LibGuides: Business: Business Information

News

The following databases hold a vast number of UK and International newspapers. However, do check our A-Z ejournals list for specific titles.

Case Studies

The following databases and websites all contain case studies that are either freely available or as part of our subscriptions.

Emerald Journals This link opens in a new window

Trial ends December 2019

Emerald collection includes:
+ Accounting, Finance & Economics
+ Business, Management & Strategy Economics
+ Education
+ Engineering
+ Health & Social Care
+ HR, Learning & Organization Studies
+ Information & Knowledge Management
+ Library Studies
+ Marketing
+ Operations, Logistics & Quality
+ Property Management & Built Environment
+ Public Policy & Environmental Management
+ Sociology
+ Tourism & Hospitality
+ Transport
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Henry Stewart Talks (Business & Management Collection) This link opens in a new window

Henry Stewart Talks publishes animated audio visual presentations by world leading experts covering advertising, management, marketing and finance. The collection includes over 850 talks and is regularly expanded and updated.

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WARC This link opens in a new window

WARC provides unbiased information and advice on advertising and marketing. Which is delivered via best practice guides, case studies, research papers, special reports and advertising trend data, as well as via webinars, awards, events and advisory services.
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The Financial Times
The FT has an extensive collection of management case studies.
Learning Edge
Provided by MIT Management School. The teaching business case studies available on LearningEdge fall under the headings of entrepreneurship, leadership/ethics, operations management, strategy, sustainability, and system dynamics.
WBCSD case studies
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development case studies and other resources.
The World Bank Doing Business Case Studies
Doing Business case studies highlight the specific experience of an economy or region in improving important aspects of business regulation. They offer an insight into regulatory issues faced by policy makers, challenges they had to overcome, and the impact of their initiative.

Country Information

The following databases and websites contain country information including reports, profiles, SWOT analyses and statistics.

ABI/INFORM Global This link opens in a new window

Search worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.

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Business Source Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window

Business Source Complete (BSC) is a scholarly business database providing a collection of bibliographic and full text content in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. It includes abstracts for more than 1,300 business journals back as far as 1886. Full text is available for 1160 titles and in most cases there is a 1 year embargo on issues. BSC also includes around 2800 full-text industry reports from three different providers, as well a company profiles for over 10,000 leading world companies from MarketLine (previously Datamonitor) and Life Science Analytics.
Euromonitor Passport This link opens in a new window

Passport is a global market information database and analysis tool containing comprehensive data and reports across all industries, countries and consumers.

Registering with an account is required in order to use the resource. Instead of accessing via the 'institutional access/Shibboleth' option, access via IP address on campus or via the link here when off campus. Then, log in/register with your individual account to continue.
Nexis UK (LexisNexis) - new platform This link opens in a new window

This database focuses on news information, together with comprehensive UK company information and detailed financial reports. Newspaper coverage is widespread and contains both English language and other international sources. UK national and regional newspapers are also available.
OECD iLibrary - Employment and Labour Market Statistics This link opens in a new window

Theme - Statistics

International Monetary Fund Country Information
Library of Congress Country Studies
Contains the electronic versions of 80 books previously published in hard copy as part of the Country Studies Series by the Federal Research Division. Intended for a general audience, books in the series present a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of select countries throughout the world. Most books in the series deal with a single foreign country, but a few cover several countries or a geographic region.
UK Data Service
The UK Data Service provides access to high quality local, regional, national and international social and economic data.

Click on Register/Login in the top corner to set up an account. Students and staff in UK high education can register for free.

News

Case Studies

Company Information

Country Information