When researching a company and attempting to identify strengths and weaknesses, a good starting point would be to search for the company in the company databases listed below. Each database presents information from different sources or in a different manner. You may find a great SWOT analysis in one, a comprehensive focus on financials in another, in-depth executive profiles in yet another database, and so on.
While many of the company research databases feature articles and current news about a company (Nexis Uni and Business Insights: Essentials are especially strong in this area), you should also research your company in business article and multidisciplinary article databases to increase your understanding of the company and awareness of news about the company.
Company databases Mergent Intellect, Data Axle Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA), and Nexis Uni are a few of the databases that can be used to create lists of companies by industry code (such as NAICS code) and other criteria, including geography, sales, number of employees, and more.
For a demonstration of how to search some of the company databases, refer to the Company Research Video Tutorials.