Finding Private Company Information   Tags: accounting, finance, management, private companies  

Here are some reliable starting points for finding information on private corporations? Try one of these!

• Forbes.com -- Click on "Lists" then scroll down. On the right screen click on "Companies" to view best small, large & private companies
• Better Business Bureau -- for consumer & business reviews, reports, ratings, complaints, etc.
• Fortune 500 Lists-- annual lists of top 500 corporations, based on revenue
  • Historical Lists -- from 1955 to last year
  • Current List -- the latest year
  • Best Lists
• Hoover's Online Company Information
     Portions of corporation information are available in the databases LexisNexis Academic and WestLaw's Campus Research
• Thomas Register -- directory of companies, their products & services

Corporation Directories

 Library of Congress Call Number Ranges: HG 4057

For a full listing of the call number ranges including a detailedbreakdown of the call numbers for management topics, see the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

Circulating books (Main Stacks) for these call number ranges will be located on the fourth (4th) floor of the library.

Hardcopy journals and reference materials for these call number ranges will be located on the second (2nd) floor of the library.

This collection includes sources such as biographies and books about corporations. To find out if the library has a book about a specific corporation or person, type the name into the search box in the Library Catalog and select Title Keyword from the dropdown menu.

American Icon - Bryce G. Hoffman

Call Number: HD9710.U54 F636 2012

ISBN: 9780307886057

Publication Date: 2012

At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself.

Book of lists : Dallas - Dallas Business Journal,

Call Number: HF3163.D2 B6

Publication Date: 1989-2012

A compilation of the best lists ... in the Dallas/Fort Worth Business Journal.

Hershey - Michael D'Antonio

Call Number: HD9200.U52 H4715 2006

ISBN: 9780743264099

Publication Date: 2006

Hershey. The name means chocolate to America and the world, but as Michael D'Antonio reveals, it also stands for an inspiring man and a uniquely successful experiment in community and capitalism that produced a business empire devoted to a higher purpose. One of the twentieth century's most eccentric and idealistic titans of industry, Milton S. Hershey brought affordable milk chocolate to America, creating and then satisfying the chocoholic urges of millions. He pioneered techniques of branding and mass production.

Of Permanent Value - Andrew Kilpatrick

Call Number: HG4928.5.B84 K538 2001

ISBN: 0071370803

Publication Date: 2001

The title of Kilpatrick's revised book about this original personality and his achievements refers to Buffett's plans to leave almost all of his fortune to society. Describing Buffett as the "Michelangelo of business," Kilpatrick portrays how Buffett has painted his investment masterpieces, including his $1 billion purchase of Coca-Cola stock--now worth more than $9 billion. Buffett is also a major shareholder of Gillette, Disney, American Express, McDonald's and Wells Fargo, an extravaganza of brand names.

Onward - Howard Schultz; Joanne Gordon

Call Number: HD9199.U54 S737 2011

ISBN: 9781605292885

Publication Date: 2011

In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision
to return as the CEO eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company and became chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way, Schultz was determined to help it return to its core values and restore not only its financial health, but also its soul.

Walter P. Chrysler - Vincent Curcio

Call Number: HD9710.U52 C453 2000

ISBN: 0195078969

Publication Date: 2000-07-20

Here is a richly detailed account of one of the most important men in American automotive history, based on full access to both Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler family historical records.
Chrysler emerges as a man who loved machines, an accomplished mechanic who also had highly developed managerial skills derived from half a lifetime on the railroads, a man whose success came from his deep understanding of engineering and his total commitment to the quality of his vehicles.

Ward's business directory of U.S. private and public companies. - Gale Research

Call Number: HG4057 .A482

ISBN: 10488707

Publication Date: 1985-2007

"A comprehensive guide to more than 112,000 companies in alphabetic, geographic, and industry arrangements"
"Ranks companies by sales within 4-digit SIC and 6-digit NAICS"
"Provides rankings and analyses of the industry activity of leading companies"

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