Competitive Intelligence

The Intro

View Corporate

View A-1A-1. When did this company begin? How did it develop?

• EDGAR database - for 10-K and other reports filed with the SEC (also Databases by Name)
• International Directory of Company Histories ( Mergent Online)
• Notable Corporate Chronologies
• UCLA Library Catalog ( Databases by Name)
  Enter Search Terms: general electric [for books on GE], in: Subject List

View A-2A-2. Who leads this company?

• Access WorldNews (NewsBank) ( Databases by Name)
  Type in: exxon ; Search
• Reference Book of Corporate Managements (Reference Collection)
• Who's Who in Finance and Industry (Reference Collection)

View A-3A-3. What are this company's plans?

• Nexis Uni ( Databases A-Z)
  Business; Industry & Market; Keyword: Palm; Industry: Computer & Telecom; Date: Previous six months; Search
• Databases A-Z)
  Enter free-text terms: intel near plans; Select date: in the last year; Select sources: All Content; Run Search

View A-4A-4. What does expert opinion say about the company?

• Passport (Euromonitor) ( Databases by Name)
• Investext [analyst reports] ( and "CEO Forums" Features (Unbound Periodicals - 2nd floor)
  [analysts' discussion of a given industry, see this sample issue with Semiconductor Equipment Industry Roundtable]

View A-5A-5. Who are the leading competitors?

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• A-ZDatabase [companies by SICs and more] ( Databases by Name)
• Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies (Reference Room, Index Section 1)

View Industry

View B-1B-1. How did this industry begin? Major developments?

• Encyclopedia of American Industries (Reference - HC 102 E53)
• Inside U.S. Business: A Concise Encyclopedia of Leading Industries
  (Reference - HC 106.8 M337 1994)
• Standard Industrial Classification Manual (Reference - HA 40 I6U6s 1987)
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

View B-2B-2. How are products made? What components are relied upon?

• Applied Science & Technology Full Text all areas of engineering, technology, & science; coverage includes trade and industrial
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Traces the latest developments in the chemical industry and allied fields
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (at College Library, Reference - Q 121 M17 2002)

View B-3B-3. What are the multi-industrial linkages?

• Nexis Uni ( Databases A-Z)
  Use: Business; Industry & Market; Industry

View B-4B-4. What technological developments that will affect this industry?

• Nexis Uni Databases A-Z     Use: Business; Industry & Market; Industry
• Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys (Reference - HG 4921 S78s)

View C-1C-1. What government or industry regulations affect operations?

• Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook (Reference - HE 8690 B78y)
• Code of Federal Regulations (also at Law Library - KF 70 A32) or LexisNexis Congressional [select: Regulations]
• Federal Regulatory Directory (at the Young Research Library - KF 5406 A15F4)
• United States Government Manual (also on Reference - JK 421 A3)

• LexisNexis Congressional Select: Regulations

• Access WorldNews (NewsBank) ( Databases A-Z)
  Type in: exxon ; Search
• Inspec (Ovid) [laboratory developments] ( Databases A-Z)

• Council of Economic Advisors (U.S.). Economic Indicators(Unbound issues on second floor)
• Economic Indicators Handbook (Reference - HC 103 E26)
• Guide to Economic Indicators (Reference - HC 103 F9)
• Handbook of Economic and Financial Measures (Reference - HC 106.8 H36)
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (Reference - HA 202)
• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
  
  View C-5C-5. What market barriers exist in U.S.? Internationally?

• CIA World Factbook
• IBC International Country Risk Guide (Reference Room - Nexis Workstations)
  Use: world;ibccrg;country(united states) [for the U.S.]
• IL&T: Investing, Licensing & Trading Conditions Abroad (Reserve - HC 59 B964i)

Originally prepared for MGT.298D Competitive Intelligence (Prof. Richard A. Goodman).
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