Business Insights: Global presents business professionals, entrepreneurs, and the general business researcher with access to comprehensive international business intelligence, compiled into a logical, useable context.

• Professionals have access to detailed information on global businesses, comprehensive overviews on countries, interactive rankings and stats, and quick links to associated news, case studies and articles
• Entrepreneurs have the ability to compare multiple metrics, suggested metrics and inline article content allowing them to explore the broader context behind events and trends they perceive in economic data
• Business researchers will increase productivity by locating hard-to-find data, accomplishing tasks and meeting goals more quickly and easily with advanced search features and extensive deep links within search results.

Description: Provides data and analysis on startups, investors, and incubators. The database profiles companies, people, funds, investment rounds and other related events.
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Contains in-depth information on almost 3 million companies in more than 60 countries worldwide. Kompass tracks state-owned enterprises, foreign trade companies, joint ventures and foreign representative offices. Company profiles include contact details, trade names, product and service information, and names of executives.

Search for companies by industry, including: agriculture (food and beverages), building and civil engineering, business services (consulting), ceramics, chemicals, education and training, electricity (electronics and nuclear), finance and insurance, handling (distribution, warehousing and packaging), hotels and restaurants, gifts, glass, heating (ventilation and air conditioning, and refrigeration), information technology, jewelry (precious stones and diamonds), mining and quarrying, machinery, measuring and testing equipment, metallurgy (metalworking and metal products), mineral products, office machinery and equipment, oil and gas, optical equipment, paper and cardboard, pharmaceuticals, printing and publishing, precision equipment, rubber and plastics, telecommunications, textiles (apparel/clothing, leather, footwear), travel goods, water and sewage (environmental services), and wood (furniture and wooden products).
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Multidisciplinary e-journal gateway providing full text access to over 180 management, applied science and technology, engineering, health sciences, and library and information science journals published by MCB University Press. Flagship titles in the EMX 150 collection include: Management Decision European Journal of Marketing Journal of Documentation Leadership & Organization Development Journal and The TQM Magazine.

Provides full text access to over a dozen reference titles in business, politics, religion and science. Includes Business Plans Handbook, vol.1 (1993)-current.

SimplyAnalytics has data which answers key business research questions, provides small businesses with a tool for making sound business decisions, and helps users understand the socio-demographic and economic conditions of any geographic area in the United States. There are thousands of data variables related to demographics, employment, housing, market segments, businesses, consumer spending and brand preference. This geographic information resource allows for extraction and comparison of data for specific geographic areas as small as a zip code or Census block. It also provides colored maps and spreadsheets for business plans.

SimplyAnalytics offers the following data for the U.S.:

• Nielsen PRIZM: Make comprehensive and precise insights when using lifestyle and consumer behavior segmentation. PRIZM by Nielsen defines every U.S. household in terms of 66 demographic and behavior types or segments. Helps discern consumer preferences, consumer spending, consumer behavior and lifestyles.
• Dun &Bradstreet Company Data: Access detailed profiles of more than 30 million U.S. businesses provided by D&B, the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses. Add business points to your map to find the best place to locate your business, manage the competition, or identify services. Also export the data to a spreadsheet for additional functionality.
• Mediamark Research (MRI): Extract current estimates of usage and consumption (propensity) for thousands of very specific and detailed products, including actual brand data.
• Historical Census Data: View 1980, 1990 and 2000 data to learn how geographic regions have changed over time.
• Accurate and up-to-date Street Data. Perform highly accurate location analysis to support critical business/social decisions. Create high quality presentation maps.
• Shapefiles & Data Export .SHP files into advanced Geographic Information (GIS) software.

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Statista is an online statistics, market research and business intelligence portal. It provides access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions in English, French, German and Spanish.