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ABI Inform Global

ABI Inform Global provides access to thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as The Economist and Sloan Management Review, country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal.

Business Source Ultimate

Full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals including articles, case studies, trade magazines, industry and market research reports. This database covers all disciplines of business including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.

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The Economist

The Economist is a British weekly newspaper. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology and culture.

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Emerald Insight

This resource includes journals and books relevant to a range of subject areas, including accounting and finance, management, marketing, education, information studies, built environment and engineering. You can also search for case studies.

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Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EEMCS) is an online collection of case studies focusing on business decision making and management development throughout key global emerging markets. Cases are written by case writers working in or closely with developing economies, offering local perspectives with global appeal.

Please click on the link in the right-hand menu to filter to just the subscribed content, which covers 2011-2020.

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FAME (Financial Analysis Made Easy)

Financial information for companies in the UK and Ireland. You can research individual companies, search for companies with specific profiles and do detailed analyses.

FT.com

Quality business and financial commentary and analysis.

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IBISWorld

Key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more.

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Mintel marketing intelligence

Market research reports on a range of sectors including health & wellbeing, food, travel and leisure industries in the UK.

Nexis UK

News and business information, UK national and regional newspapers, international newspapers and newswires, foreign language news sources, professional and trade magazines, company profiles and industry reports.

Orbis

Orbis is the world’s most powerful comparable data resource on private and listed companies. It’s strengths include: comparable information extensive corporate ownership structures a holistic view of companies

Orbis Bank Focus

Detailed information on banks around the world, including financials, ratings, stock data and country reports.

Orbis Intellectual Property

Orbis Intellectual Property links global patent data to companies and corporate groups for intellectual property management and strategy. Orbis Intellectual Property content includes: More than 115 million patents linked to information about millions of companies, which will allow you to see patent portfolios for a company and its corporate group. Ownership timelines for all patents. In this way you can ascertain the number of transactions for a given patent. Patent and portfolio valuations for all granted and live patents.

Orbis M&A (formerly Zephyr)

Information on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital deals and rumours.

Statista

Worldwide market research, industry statistics and consumer data.

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ARK Online tutorials

ARK is the Library's Academic Research Kit. It's a set of online interactive tutorials that can help you with searching, evaluating and referencing information.

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