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    1. Strategic CorporateResearch Laura L. Leavitt Labor Relations & Business Librarian School of Labor & Industrial Relations Michigan State University (517) 355-4647 leavitt9@msu.edu http://www2.lib.msu.edu/branches/lir/ http://www.lib.msu.edu/staff/leavitt9/StrategicCorporateResearch2008.ppt

    2. Today’s Objective Learn how to research employers & industries using a variety of resources …. to better assess the REAL threats and opportunities faced by a company or industry ….and place you in a better overall bargaining position.

    3. Topics for Today: Unique features of business information Company & industry profiles, descriptions and statistics Financial information Company & industry analysis News & recent events Legal/regulatory environment

    4. Business InformationUnique Features Initial things to consider…is the company: Public or private ? Subsidiary or parent ? …and, is the information: “Free” or proprietary ?

    5. General Company Info: Profiles & directories Hoover’s (free) & Online Pro Plus ($) Marketline Business Information Centre (Datamonitor) ($) Reuters Company Profiles Business & Company Resource Center (available through MeL) Thomas Register Yahoo! Finance

    6. General Company Info: Profiles & directories State & Local Resources Crain’s Detroit Business Internet Directory Chamber of Commerce directories Ex: Des Moines Partnership Public library files Office of the Secretary of State See Business Filings by State

    7. Financial Information EDGAR Website of corporate filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and Proxy Statements Yahoo! Finance Mergent Online ($) How to read financial statements Baruch College’s Guide to Financial Statements IBM Investor Guide – Financial Statements

    8. Industry Information Overviews Dun & Bradstreet Industry Reports Free registration required. IBISWorld Industry Reports Brief reports free, longer reports for sale. Market Research Plunkett ($)

    9. Industry Information Trade Associations & Trade Magazines ASAE’s Gateway to Associations Trade Show Directory Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics Economic Census

    10. Analysis & Opinion Investext Plus ($)– 1,000’s of analysts reports Motley Fool – community driven ratings Zack’s – ABR’s (Average Brokerage Ratings)

    11. News & EventsWhat’s the Buzz? Magazines & newspapers PR Newswire Wall Street Journal Business Week Fortune Forbes Crain’s Detroit Business Financial Times Economist

    12. News & EventsWhat’s the Buzz? News Alerts Google Alerts Discussion Groups/BBs Yahoo! Groups Anti-Company Sites Starbucks http://www.starbucked.com United Airlines http://www.untied.com

    13. Legal & Regulatory Environment Legislation & Litigation THOMAS (Federal legislation) Michigan Legislature (track Michigan bills and laws) Government & Related Sites OSHA NLRB BLS EEOC SEC EPA FreeERISA

    14. Watchdog Resources CorpWatch Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility LaborNet Pesticide Action Network Environmental Defense’s Scorecard Third World Network

    15. Union Data UnionStats http://www.unionstats.com Online collections of CBAs/contracts: UC-Berkeley IIR Library http://iir.berkeley.edu/library/contracts/index.html Department of Labor http://www.bls.gov/cba/cbaccess.htm Michigan Public Sector Agreements http://turf.lib.msu.edu/awards/contractsindex.html

    16. Need Help? Contact Me!!

    17. URLs for Web Resources Investopedia http://www.investopedia.com Hoovers http://www.hoovers.com Reuters Company Profiles http://today.reuters.com/business/companyprofiles.aspx Michigan e-Library (MeL) http://www.mel.org Thomas Register of Manufacturers http://www.thomasregister.com Yahoo!Finance http://finance.yahoo.com Crain’s Detroit Business Internet Directory http://www.crain.com/datacenter/cdb/netindex.cfm

    18. URLs for Web Resources Des Moines Partnership Business Directory http://www.desmoinesmetro.com/directory.asp LLRX’s Business Filings by State http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup29.htm EDGAR http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm IRIN (Annual Reports) http://www.irin.com/cgi-bin/main.cgi?index=main Dun & Bradstreet Industry Reports http://www.zapdata.com IBISWorld Industry Reports http://www.ibisworld.com/snapshot/industry/?id=ValuationResources Zacks http://www.zacks.com

    19. URLs for Web Resources Motley Fool http://www.fool.com THOMAS http://thomas.loc.gov Michigan Legislature http://legislature.mi.gov Baruch College’s Guide to Reading Financial Statements http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/statements IBM Investor Guide – Financial Statements http://www.ibm.com/investor/help/guide/introduction.wss Financial Times http://www.ft.com Economist http://www.economist.com

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