Entrepreneurship and Business Resources for Ross Alumni
From Kresge Library
Questions? kresge_library@umich.edu
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[edit] Access to Kresge Resources
[edit] Alumni Services
- For remote log in use your UM uniqname and password
- Read the descriptions of each database to see the terms of use for that specific database
[edit] General Databases
[edit] Business and Company Resource Center
Why use Business and Company Resource Center?
- Search a wide variety of academic and industry-specific business and entrepreneurship articles; includes access to many newspapers and research reports
- Includes rankings,competitors, and market share
- Search for company histories and investment reports
[edit] Business Source Premier: Alumni Edition
Why use Business Source Premier?
- Over 1100 full-text academic and trade publications including articles on entrepreneurship
- Industry profiles and market research, SWOT analyses
- Search through product reviews and business news
- Does not include the Harvard Business Review
[edit] Factiva
Why use Factiva?
- Articles from 6,000 newspapers, newswires, magazines and trade publications
- Includes regional newspapers, worldwide press
- Easily browse current editions of the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Business Week and Forbes (Select ‘News Pages’ tab; United States)
[edit] Vault Online Career Library
Why Use the Vault Online Career Library?
- Contains the Vault Guide to Starting Your Own Business
- Articles on starting your own business as well as other career information
[edit] Weetfeet
Why use Wetfeet?
- Browse career articles such as a entrepreneurship and career management
- Find salary information for different careers
- Company, city, and real people profiles
[edit] Company Databases
[edit] Bankscope
Why use Bankscope?
- Current and historical financial data, ratios and analyses on over 27,000 banks worldwide.
- 16 years of detailed accounts (country specific "as reported" and standardized), ratios, ratings and rating reports, ownership, country risk and country finance reports
- This database is for personal use only
[edit] Career Search
Why use Career Search?
- Create lists of companies by industry and location
- Can search by either the Quick Search or the US Search
[edit] Other Company Databases
- Business and Company Resource Center
- Business Source Premier: Alumni Edition
- Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies - For information technology related companies
[edit] Industry and Market Databases
[edit] IbisWorld
Why use IBISWorld?
- Industry snapshots include industry definition, key figures, and products
- Also includes geographic spread, industry conditions, and major players
[edit] Tablebase
Why use Tablebase?
- Includes market share, rankings, forecasts, and shipments
- Tabular data on companies, industries, and products
- Information on customers and demographics
[edit] Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies
Why use Faulkner's?
- Market and technical research organized by technology areas including infrastructure, security and wireless; also includes end user markets such as healthcare and government IT
[edit] InfoTech Trends
Why use InfoTech Trends?
- Market statistics including shipments, installed base and sales data taken from IT trade press and research reports. Search by keyword and time period
[edit] Country and Geographic Information
[edit] Business Monitor Online
Why use Business Monitor Online?
- Country updates, forecasts, and industry surveys
- Country risk ratings and market consensus
[edit] Global Financial Data
Why Use?
- Historical stock, financial, and economic data covering over 200 countries, collected from original sources. Many series extend back more than two centuries
[edit] Electronic Journals
[edit] Located in the Business and Company Resource Center Database
- Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal
- Entrepreneur
- Entrepreneurial Executive
- Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
- Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship
- International Journal of Entrepreneurship
[edit] Located in the Business Source Premier Database
- Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
- Journal of Small Business Management
[edit] Located in the Factiva Database
- Entrepreneur Magazine
