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History

The focus of this guide is to identify online and print company resources. The guide addresses both public and private companies.

Company History

Brief histories of companies can be found using the resources listed below. More in depth histories are sometimes available in books. Use the Boston College Libraries catalog to find a book on a company.

International Directory of Company Histories
This multi-volume set includes extensive histories of more than 11,000 large public, private and non-profit companies.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Histories for over 10,000 companies are available. Select the "Company Profile" link from the list on the right.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Includes company financials, executives, competitors, supply chain, equity, SEC filings, and more. Also, has industry and analysts reports. Mergent Online will log a user off after 15 minutes of no activity. If you experience time-out issues, please log-in using EagleVPN.

Books about Companies

The Airbnb Story
Call Number: O'Neill Library Stacks (TX911.2 .G35 2017 )
DHL: from startup to global upstart
Publication Date: 2018
The Netflix Effect
Publication Date: 2016
The Organic Profit: Rodale and the making of marketplace environmentalism
Publication Date: 2018

Last Updated: Nov 13, 2024 4:30 PM
Subjects: Business
Tags: business/management, companies, company, corporations

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