Library Guide Business Administration & Economics: Home

Comprehensive database that combines economic, financial and business information from many sources worldwide. Create and customize your own dataset for research on e.g. equity, stock markets, bonds, options, credit ratings, commodities, corporate social responsibility and macro-economic themes. An Excel add-in enables you to search the database directly from inside Excel and generate time-series as well as static datatypes.
Use the Eikon desktop-version to perform event studies (M&A, IPO etc.) and access company profiles of (mainly) listed companies worldwide, as well as news, broker estimates etc.
Eikon is only available on campus on 4 terminals in the data room (EOS 01.570) in the Elinor Ostrom Building . Consult for more information about availability and access the Eikon calendar.
Coverage : 1950 – present; daily updates
Self-teaching:
2020_02 Financials & equities support session
Eikon Training (video)

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FactSet contains data on (mainly listed) companies worldwide. Use FactSet e.g. to obtain company financials, company profiles, stock data and data on financial and money markets. FactSet also offers modules to create datasets for e.g. Mergers & Acquisitions, IPOs and other events. A wide range of macro-economic indicators is available as well.
FactSet consists of a desktop version, Excel plugin, and a web version. FactSet software is installed on all student terminals in EOS and the Central Library. You can also install the software on your own device, to use off-campus as well.
Access: In order to use FactSet you need a personal account, send a request to the NSM Library team (datasupport-NSM@ubn.ru.nl) using your Radboud e-mail adress. Please note that it can take up to a week before FactSet has processed your request.

Self-teaching:
2020_02 Financials & equities support session
FactSet - Downloads for lists of companies (Youtube - RDS Helpdesk VU Amsterdam)
FactSet - FDS codes guide [Time series in Excel] (PDF)
FactSet - Idea screening [company financials/ ratios, M&A/ deals in FactSet desktop] (PDF)
FactSet - Company/security tab [single company /security data in FactSet desktop] (PDF)
FactSet - Sidebar Guide [Excel] (PDF)

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The Orbis database contains financial and business information on about 275 million companies worldwide, based on annual reports. Use Orbis especially to gather data on private (non listed) companies and ownership structure. The web-based interface enables you to build a customized dataset and filter on specific variables, or to compile a detailed report on an individual company. Some basic charting, analyzing and reporting tools are available, and the datasets can be exported to Excel. Orbis also provides company board and compensation details, information on M&A (more in Zephyr), business news and rumours.
Coverage: the last 10 years (3 – 5 years for financial institutions); daily updates.
Self-teaching: See the Help menu and Learning zone (top middle and top right) within Orbis.

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Zephyr is a database especially designed for performing event studies and tracking business rumours. Analyse events and deals like Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Initial Public Offerings (IPO's) and equity announcements by criteria or import a predefined set of deals. Please note, Zephyr data is included in Orbis, Orbis Bank Focus and M&A Research Catalyst.
Coverage: 1997 – present; updated daily

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Reliable and tested macroeconomic data. Statistics and indicators are available with regard to a wide range of themes such as education, health and nutrition, and poverty. The data is especially relevant for making comparisons of countries or regions. Time-series data per country is also available. You can go directly to the various indicators as well. Please note, a wide range of Worldbank data is also included in Eikon.