Welcome to the subject guide for Accounting and Finance!
This guide will help you with referencing and academic writing. You will be able to find the following materials here:
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WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) is a web-based data research service from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The data available are mainly related to business and finance and WRDS hosts the major numeric data sets used by academic researchers. WRDS provides access to financial, accounting, banking, economics, marketing, and public policy databases through a uniform, web-based interface. Strengths include deep archives of historical data, a common web interface for access to all WRDS databases, and a variety of output file formats.
NOTICE: Individual Account is required when accessing to WRDS Platform. Please refer to the guide for more detailed information about how to create an account.
ABI/INFORM Collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. The subjects mainly cover Business, Economic Conditions, Corporate Strategies, Management Theory, Management Techniques, Business Trends, Competitive Landscape and Product Information, Accounting and Finance. ABI/INFORM Collection includes all content found in ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline, and ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry.
The China Stock Market & Accounting Research (CSMAR) Database offers data on the China stock markets and the financial statements of China’s listed companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. CSMAR contains more than 15 types of changes in shares outstanding, including initial public offering, listing of seasoned new issue, listing of re-allotment shares, etc.; Financial Statements (Quarterly, interim, and annual); Stock Market Trading (Daily and monthly, return, shares outstanding); Closed-end Fund and Open-end Fund (NAV, fund holders); Corporate Governance; Merger & Acquisition; Initial Public Offering; Shareholders Research.
ORBIS Bank Focus is a banking information database developed by European financial information service provider Bureau van Dijk (BvD), providing detailed operational and credit analysis data for over 44,000 major banks and important financial institutions and organizations worldwide. ORBIS Bank Focus is an authoritative analysis database for the global banking industry, and also the most frequently referenced and cited bank professional analysis database in academic papers in the field of international finance research. The analysis report of each bank in ORBIS Bank Focus includes financial stratification data over the years (Global format, Raw Data, All ratios), Global and domestic rankings of various banks, individual ratings of banks by S&P/Moody's/Fitch (long and short-term, foreign exchange, independence, support, commercial bond ratings, etc.), national sovereignty and risk ratings, detailed information on shareholders and branches of each bank, board and supervisory executives, rating reports, original financial statements, news and merger and acquisition records, etc.
Business Source Ultimate (BSU) is a scholarly business database, providing bibliographic and full text content covering all disciplines of business. It offers access to 3,650 active full-text journals, including many peer-reviewed publications, especially 38 titles from FT50 Journals. It spans various business topics, from current trends to historical information and global perspectives. It provides researchers with essential business journals such as Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and MIS Quarterly, plus business videos from top providers.
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