Researching companies from the past

Best sources for researching past companies:

• ABI/Inform Global

Under the advanced search options try the following:

1) ‘business failure’ or ‘bankruptcy’ as a subject term
2) the industry you are interested in
3) and 9110 in the classification code field

• Business Source Premier
• Factiva
• Lexis Nexis Academic

• Ghostsites – tracks websites which are ‘dead’

Components for Developing a Business Plan: Competitors & Suppliers

Who are you competing with and who are you partnering with?

• ReferenceUSA
• CatalogXpress
• Thomas Register
• LexisNexis Company Dossier