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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

Database User Guide

Business Source Ultimate  

  • After login to the database, search by country and limit to Country Reports
EBSCO Training Video

EIU Viewpoint (Selected Countries) 

EIU Tutorials

EIU Viewpoint Excel Add-in User Guide

EMIS

Introduction of New Interface: EMIS NEXT

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 : 统计数据专家

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

3. Company Information

Database User Guide

Capital IQ 

  • Obtain username and password here. 
  • 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. 
User Guide

Business Source Ultimate

EBSCO Training Video

Company Profiles from Business Source Ultimate 

  • by MarketLine
EBSCO Training Video

EMIS

Introduction of New Interface: EMIS NEXT

ESG Manager On Campus

Online Help

Factiva 

  •  Click Companies/Markets Tab > Company Snapshot
User Guide

Orbis Asia Pacific (Oriana)

Passport 

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

4. ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance)

Database User Guide

ESG Manager On Campus

Online Help

Wharton Research Data Services

  • WRDS ESG datasets (ESG datasets are subscribed by the Business School)

    • S&P ESG

    • Trucost

  • 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. 
  • 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)

FAQs

Dataset Lists and Data Dictionary

Manuals and Overviews

Programming at WRDS (Available after logged in to WRDS)

WRDS Cloud Support (Available after logged in to WRDS)

Data Update Calendar (Available after logged in to WRDS)

Video Support - Training Videos

LSEG Workspace

  • ESG data is available at individual company record page
  • Self registration required, please refer to LSEG LibGuide
LibGuide

WIND Financial Terminal 

  • WIND ESG at PC83, 86 and 87, Level 3, Main Library
  • ESG data and reports are in Chinese.

(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)

Wind Financial Terminal User Manuals

國泰安數據庫 CSMAR

  • 商道融綠ESG評級

Introduction

Data Query

7. Articles (Magazines, Trade Journals, Academic Journals)

8. Financial Information

Database User Guide

Capital IQ 

  • Obtain username and password here. 
  • 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. 
User Guide

國泰安數據庫 CSMAR

HKUL subscription:

  • China Listed Firms Research Series: Corporate Governance
  • China Listed Firms Research Series: Financial Statements
  • China Listed Firms Research Series: Listed Firm's R&D and Innovation
  • China Listed Firms Research Series: Merger & Acquisition, Asset Restructuring
  • China Stock Market Series: Stock Trading
  • Historical Data: Listed Companies and Subsidiaries Patents
  • 商道融綠ESG評級

Introduction

Data Query

Genius Finance 巨灵财经金融服务平台 

 

Help Center

International Tax Offshore Financial Centres

Orbis Bank Focus

LSEG Workspace

  • ESG data is available at individual company record page
  • Self registration required, please refer to LSEG LibGuide
LibGuide

Risk.net

Capital IQ Pro

Wharton Research Data Services

  • WRDS ESG datasets (ESG datasets are subscribed by the Business School)

    • S&P ESG
    • Trucost
  • 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. 
  • 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)

FAQs

Dataset Lists and Data Dictionary

Manuals and Overviews

Programming at WRDS (Available after logged in to WRDS)

WRDS Cloud Support (Available after logged in to WRDS)

Data Update Calendar (Available after logged in to WRDS)

Video Support - Training Videos

Wind资讯金融终端 WIND Financial Terminal

  • Available at PC83, 86 and 87, Level 3, Main Library
  • WIND ESG: ESG data and reports are in Chinese
  • (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)

Wind Financial Terminal User Manuals

Bloomberg Terminal at Bloomberg Lab 

  • Only for current staff and students of HKU Business School

9. Case Study

Database User Guide

Business Source Ultimate

  • After login to the database, search by Case Study and Limit to Full text
EBSCOhost Training Video

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies

10. Research Papers/ Conference Papers / Preprints

Database User Guide

SSRN: Economics Research Network 

FAQs

SSRN: Financial Economics Network

FAQs

SSRN: Management Research Network 

FAQs

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
  • Full text embargo: 3 years