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Interview MatrixOrganize your interview preparation strategy and talking points with this spreadsheet.
Company Structure
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Please review the above screencast for an overview of how to use the resources below to thoroughly research public companies.
Company Overviews
It is crucial for your interviews to know specific information about a public company such as: recent events, deals, major products and services, competitive landscape, strengths and weaknesses, etc. The best places to start to find this information can be found below, starting with the MarketLine Company Report, available for most large public companies.
MarketLine Company Reports can be found in EMIS - search by company name and then on the search results page click Reports under Categories and Company under Topics to filter for MarketLine and GlobalData company reports.
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Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) This link opens in a new window
Register for a personal account with your Kellogg email address if prompted to log in.
Business news and intelligence, and company, industry, financial, economic, and political information from emerging market countries in Latin America, Asia, and Europe, as well as the US. Includes corporate profiles, financial statements, industry and analyst reports, capital market quotes and indices, macroeconomic statistics and forecasts, legal and regulatory information, and opinion polls. Also contains MarketLine Company Reports for many companies.
Watch a brief
on how to find industry and company reports
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Passport This link opens in a new window
Passport is a global market research database providing insight on industries, economies and consumers worldwide, helping our clients analyze market context and identify future trends impacting businesses globally.
For company analysis, go to the Companies tab at the top of the page, then type the company name into the search.
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
Company News
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Factiva This link opens in a new window
Business, financial, and general news from thousands of U.S. and foreign sources
Watch a brief to learn how to efficiently search for news
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CMC Library Ledger: Earnings Call Transcripts Made EasyHow to use Factiva to access transcripts of earnings calls for companies.
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Factiva - Earnings Call TranscriptsOne pager with screenshots showing how to access transcripts of earnings calls for companies.
Company Financials
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Mergent Market Atlas This link opens in a new window
Corporate information covering over 50,000 US and foreign public companies, current and historical (past 15 years). Company profiles include key company statistics, financials, ratios, business segments, ESG/sustainability info, stock market values and ownership data, executive compensation data, and downloadable company reports.
Access SEC and SEDAR filings, LSEG stock rating reports, ESG rating reports, Key Comparisons for ICB Industries, FTSE Russell ICB Industry Reports, Russell US Indexes, Economic Leading Indicators analysis, US Economic Snapshot & Advance Retail Sales for 3-Year, 10-Year, and 20-Year data, and Dun & Bradstreet's Country Insight reports.
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PitchBook This link opens in a new window
PitchBook tracks startups, public and private equity markets, including venture capital, private equity, real estate, and M&A. Includes profiles on more than 5 million companies, info on company financials, and contact information. See the Research Center under Library on the left menu for reports on VC and PE investing trends and private company, industry, and technology research reports from PitchBook's analysts.
- Please note that VPN is no longer required to access PitchBook. Log in with your NetID credentials via the Northwestern Online Passport single sign-on (SSO) portal.
- PitchBook Use Agreement: A User may only use PitchBook internally for academic, educational, and scholarly use, must limit that use to what is allowed under this Agreement, and may not permit anyone else (including, without limitation, other employees, students or faculty of Subscriber) to use their user name or password to access/use the Site or any Services.
PitchBook FAQs and Glossary
Watch a brief on how to find alumni
Watch a brief on how to build a target list of private equity or venture capital firms
Watch a brief on how to build a target list of startups
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Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
Features detailed financial data on public and private companies, investment firms, M&A, private equity, and capital transactions, as well as extensive information on people. Screener tool allows you to screen for companies, equities, transactions, people and more, based on more than 5,000 financial and 3,000 qualitative data points.
- Create your own account using your Kellogg email address. SSO is not available for this resource.
- Capital IQ is available ONLY to Kellogg students, faculty and staff with an active Kellogg email address.
- Capital IQ Use Agreement: Capital IQ is for academic and career research purposes only.
- The Excel plug-in is not available under the Kellogg access to this platform.
NOTE: You must use GlobalProtect VPN to access the database if you are connecting from off-campus.
Access information for FTMBA students
Access information for Evening & Weekend MBA students
Access information for Executive MBA students
If you've already created an account, log in at CapiltalIQ.com
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Orbis This link opens in a new window
Key resource for financials for public and private companies worldwide. In-depth financial information, business composition by segment, and lists of top competitors and customers are available for public companies.
