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
Number of Employees Ranking
http://www.lesaffaires.com/classements/500-quebec-2010
CEO Salaries and Personal Connections
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/company/overview/overview.asp
Locations and Production Information
(Headquarter, plants, distribution, brands, products, employees, key managers)
Financials, Industry Overview, Main clients and Strategy
(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
In-depth Strategy Article
Commerce Mag. (out of print) pdf artilces available @ BANQ > EUREKA(Get your free library card @ BANQ)
http://www.banq.qc.ca/ressources_en_ligne/bd_revues_journaux/types/index.html?type=1