6 – 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

http://www.google.com/finance

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

www.soquij.qc.ca

 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