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Researching Companies Using Glassdoor

Glassdoor
When you select companies from the drop down options in Glassdoor, you can search by the company name. The coverage varies company to company but this will have reviews from employees, interview questions submitted by people who have worked or interviewed there, and salry/benefit information from current and former employees. You will have to sign up for an account to see this content, and you have to review a current or previous employer or submit your current or previous salary information to see everything on Glassdoor.

Researching Companies Using Vault

Vault Campus Edition
Vault allows provides good overviews of companies that cover operations, strategy, and M&A activities as well as reviews from employees. You can keyword search for companies or browse by industry in the research companies drop down options, and you can browse Vault's Company Rankings by industry from here as well.

Researching Companies Using Mergent Online

Mergent Online
Provides up to 15 years/quarters of detailed current and historical financial data for over 10,000 U.S. public companies and their SEC filings, as well as their annual reports. The same kind of information is available for more than 17,000 non-U.S. public companies. In Mergent you can find reports, filings, key milestones in a company's history, and recent news for both Public and Private companies. If the company you are looking for isn't appearing in the search, make sure that you have also checked the "D&B Private Company Database" box.

*In some cases, the company you are searching for is a brand or a subsidiary and you will need to search for the parent company. "Click Here" to learn how to determine if a company is a subsidiary and who the parent is.

See the Business Guide for Company Information Sources

The Business Research Guide also lists several other sources for company research, including market and brand rankings and SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) reports for several major companies. To explore those resources, "Click Here."

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Researching Companies Using Glassdoor

Researching Companies Using Vault

Researching Companies Using Mergent Online

See the Business Guide for Company Information Sources