Law
Leading Economic Indicators
- The Conference Board Online
- Economic Indicators, 1995 to current (Congressional Joint Economic Committee)
- State Leading Indexes (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
League Tables
- Deal Making Intelligence (Thomson Reuters) > go to "Deals Intelligence" - access requires free registration
- Mergers & Acquisitions: The Dealmaker's Journal (via Business Source Complete database)
- SDC Platinum (Thomson Reuters) > go to Mergers & Acquisitions
- Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk)
LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate)
- British Bankers' Association - BBA Libor
- Economagic.com: LIBOR Rates
- 2016 Los Angeles Business Magazine, Member Directory and Relocation Guide (Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce)
- City-Data.com - Los Angeles Profile
- DataLA: Open Data Portal for the City of Los Angeles
- Labor Market Information for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale Metropolitan Division - Employment Development Department, State of California
- Lists (Los Angeles Business Journal) - latest edition in Reference, 3rd Floor: HD 2798.C2 L6
- Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) - Research Reports
- Los Angeles Almanacâ„¢
- Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce - Special Reports
- Los Angeles Business Council
- Los Angeles Business Journal - Management Library, Current Newspaper Issues Area, 3rd Floor
- Start Here Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Start Here
- Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
- StudyLA - Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles - Loyola Marymount University
- Valley Industry and Commerce Association (San Fernando Valley)
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Management
- The Conference Board's Research Online Collection
- Dictionary of Business and Management - HF 1001 .R79 1993 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Encyclopedia of Management (4th ed.) - HD 30.15 .E49 2000 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science (2nd ed.) - T 57.6. E53 2000 - Reference 3rd Floor
- International Encyclopedia of Business and Management (2nd ed.) - 8 vols. - HF 1001 .I53 2002 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Management and Organization Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
- Small Business Management: Advice & Guides (Entrepreneur.com)
Market Capitalization/"Market Cap" - Capital Markets, Companies
- Global Financial Data (Data Series Type: Stocks - Capitalization, Volume)
- Mergent Online
- Passport (Euromonitor International)
- World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance
- Yahoo! Finance
Market Research - Demographics / Psychographics
see also Consumers
- Assets & Opportunity Scorecard
- CensusScope: Census 2000 Data, Charts, Maps, and Rankings (University of Michigan)
- Data Sharing for Demographic Research
- Free ZIP Code Lookup (ESRI Business Information Solutions)
- Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What - HC 110 .C6 O34 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Market Segment Resources (Abbott Wool Media) - Note: Last updated April 2011
- Mintel Academic Market Research Reports
- Passport GMID (Euromonitor International)
- PsycINFO (ProQuest) > Search Subject Heading (all) = "consumer attitudes" or "consumer behavior" or "consumer research"
- Purchasing Power Profiles & Workforce Density Data for All Census Tracts & Residential ZIP Codes in the U.S. (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment & Training Institute)
- RAND California
- SimplyAnalytics
- State of the Hispanic-American Consumer - November, 2018 (Simmons)
- Target Market News: "The Black Consumer Market Authority"
Market Research - Reports, High Tech/Info Tech, Internet Focus
- Ad Age's Annual Reports and FactPacks (some free content)
- BCC Research
- eMarketer
- Faulkner's Advisory for Information Technology Studies
- Forrester Research
- Frost & Sullivan
- Gartner
Restricted to Current UCLA Students, Faculty, and Staff: UCLA Logon ID is required for access - Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World (Insead Business School/World Economic Forum)
- Measuring the Information Society Report, 2007-present (International Telecommunications Union)
- Pew Internet and American Life Project
Market Research - Reports, Other Products and Industries
- American Customer Satisfaction Index, ACSI.
- BCC Research
- Frost & Sullivan
- Global Market Navigator (Mintel)
- IBIS World Industry Market Research
- J.D. Power: Business Ratings
- Market Potential Index (MPI), from globalEDGE
- MarketResearch.com Academic
- Mintel Academic Market Research Reports
- Passport (Euromonitor International)
- Plunkett Research Online
- Sports Market Analytics (SMA)
- Business Source Complete > search Subject = "market share" [and name of product/industry/company]
- Factiva > Use command NS=C313 [for Subject indexing term "market share"] in search command
- IBISWorld Industry Reports > In Industry Reports, look in "Competitive Landscape" tab for "Market Share Concentration" and the "Major Companies" tab
- Market Share Reporter
- Mintel Academic Market Research Reports
- Passport (Euromonitor International)
- Statistical Insight (ProQuest) > search for exact phrase "market share" and [ name of product/industry/company]
- Dictionary of Marketing Terms (American Marketing Association)
- Direct Marketing Assocation
- KnowThis.com - Marketing Virtual Library
- Internet Marketing Dictionary (Marketingterms.com)
- Marketing Information: A Strategic Guide for Business & Finance Libraries - HF 5415.2 .D49 2004 - Reference 3rd Floor
- QuickMBA: Marketing
- Marketing Plan Outline (QuickMBA: Marketing)
- Sample Marketing Plans (MPlans.com)
- " Writing a Marketing Plan" Tutorial (KnowThis.com)
- Capital IQ
- Mergermarket
- Mergerstat via Nexis Uni Menu -> All Sources -> "M" -> select Mergerstat
- Mergerstat Review - HD 2746.5 .M48 – UCLA Law Library; please read the Access Policy for the UCLA Law Library
- PrivCo --Look for "Deals" in the private company records
- SDC Platinum (Thomson Reuters) > go to Mergers & Acquisitions
- Zephyr (Bureau van Dijk)
- Building Inclusive Financial Sectors for Development (United Nations Capital Development Fund)
- Business Plan to Start Up a Microfinance Institution in Tanzania (Global Giving)
- Business Source Complete
> Subject Search = "Microfinance"
- Centre for Micro Finance
- Council of Microfinance Equity Funds
- EMIS: Emerging Markets Information Service
- Factiva
> Drill down through Dow Jones Intelligent Indexing: Select Industry > Banking/Credit > Credit Types/Services > Microfinance
- Finca Peru
- FIRST Initiative - Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative (The World Bank)
- Global Findex: The Global Financial Inclusion Database (The World Bank)
- Grameen Bank
- Grameen Foundation
- Microcredit and Microfinance Glossary (Global Development Research Center)
- Microenterprise (InterAmerican Development Bank)
- Microfinance Barometer 2018 (Convergences)
- Microfinance FAQ (CGAP)
- Microfinance Focus - "News, Breaking Stories, Events, Resources"
- The Microfinance Gateway (CGAP)
- Microfinance Pasifika
- microLINKS (Knowledge-Driven International Development/USAID Microenterprise Development Office)
- The MIX Market (Microfinance Information Exchange)
- The Small Enterprise Education and Promotion (SEEP) Network
- South Pacific Business Development
- UCLA Library Catalog Search > Subject Heading = Microfinance
- United Nations Capital Development Fund
- World's Top 50 Microfinance Institutions - Forbes, December 2007 (Forbes.com)
- Yunus Centre
Mission Statements
- Corporate Statements: The Official Missions, Goals, Principles and Philosophies of Over 900 Companies - HD 30.285 .H37 1998 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Mission Statement Book: 301 Corporate Mission Statements from America’s Top Companies - HD 30.285 .A27 1999 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Mission Statements: A Guide to the Corporate and Nonprofit Sectors - HD 30.28 .G697 1994 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Say It & Live It: 50 Corporate Mission Statements That Hit the Mark - HD 30.285 .J66 1995 - Reference 3rd Floor
Multinational Companies (MNCs)
Mutual Funds
- CRSP U. S. Mutual Funds Database (via WRDS)
- Fund Search - Investor Education Center, Investment Management Education Alliance
- Investment Company Fact Book (Investment Company Institute) - Annuals, 2012 - current
- NOT AVAILABLE AT UCLA: Morningstar Direct or any other Morningstar products- UCLA does not license any Morningstar content
- Mutual Funds - The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) - free content only
- Mutual Funds / Mutual Fund Explorer - J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): A Guide for Investors - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Top Mutual Funds (Yahoo! Finance) - free content only
- Understanding and Investing in Mutual Funds - Merrill.com
NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
see also SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) Code
Newspapers - Business & Financial
- American Banker (Monday-Friday) - Rosenfeld Library has microfilm through 2009
also available electronically:
- in Business Source Complete
- in Factiva - Barron’s (weekly)
- in Factiva - Financial Times (Monday-Saturday) - Current Newspaper Issues 3rd Floor
also available electronically:
- in Factiva
- in LexisNexis Academic - Investor’s Business Daily (Monday-Friday) - Current Newspaper Issues 3rd Floor
also available electronically:
- in Factiva
- in LexisNexis Academic - Los Angeles Business Journal (weekly) - Current Newspaper Issues 3rd Floor
- Nikkei Weekly - Current Newspaper Issues 3rd Floor
also available electronically:
- in Factiva - Wall Street Journal - Europe (Monday-Friday) - Current Newspaper Issues 3rd Floor
- Wall Street Journal - Western Edition (Monday-Friday) - Current Newspaper Issues 3rd Floor
also available electronically:
- in Factiva
- as Wall Street Journal, 1984 - present (ProQuest)
Newspapers - General
- Los Angeles Times (daily) - Current Newspaper Issues 3rd Floor
also available electronically:
- as Los Angeles Times, 1985-present (ProQuest)
- as Los Angeles Times, Historical, 1881-1986 (ProQuest) - New York Times (daily) - available in these UCLA libraries (Rosenfeld Library does not subscribe)
also available electronically:
- in Factiva
- as New York Times, 1980-present (ProQuest)
- as New York Times, Historical, 1851-2006 (ProQuest) - Newsbank: California Newspapers
- Newsbank: International Newspapers
- Newsbank: Major Metropolitan
- Newsbank: United States Newspapers
- Attention-Grabbing Events: Nonprofit Events That Draw Interest and Support to Your Cause [e-book]
- Basic Guide to Non-Profit Financial Management (Free Management Library, Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits)
- Center for Nonprofit Management (Los Angeles, CA) - Resources & Tools
- Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (Urban Institute)
- Charity Choices - "All Charities A-Z" (CharityChoices.com)
- Charity Navigator
- Compliance Guide for 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organizations (Internal Revenue Service)
- Courting the Wealthy [e-book]
- Directory of Nonprofit Organizations (Nonprofit Career Network)
- Endowment Builder: Practical Ideas for Securing Endowment Gifts [e-book]
- Finance Fundamentals for Nonprofits: Building Capacity and Sustainability [e-book]
- Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations - HG 4027.65 .B55 1996
- Find Funding (The Foundation Center)
- Foundation Directory Online Quick Start (The Foundation Center)
Search for IRS Form 990 PF filings [foundations' and nonprofit organizations' tax returns] - Global Role of U.S. Foundations (The Foundation Center, 2010)
- GuideStar: The National Database of Nonprofit Organizations (free registration required)
- Hauser Institute for Civil Society (Center for Public Leadership, Kennedy School, Harvard University)
- How to Read the New IRS Form 990 (Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York)
- Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances - 2013 edition (Hudson Institute)
- International Funding Trends - Research Studies (The Foundation Center)
- "International Grantmaking Update: A Snapshot of U.S. Foundation Trends," December 2012 (The Foundation Center)
- Interactive Map of Direct Grants by U.S. Grantmakers to Non U.S. Recipients, 2004 forward (Foundation Center)
- Latin America Donor Index
- Model Policies and Procedures for Not-for-Profit Organizations - HF 5686 .N56 M386 2003 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Motivating Volunteers: 109 Techniques to Maximize Volunteer Involvement & Productivity [e-book]
- National Association of State Charity Officials
- National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)
- National Council of Nonprofits
- National Directory of Nonprofit Organizations (Gale Directory Library)
- Nonprofit Expert
- Nonprofit Explorer - Database of IRS Form 990 Filings (ProPublica)
- Nonprofit Handbook. Management(3rd ed.) - HD 62.6 .N662 2001 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving, and Volunteering, 2013 (Urban Institute)
- NOZA 990-PF Tax Returns Database (GrantSmart)
- On Philanthropy
- Philanthropedia (A Division of Guidestar USA, Inc.)
- Research Centers Directory (Gale Directory Library)
- Starting a Nonprofit Organization (USA.gov)
- Stewardship Essentials: The Donor Relations Guide [e-book]
- Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations (7th ed.) - HF 5415 .K6312 2008
- U.S. Foundation Funding For Africa - 2015 edition (Foundation Center)
- Volunteer Management Handbook: Leadership Strategies for Success (2nd. ed.) [e-book]
- Volunteering & Nonprofit Careers (LearnHowToBecome.org)
- WINGS: Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support
Obsolete Securities / Old Stock Certificates
see also Companies - History and Historical Information
- The best sources for this research are available locally in the Business and Economics Department of the Central branch of the Los Angeles Public Library: Directory of Obsolete Securities: Annual Guide to Stocks - L.A.P.L. Central Library - Business & Economics Dept. - call number 332.6 D598 [year] - Reference; Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable and Worthless Securities - L.A.P.L. Central Library - Business & Economics Dept. - call number 338.7 M391 - Reference
- GOLDSHEET Mining Directory - Obsolete Securities
- Obsolete Securities - Guide to Business History Sources (Library of Congress)
- Stock and Bond Certificates, Old" (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission)
- " What To Do With an Old Stock Certificate" (Enoch Pratt Free Library)
- Organization Charts (2nd ed.) - HD 58.65 .O74 1996 - Reference 3rd Floor
"p," "q," and "m" Coefficients
- Bass Diffusion Model
- Marketing Engineering : Computer-Assisted Marketing Analysis and Planning (2nd. ed, rev.) - HF 5415.125 .L54 2004
- Analysts' Handbook (Standard & Poor's) - HG4921 .S78c - Reference 3rd Floor
- COMPUSTAT North America (WRDS) connect via Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
- Mergent Online
- freeERISA.com (free registration required)
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
- Pensions and Investments (full text via Business Source Complete)
- Pensions and Investments Online (limited free content only)
Personnel Management
- Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Human Resource Management - HF 5549 .A23 B58 1998 - Reference 3rd Floor
- The Conference Board's Research Online Collection > Topic = Human Resource Management
- Corporate Gender Gap Report 2010 (World Economic Forum)
- HR-Guide.com
- Hunt-Scanlon's Select Guide to Human Resource Executives - HD 38.25 U6 D572 - Reference 3rd Floor
- Legal/Illegal Interview Questions, with Legal Sources (State University of New York at Albany)
- Management and Organization Studies: A SAGE Full-Text Collection > subject DEscriptor = "human resource management" or "industrial psychology"
- PsycINFO (ProQuest) > search Subject Heading (All) = "human resource management" or "personnel" or "business and industrial personnel"
Porter's Five Forces
see also Industries - Data and Analysis, Overviews
- Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance: With a New Introduction / Michael E. Porter - HD 41 .P668 1998 - Powell Library
- IBISWorld Industry Research Reports
> See report sections on Demand & Supply Industries, Customers/Segmentation, Market Characteristics/Competition, Barriers to Entry and Substitutes/Key Sensitivities
- Marketline/Datamonitor Industry Profiles (via Business Source Complete)
- Porter’s Five Forces: A Model for Industry Analysis (QuickMBA)
Private / Closely-Held Companies - Directories / Profiles
- America’s Largest Private Companies (Forbes.com)
- Business Filings Databases, by State (LLRX.com)
- Capital IQ
Requires Registered Account and Current Anderson Network Account
- Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database [companies with federal government contracts]
- Mint Global (Bureau van Dijk) [ quick, streamlined version of Orbis, below]
- Orbis (Bureau van Dijk) [ powerful, expert-search version of Mint Global, above]
- Plunkett Research Online
- PrivCo
Private / Closely-Held Companies - General Information, Company-Specific Articles
- Business Source Complete
- Factiva
- " Going Private" (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission)
- Inc. 500 [fastest-growing privately-held companies] ( Inc. Magazine)
- Regional Business News
Private Equity / Venture Capital
- Angel Capital Association - Research
- Capital IQ
- CB Insights
- FormDs.com - "We track investments into startups, growing businesses, hedge funds, and private equity firms"
- The Funded.com
- Global Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index - 2016 Annual (IESE Business School)
- National Venture Capital Association
- PwC MoneyTreeâ„¢ (PriceWaterhouseCoopers/CB Insights)
- Preqin - Alternative Asset Research Publications [limited free content only]
- Preqin - Private Equity Publications [limited free content only]
- Private Equity and Venture Capital Glossary (VentureChoice.com)
- Private Equity Growth Council - Research
- PrivCo
- Tech Coast Angels
- Venture Capital Industry Overview (National Venture Capital Association)
- Venture Capital Industry Statistics (National Venture Capital Association)
- Zephyr (Bureau Van Dijk)
Profit Margin
see also Financial Ratios
Proxy Statements (SEC Form DEF14A)
- Encyclopedia of Public Relations - HD 59 .E48 2005 - Reference 3rd Floor ; also in YRL Reference Reading Room, same shelf location
- Find a Firm Database (PR Council)
- Find a PR Firm or Consultant - Public Relations Agency or Independent Practitioner Search - Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
- Institute for Public Relations - Research Library
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