reports for over 1000 US Industries, as well as global industry reports, especially ones for the UK, Australia, Canada, and China. - Kompass This link opens in a new windowMaximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Provides a worldwide directory of business and commercial companies in 60 countries with information on their products and services for businesses seeking suppliers or import/export sources. - Mintel Academic Reports This link opens in a new windowMaximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Consists of full-text market research reports covering US consumer markets and selective examples of non-US markets. Each report analyzes market share, segmentation, and trends along with providing comprehensive demographic profiles and consumer patterns. Includes Simmons data and other proprietary information otherwise difficult to obtain. - Orbis This link opens in a new windowCoverage: Varies
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Contains detailed company financial data, original filings, ownership and subsidiary information, Marketline company and industry profiles, business intelligence and M&A deal data on all public companies plus many private companies worldwide. ORBIS is the expert search interface to Bureau Van Dijk financial data. - Panjiva This link opens in a new windowThis database contains import and export data for more than 15 million U.S. and international companies and 35 million products. It can be used to research global suppliers and trading partners, track specific shipments, and see sourcing trends by HTS code.
- Passport This link opens in a new windowNote: This resource requires ASU authentication while accessing on-campus.
Maximum Concurrent Users: Unlimited
Contains information on key business intelligence on countries, companies, markets and consumers. It is an integrated on-line information system covering over 360 markets and 227 countries including socioeconomic profiles and reports for 850 cities of the world.
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Follow the link below for a complete list of ASU Library's databases in business.
- ASU Library Business DatabasesAll of the business-related databases available to Thunderbird and ASU students.
Gartner Research
Arizona State University faculty, students and staff have access to Gartner Research. Among the research that can be found in Gartner are items on:
- Technology products, services, and trends
- Global IT industry perspectives
- IT management and organizations
- IT strategies and governance
- Business-IT issues
- Real-world case studies
Gartner is known for Hype Cycles that track the adoption of types of technologies, such as Emerging Technologies, Smart Government, and Human-Computer Interaction and their Magic Quadrants that provide a graphical competitive positioning of four types of technology providers in fast-growing markets: Leaders, Visionaries, Niche Players and Challengers.
