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Business & Economics

FBE LibGuides for finding Business & Economics materials.

Subscribed Electronic Resources

 

Below resources are subscribed by the HKU Libraries and can be accessed by your HKU Portal UID and PIN.

1. Country Analysis User guide

Business Source Ultimate

(After login to the database, search by country and limit to Country Reports)

EBSCO training videos

EIU viewpoint (selected countries) 

 

EIU tutorials

EIU viewpoint Excel Add-in: User guide

EMIS  Introduction of new interface: EMIS next (available from 1 November)

IMD World Competitiveness Online  
OECDiLibrary User guide
Web CEIC Data Manager   
中國經濟社會大數據研究平台 (formerly CNKI 中國統計年鑒數據庫)  
搜数 Soshoo : 中国统计数据专家  

For more resources on Country information, please look at: Country Information

 

2. Industry/ Market Information on a product or service User guide
Business Source Ultimate EBSCO training videos
BCC Research: Market research reports and technical publications (HKU VPN only, VPN setup guide)  
EMIS  Introduction of new interface: EMIS next (available from 1 November)
Mintel Global New Product Database  
Oriana (Orbis Asia Pacific)  
Passport  
SPEEDA (M&A data) (Obtain username and password) FAQ
中國資訊行 China InfoBank  Online guide

 

3. Company Information User guide

Capital IQ (Obtain username and password)

Individual login can be arranged for full-time teaching/research staff and students of Business School, please complete the application form HERE or contact the Social Sciences, Business and Economics Librarian (ckitman@hku.hk) for further details. Unauthorized use (such as for commercial purposes), access will be terminated without prior notice.

Help

Business Source Ultimate

(After login to the database, click 'Company Information' on the top toolbar for searching)

EBSCO training videos
Company Profiles from Business source complete (by MarketLine)  
ESG manager on campus Online help
EMIS  Introduction of new interface: EMIS next (available from 1 November)
Factiva > Companies/Markets Tab > Company Snapshot User guide
Oriana (Orbis Asia Pacific)  
Passport  

For resources on Company annual reports, please look at: Company Annual Reports

 

4. ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) 

User guide
ESG manager on campus Online help

Wharton Research Data Services WRDS datasets

  • ISS: Directors

HKU Faculty, research assistants and students can register to apply for a personal account at WRDS login page; Please note we do not subscribe to all datasets that are available from WRDS. 

 

Refinitiv workspace

Self registration required, please refer to Libguide

ESG data is available at individual company record page

Libguide

5. Trade Statistics

User guide
United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database  
WTO iLibrary User Guide

 

6. News Articles

User guide
Factiva (International newspapers) User guide
WisersOne (Chinese newspapers) WiseSearch User guide
Regional business news EBSCOhost online tutorials
SIRS knowledge source  
Taiwan news smart web User guide
中國資訊行 China InfoBank Online guide
The Economist historical archive (Year 1843-2015)  
Financial times historical archive (Year 1888-2010)  

For resources on newspapers and magazines, please look at: Newspapers, Popular Business Magazines

 

7. Articles (magazines, trade journals, academic journals)

User guide
EconLit EBSCOhost online tutorials
Business Source Ultimate EBSCO training videos
ProQuest  User guide
Emerald Insight  

 

8. Financial Information User guide

Capital IQ (Obtain username and password)

Individual login can be arranged for full-time teaching/research staff and students of Business School, please complete the application form HERE or contact the Social Sciences, Business and Economics Librarian (ckitman@hku.hk) for further details. Unauthorized use (such as for commercial purposes), access will be terminated without prior notice.

Help

CSMAR 國泰安數據庫:

  • Annual Financial Statements (General Industry)
  • Corporate Governance
  • CSRC's Enforcement Actions
  • Financial Statements
  • Financial Statements (B Shares)
  • IPO – A Shares
  • IPO – B Shares
  • Merger & Acquisition, Asset Restructuring
  • Seasoned Equity Offering
  • Stock Trading
Genius Finance 巨灵财经金融服务平台 (previous title: GTIOne) Help Center
International offshore financial centres  
Orbis Bank Focus   

Refinitiv workspace

Self registration required, please refer to Libguide

Libguide

Risk.net

 

SDC For accessing to SDC Mergers & Acquisition and New Issues, please use Wharton Research Data Services (HKU Faculty, research assistants and students can register to apply for a personal account at WRDS login page)

 
Capital IQ Pro (previous title: SNL Financial) (Obtain username and password)  

Wharton Research Data Services WRDS (HKU Faculty, research assistants and students can register to apply for a personal account at WRDS login page; Please note we do not subscribe to all datasets that are available from WRDS)

As of December 2022, WRDS is upgrading account security by utilizing Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) by Duo Security.  How to Log In to WRDS Using Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

 

WIND Financial Terminal at PC83, 86 and 87 Level 3, Main Library

(There are other WIND terminals available at Business School's Computer Lab, KK1104 and they are exclusively for current staff and students of HKU Business School)

 

Bloomberg Terminal at Bloomberg Lab (Only for current staff and students of HKU Business School)

 

 

9. Case Study

User  guide
Emerald emerging markets case studies  
Business Source Ultimate
(After login to the database, search by Case Study and Limit to Full text)
EBSCO training videos

 

10.  Research Papers/ Conference Papers / Preprints

User  guide
SSRN: Economics research network  FAQ
SSRN: Financial economics network FAQ
SSRN: Management research network  FAQ
SSRN: Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) Research Paper Series (open access)  
CEPR Discussion Papers (Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain))  
NBER working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research (fulltext embargo: 3 years))  

11. Major e-book collections

 

Cambridge books online

Elgaronline : the online content platform for Edward Elgar Publishing

Emerald insight 

IG Library

JSTOR 

OECDiLibrary 

ScienceDirect , Books

SpringerLink , Books

World Scientific books

 

 

For more electronic resources, please check HKUL Databases page.