Company Intelligence
Researching multinational companies? This page provides tools for finding company profiles, financial data, global subsidiaries, and international operations.
Company Profiles & Financials
Start here to gather essential facts, history, leadership, and financials for global companies, public and private.
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Mergent Market Atlas This link opens in a new windowDelivers detailed data on over 50,000 U.S. and global public companies, including historical financials, ratios, executive contacts, M&A activity, and tools for ESG, industry, and economic analysis.
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Hoover's Company Records This link opens in a new windowProvides in-depth profiles for over 40,000 major public and private companies, including financials, key competitors, executive leadership, and company histories.
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Bloomberg Business News Service This link opens in a new windowOffers real-time and historical financial data, market analysis, and news for global companies and securities across asset classes. Access only via the Bloomberg Terminal at Pardee Library (no remote access).
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowCovers global business news, trade publications, and investment reports, with access to basic company profiles and select financial data.
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PitchBookReal-time data for researching companies, startups, private equity, venture capital deals, funds, investors. Search deals, set benchmarks, and analyze data and comparables. Create account with BU email.
Ownership, Subsidiaries & Deal Activity
Explore corporate structures, parent-subsidiary relationships, and mergers or acquisitions.
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PitchBookProvides in-depth, real-time data on companies, investors, private equity, venture capital, M&A, and ownership structure, with tools to map company hierarchies and analyze deal flow. Access requires BU email.
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CB Insights This link opens in a new windowTracks global private company funding, VC, PE, M&A, and IPO activity, including corporate structures, investors, acquirers, and deal timelines across thousands of firms. Create an individual account using your BU email; off-campus access requires VPN.
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Company DossierProvides comprehensive corporate linkage data, ownership information, and M&A histories sourced from international company filings and legal documents. Available through Nexis Uni.
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowOffers quick access to ownership, subsidiaries, and deal activity using media coverage, company snapshots, and curated business news. Use the “Companies/Markets” tab to explore linkages and recent M&A news.
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Bloomberg Business News Service This link opens in a new windowOffers in-depth coverage of corporate ownership, subsidiaries, and real-time deal activity. Access only via the Bloomberg Terminal at Pardee Library (no remote access).
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UniWorld Online This link opens in a new windowDirectory of corporate headquarters, subsidiaries, and branches operating across borders. Useful for identifying U.S. firms with foreign offices and foreign firms operating in the U.S.
Strategy, SWOT, and Competitive Positioning
Analyze how companies compete in their industries, using SWOT frameworks, market share insights, and strategic positioning data.
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NetAdvantage This link opens in a new windowProvides detailed S&P Industry Surveys, Company Profiles, and Stock Reports covering strategic trends, industry structure, and leading players’ positioning.
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Euromonitor Local Company Profiles (Factiva)Features strategic profiles of 7,000 public and private companies across 80 countries and 170 sectors, focused on fast-moving consumer goods and local market context.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowProvides extensive investment and market research reports, in-depth industry analyses, detailed company profiles, and SWOT assessments to support business research and decision-making.
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Factiva This link opens in a new windowUse the “Companies/Markets” tab for access to SWOT summaries, strategic moves, and competitive insights.
