LibGuides: Researching Business Information: Find Corporate Governance Information

Information on Executives and Board Members

These databases are good sources of information and news about company executives and board members.

You can enter a company name, and use the Advanced Search options to select "Document Type" and select "Company Profile."

You can also search for an individual's name to see press and other information published about them.

ProQuest Business Market Research Collection (Includes Hoover's) This link opens in a new window
Company, industry, economic, and geopolitical market research from sources including Hoover's Company Profiles and Oxford Analytica's OxResearch

You can use an Advanced Search to enter a company name. Search by "Document Type" and select Company Report.

You can also search for an individual's name to see press and other information published about them.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business topics; journal articles, reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses

You can enter the company name, or search for the names of individual people.

Gale Business: Insights This link opens in a new window
Research and analysis of companies, industries, and economies
Research and analysis of companies, industries, and economies around the world. Features include: statistics and data sets, visualization tools and case studies designed to broaden perspectives on real-life business situations.

You can search for an individual's name to see if they have been in the news or have been interviewed.

Wall Street Journal (Create Account)
If you are a Fisher student or a member of the faculty and staff, you can get free access to The Wall Street Journal. To activate your free student access, visit and select “student” account type.
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Activate your account through Lavery Library's institutional subscription to access all content on the WSJ site or app, including news, industry reporting, instructional materials, and more.

Access Company Management Profiles:

Enter the company's ticker symbol.
Select 1) Company Overview to see the menu.
Try MGMT Company Management Profiles to view company management information about top-ranking executives and board members.

These databases include information about management compensation.

S&P Capital IQ (NetAdvantage) This link opens in a new window
Company, industry, and investment information
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage combines eleven of S & P's most popular investor products on a single easy-to-use interface. They include: Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports. Net Advantage also gives access to Standard & Poors independent research, data and commentary on stocks, bonds, funds, and industries and information on over 85,000 private companies.

NetAdvantage Video Tutorials
You can watch these videos to learn how to use the NetAdvantage platform

Morningstar Investment Research Center This link opens in a new window
Research and analysis on companies, industries and investments

ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window
Business topics; contains articles, company and executive profiles.

Resources for current issues and trends in governance and board-related issues.

Deloitte Center for Board Effectiveness
Resources on governance trends, including the Board Practices Quarterly publication.
EY Center for Board Matters
Read about current board-related issues.
PwC Newsletter: Governance Insights
Biweekly newsletter from on board governance and investor news from PwC.
McKinsey & Company: Featured Insights
Read corporate governance-related articles and research from McKinsey.

Find books in Lavery Library's collections:

Search Results: eBooks on Corporate Governance
Search results in Lavery Library for eBooks on the topic of corporate governance. You can read these ebooks online.
Search Results: Print Books on Corporate Governance
Search results in Lavery Library for print books available for checkout.