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Library Guide for MBA and Business School Taught Postgraduate Students

Welcome to HKU Libraries! This guide provides MBA and Business School Taught Postgraduate students access to information resources and services available from the HKU Libraries and other free resources

(1) Country Analysis

Business Source Ultimate  

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

EIU Viewpoint (selected countries) 

EMIS

IMD World Competitiveness Online

OECDiLibrary

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

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

Company Profiles from Business Source Ultimate 

  • by MarketLine

EMIS

ESG Manager On Campus

Orbis Asia Pacific (Oriana)

Passport

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

(4) ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) 

ESG Manager On Campus 

Wharton Research Data Services

LSEG Workspace

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

HKUL subscription:

(5) Trade Statistics

United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database

WTO iLibrary

  • World Trade Organization's key research material on global trade
  • User Guide

(6) Financial Information

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 

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

Risk.net

The SDC Platinum desktop application was retired. 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

Wharton Research Data Services 🌟

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

(7) News Articles

Factiva 

International Newsstream

WisersOne

Regional Business News

SIRS Knowledge Source

台灣新聞智慧網 Taiwan News Smart Web

中國重要報紙全文數據庫

中國資訊行 China InfoBank 

The Economist Historical Archive (Year 1843-2015)

Financial Times Historical Archive (Year 1888-2010)

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

(8) Articles (Trade Journals, Academic Journals)

EconLit

Business Source Ultimate

ProQuest

Emerald Insight

(9) Case Study

Business Source Ultimate

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies

(10) Research Papers/ Conference Papers / Preprints

SSRN: Economics Research Network 

SSRN: Financial Economics Network

SSRN: Management Research Network 

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