Business and Management
Key electronic resources
The key databases for Business provide journal articles, company financials and market research data. If you are unsure of the database should use, please consult the Which database? guide.
Online help and support
- Database factsheets and guides - to help you get started with the key resources for business
- Finding Resources for Economics and Business - this tutorial will direct you to the most appropriate resources for your studies relating to Business and Economics
Info
Alternative Datastream sources (Academic Year 2019-20) . Please note: This document is partly accessible, if you would like assistance to read this, please contact us at: academicsupport at warwick dot ac dot uk.
Useful websites
Websites containing freely available publications, datasets and statistics.
Research and publications
UK
- City of London Research Publications. The City of London publishes free economic research publications covering City issues
- Government Publications. Free access to publications by UK government departments
International
- CIA World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities
- CORDIS (Community Research and Development Information Service) disseminates information on all EU-funded research projects and their results
- Directory of Open Access Journals. A directory with over 5000 open access journals. Covers many subjects and different languages
- International Monetary Fund. Publications and data from the International Monetary fund
- Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) . A resource library containing case studies and articles relating to food and grocery retailing and supply chains
- United Nations Development Programme. Free access to research papers and publications from the UNDP
- UNTCAD. Free access to statistics and publications from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); the UN body responsible for dealing with international trade
- Warwick Industrial Relations Research Unit. Free publications and research from the IRRU at Warwick Business School. Includes recent conference papers covering industrial relations, trade unions, employment issues, etc
- World Bank Open Knowledge Repository. The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products
- World Economic Forum publishes reports which examine global issues
Financials and annual reports
UK
- Bank of England compiles and publishes a range of monetary and financial statistics and research
- London Stock Exchange. Statistics from the London Stock Exchange
- Northcote. Freely available UK company annual reports
International
- Annual Reports . Freely available recent annual reports
- Bank for International Settlements. Free access to statistics, research and analysis relating to the global financial system and central bank community
- EDGAR. Free US company filings
Library
City Business Library (CBL) - London is a public library providing business information which is free to access.
Statistics and data
UK
- HM Treasury - Weekly economic indicators. The Pocket databank - major economic indicators
- Office for National Statistics (ONS). UK’s largest independent producer of official statistics is the recognised national statistical institute for the UK
- UK National Statistics. Data on economy, population and society at national and local level. Summaries and detailed data releases are published free of charge
International
- Eurostat. Detailed statistics on the EU
- International Monetary Fund. Publications and data from the International Monetary fund
- Nation Master. Compilation of country data and statistics from a variety of sources
- Quandl offers free access to datasets
- UN Data. Access to UN statistical data
- UNTCAD. Free access to statistics and publications from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); the UN body responsible for dealing with international trade
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Katherine Waters
Katherine dot Waters at warwick dot ac dot uk
+44 (0)2476 522972
