ACCT317 Managerial Accounting: Case Study Research Project

Prof. Larcker Spring 2020

Company News

ABI/Inform

Find full-text articles to help you examine a contemporary controversy or issue on corporate governance or executive compensation.

Search for executive compensation Video Tutorial

  1. Type Executive compensation
  2. Update publication date to 2010-2019
  3. Limit source type to magazines
  4. Select subject chief executive officer

Search for corporate governance Video Tutorial

  1. Type “corporate governance”
  2. Update publication date to 2010-2019
  3. Select subject corporate governance
  4. Update publication date to 2018
  5. Select Trade Journals

Financial Times

Articles dealing with strong international content.

Factiva

News articles from Wall Street Journal , newswires, and thousands of national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications and transcripts.

Search for executive compensation Video Tutorial

  1. On landing page hover over Search and choose search builder
  2. Change default date to “in the last 2 years”
  3. In search box type executive compensation
  4. Limit by subject “ executive pay ”

Search for corporate governance Video Tutorial

  1. On landing page hover over Search and choose search builder
  2. Change default date to “in the last 2 years”
  3. In search box type “corporate governance”
  4. Limit by subject “ corporate governance ”


Wall Street Journal

Browse for current company news.

Google

We know you’re going to search it anyway! Pay extra attention to the quality of the sources #NoFakeNews

Other Company Information

Capital IQ

How to access: You may apply for a Capital IQ account (the vendor only allows accounts to be processed once a week on Wednesdays) or use the public machines in the RAIL Lab (B312) or two computers in the Trader’s Pit of the library (ground floor of Bass). See database entry.

Content: Provides lots of information (primarily financial) about a publicly-traded company in one place. See video showing the information available about Facebook.

How to do a specific company search video

  1. On landing page in search box type company name
  2. Search left-hand navigation bar to select for example:
  • Key Stats
  • Transaction-Takeover defense
  • Credit health Panel

Thomson Investext

Provides Wall Street Analyst reports for public companies.

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