LibGuides: Porter's Five Forces Research Guide: Resources for Identifying Competitors, Buyers, Suppliers

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Identifying Competitors

Try to identify at least one publicly-held competitor or similar company and look up their latest 10-K annual SEC filing for descriptions of business, operation strategies, their competition, distribution, intellectual property, as well as management discussion and financial statements.

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The Supply Chain tab is particularly helpful for identifying competitors, buyers, and suppliers.
Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
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Capital IQ accounts are now automatically set up upon logging in, only your Babson login is required for access.The redirect to the Capital IQ homepage can take several seconds. Please accept cookies and the Terms of Use.
Use this for complex financial statement and comparables analysis, financial modeling, sector analysis and charting for companies worldwide.
Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
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Find global company SWOT analyses and histories, market share rankings, industry reports, and news articles.

Finding Buyers & Suppliers

Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
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The Supply Chain tab is particularly useful for identifying buyers, suppliers, and competitors..
Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
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Capital IQ accounts are now automatically set up upon logging in, only your Babson login is required for access.The redirect to the Capital IQ homepage can take several seconds. Please accept cookies and the Terms of Use.
Use this for complex financial statement and comparables analysis, financial modeling, sector analysis and charting for companies worldwide.
AtoZdatabases This link opens in a new window
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Use this directory to search for US companies by industry, location, and other parameters to identify competitors as well as potential buyers and suppliers.
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Search ThomasNet to find manufacturers, distributors and service providers as it is a very comprehensive directory. Go straight to the source of product, company information, CAD drawings and more.
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Search for mentions of a company or industry, coupled with keywords like "supply chain," "supplier," "customer base," and any other relevant terms you can think of.
ProQuest One Academic This link opens in a new window
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Search for mentions of a company or industry, coupled with keywords like "supply chain," "supplier," "customer base," and any other relevant terms you can think of.