Due Diligence – Business Research
Research is about attitude. If you wish to find, you will find. If you give up, you will end up empty-handed.
Ownership
Company Legal Name, Type of Organization, Shareholders, or Administrators
http://www.registreentreprises.gouv.qc.ca/fr/consulter/rechercher/
Top news items, Stock Price Graphs and Financials
Locations and Production Information
(Headquarter, plants, distribution, brands, products, employees, key managers)
http://www.icriq.com/fr/
Financials, Industry Overview, Main clients and Strategy
www.sedar.com
(See “Management Discussion” and “Risk Management” in Annual Report)
Patents and Trademarks
USA: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html
CANADA: http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/app/opic-cipo/trdmrks/srch/tmSrch.do?lang=eng
Legal Decisions
Export Markets Data
http://www.strategis.ic.gc.ca (Industry Canada)
http://www.economie.gouv.qc.ca/objectifs/exporter/pays-et-territoires/?no_cache=1
Short history of International Companies
International Directory of Company Histories. (2005). St. James Press.
@ McGill Library, HEC Library, and Funding Universe Website: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/a.html