Finding company profiles and SWOT analyses
If you are researching a company for a project or job interview, a company profile will be really helpful, as will a SWOT analysis. A profile will give you the basic information you need about ...
How do I access the full-text of Harvard Business Review (HBR)?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions in the School of Management Library, and it's worth knowing how to access this key management journal. So, how do you access HBR in full-text? The ...
Using grey literature in your research: A short guide
As you research and write your thesis, you might come across, or be looking for, ‘grey literature’. This is quite simply material that is either unpublished, or published but not in a commercial form. Types ...
How do I reference… my personalised profiles in the APA7 style?
As part of your studies you may be asked to complete a personalised profile of some kind - using instruments such as Belbin for team roles, MBTI for personality characteristics, or FIRO on motivation and ...
How do I reference interviews, surveys and questionnaires… in the APA7 style?
During your studies you might be required to gather information using surveys, questionnaires, or interviews. When it comes to using the results in your work, how do you reference them? The short answer, in APA7, ...
Sourcing market share data
Are you looking for data on a company or brand's market share? There are various places you can look depending on the industry and geography involved. What follows is a quick step-by-step guide to how to find your ...
How do I reference Facebook and Twitter… in the APA7 style?
All types of media are covered by the APA7 referencing guide, and you may find useful information via social media that you want to use in a piece of academic work. It might be a ...
How do I reference a webpage… in the APA7 style?
This post continues our series on referencing in the APA7 style, this time looking at webpages. To reference a webpage, you need the following information: Author(s) of the webpage (Surname, Initials.) or group/organisation if the ...
Introducing… FAME
Fame provides financial and company data for UK and Irish companies, both public and private. Fame allows you to generate a report on a single company or to combine multiple criteria to generate a list ...
Using Factiva to research a company
If you’re tasked with researching a company, your first port of call might be to search Fame or EBSCO Business Source Complete. Your immediate reaction might not be to look at Factiva. However, for larger ...