Company History
You often need to find out about the history of the company for business class
assignments. Company histories can be found in many places:
- Books-check the catalog for books on the company (Remember books become
outdated quickly but can give a good history of how the company got started)
To search books: - Search under company name with keyword search or subject search
- For example, cisco and history (keyword search) or cisco (subject
search)
- Business Source Premier has Company Histories under the Company Profiles
Tab.
- Databases such as Factiva, Hoover & Lexis-Nexis (go to Hoover's Company
Records - In-depth Records in the Lexis-Nexis database under Business-Company
Profiles) give company histories.
- Case studies in article databases like Business Source Premier, ABI/Global,
Emerald, and Lexis-Nexis.
- In Annual Reports. You can view these in Thomson or sometimes on the company
website.
Remember that any company report that is long may take a long time to download.