Reference at Newman Library

Financial Segment Data for Multinationals

Students in MGT4880 are writing papers about crises faced by multinational companies. As part of this assignment they need to collect data on the geographical and business segments of their companies over the the time before, during, and after the crisis event. The best database to use for these revenue statistics is ThomsonOne.  Students should search for their company and then use the “Fundamentals” tab (at the top of the screen).  The Reuters Fundamentals cover multiple years with data that can be downloaded to Excel. Geographical segments often include country-level as well as a regional breakout of revenues.

ThomsonOne also includes historical company filings for international companies that can help students put the financial data in context.

ThomsonOne is available from the Library’s databases page as well as the Subotnick Center.

Shale Gas Industry

Students in MGT4880 will be researching the shale gas industry again this semester. The teams will focus on shale gas development in countries outside the United States. Outside the U.S., shale gas is often called unconventional gas and some databases like Business Monitor use that industry name.  I met with this class on Wednesday to introduce them to our databases and  I have posted a Shale Gas Industry guide on the Library Guides page.