Company History/Profile
Information for private companies is only minimally available as they are not required to disclose information to the government or the public.
Print Sources
Click the title to find the location of each individual book.
Hoover publishes Handbook of American Business, Handbook of World Business, Handbook of Emerging Companies, and Handbook of High Tech Companies. These handbooks profile leading companies with a statement of the nature of business, company history, product line or services, names of competitors, and ranking in the Fortune, Business Week, and Forbes annual ranked lists. Available online through Proquest, Lexis-Nexis (select Business, then Company Profiles), and Factiva (select Company/Markets, enter your company name, then scroll down and select Company Finacial Snapshot and Profile)
This directory profiles 1,250 of the world’s largest and most influential companies. Most of which are U. S. companies.
Electronic Resources
LexisNexis
Academic Universe
Select Company Financial File. Hoovers Company Profiles and
Hoovers Company Capsules for public and private firms are available online
through LexisNexis.
Factiva
Select Companies and markets.
Company profiles for public
and larger private
companies are included in the Financial Snapshot
and Profile of of a company.
In-depth profiles of hundreds of companies worldwide.
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Updated by Robert Sage rsage@fullerton.edu
Company profiles and financial data are available for free at this
site.
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Last Updated: 3 December 2007.