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International current and archived news database, containing over 10,000 sources from 159 countries, dating back over 20 years. Sources include the FT, Wall Street Journal (including wsj.com content), New York Times and Forbes.
Important: On 1st September 2024 Factiva launched a new view which offers a simplified search screen. This can be reached by clicking Switch Factiva on the toolbar. At this stage, we advise our customers to keep using the original Search Builder view, particularly if you are tying to find a specific article or search a specific source.
Personalised access to daily updates and 10 year archive of Financial Times content, accessible on your PC and mobile device.
You must register for access to the FT using your school email address using the request form below.
Industry-based market research analysis providing strategic insights on over 700 US, 400 UK, 200 China and 75 Global markets. It also has a growing collection of reports for various European markets.
NOTE: The first time you go into the database, it will recognise you as being from London Business School, but it will ask you to fill in some registration details. This should only happen the first time use the database, after that you should not be prompted for your details again.
MarketLine market research covers 120 industry sectors, 500,000+ companies, 200 countries, and 1950 cities. Has some short case studies and also Company News, Analyst Opinion, and Financial Deals which are updated daily.
Research tool for global public and private company data; also covers private capital; industries; executives; company filings and reports. Excel add-in available. See here for troubleshooting guidance and Excel add in login instructions. It includes specialised data and analysis on the Banking and Insurance sectors, as well as the data from this original Capital IQ platform.
Statistics portal tracking over 22,500 trusted data sources to help you quickly find and analyse trends business, social and demographic trends on over 80,000 topics and 170 industries. Statista also provides studies, reports and surveys.
Overleaf is designed to make the process of writing, editing and producing your research papers and project reports much quicker for both you and your collaborators.
Panjiva organizes and indexes data provided by a number of different third-party sources to provide import and export details on commercial shipments worldwide. This database is currently available until February 2025.
RavenPack provides real-time news analytics, including sentiment analysis and event data focused on business and financial applications. Data includes news and social media content, allowing for comprehensive analysis of financial markets.
Sustainability E-Books is an inter-disciplinary, fully-searchable collection of over 7,400 recently-published titles from more than 400 publishers, comprises e-books published in the fields of Business Sustainability Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Law and Politics, and more. Titles can be viewed online, and/or downloaded as PDFs.
Search and read the full-text of stories from the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. The latest issue content is available by 8am EST each day with archives from 1980-present.