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Finding Company Profiles

How to find a profile of a company using different databases and web sites.

Finding Company Profiles using Business Source Complete

About Company Profiles in this Database

About Business Source Complete Company Profiles

Company profiles from Business Source Complete offer a great deal of information about your company, beyond the basic facts. A full report will include the following sections (but keep in mind that not every report will be comprehensive):

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  • Company Overview
  • Key Facts
  • Business Description
  • History
  • Key Employees
  • Key Employee Biographies
  • Major Products and Services
  • Revenue Analysis
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Top Competitors
  • Company View
  • Locations and Subsidiaries
  • Product Glance
  • Products by Therapy Area
  • Product Pipeline/Summary
  • Management Profile
  • Recent News
    • Company Announcements
    • Deals and Alliances
    • Financials
    • Intellectual Property
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Product Updates
    • Regulatory

 

Tips:
  • Check the date on the report - most reports are no more than a year old, but you'll want to update information in any report older than 3 months.

Finding a Company Profile

1. In Business Source Complete, scroll to 'Explore Featured Content' and click 'Company Profiles by Industry."Business Source Complete Company Profile 1

 

2. Select 'All Company Profiles'.

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3. Enter the name of the company you're looking for into the search box.

 

4. As you type, a list of suggested companies will appear below the search box. Select the hyperlinked name of your company from this list.

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5. On the company profile page, click 'Read more' in the center of the screen to view or download the full company profile PDF.

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APA Citation Format

Reference

In-Text Citation

MarketLine. (2012, May 18).BMO Financial Group. http://www.marketline.com/ (MarketLine, 2012)

Notes

  • Provide the URL of the publisher's home page (i.e., Marketline). Do not provide the direct URL to the report.
  • Do not provide the name of the database (Business Source Complete).
  • Use a hanging indent to format references.
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