Databases

Environmental, social and governance indicators on 7K companies, contains 400 datatypes.
Span starts in 2001 for about 1000 companies then builds up.

Eikon functions:

• Type ESG in the search box on Eikon Desktop app
• Search for a company in the search box on Eikon Desktop app, and go to ESG tab for the overview

 Available in EIKON in the Research & Learning Hubs only
Use EIKON in the Doriot Research & Learning Hub on PC5 & PC6. In Tanoto, use the PC in the Financial & Research Data Circle.
Faculty & Research Staff: You can request a 1-month remote login, but please note that the number of logins is very limited.
Once you have a login, use Eikon web to access Thomson Research. Access to Datastream requires a desktop installation.
Contact the Research & Learning Hub for further information.

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Contains audit, regulatory and disclosure intelligence. Includes the following data modules: 

- Accounting and Oversight
- Audit and compliance
- Corporate and legal
- Other independent audit (non-public entities)
- European module

  You must register for a WRDS account. 

Bloomberg collects data on some companies, to access the information:
- Type your company's ticker
- Then, hit the yellow EQUITY key
- Type FA ESG and hit the green key

Other Bloomberg functions:
- Use ESG KPIs Overview [ESG <GO>]
- Use ESG Peer Group Analysis [RV ESG <GO>]
- Use ESG Dashboard [BI BESG <GO>]

Please note that the Excel Add-in has a download limit.

 Bloomberg terminal available in Doriot & Tanoto Research & Learning Hubs only

Real-time current and historical economic and financial data as well as real-time news.

Short guide to navigating Bloomberg
Short guide to using API (Bloomberg excel add-in) Please note that the Excel Add-in has a download limit
Getting started
Bloomberg keyboard
Tips, tricks & shortcuts
Top 10 Student Uses of Bloomberg

Bloomberg training in Singapore
Bloomberg training in Fontainebleau

 Bloomberg terminal available in Doriot & Tanoto Research & Leaning Hubs only

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Available via WRDS
A database on board composition with biographical information on Board Members, Senior Managers and Disclosed Earners around the world. BoardEx currently contains information on over 26,000 company boards and 1.2 million Individuals – board directors and senior managers. The coverage consists of 4,700 UK, 15,000 US public company boards and a further 25,000 companies, split between Continental Europe, Australia, Asia Pac and the rest of the world. 

Span: 1999-present for selected companies.

  You must register for a WRDS account. 

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Rankings of top CEOs, business leaders and other influential people.

Span: Latest available.

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Rankings from the business press covering MBA, EMBA and executive education programmes.

Span: Latest available.

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Articles from over 3500 academic and general business periodicals, as well as country reports, and company profiles.
Span: Many journals 1965 or volume 1 onwards.

N.B.: Five hundred articles from the Harvard Business Review can be viewed online but not printed or saved. Ask the Research & Learning Hub for assistance.

Optional login: Creating a personal login within Business Source Complete is optional (see "Sign in" at the top, then "Create a new account"); it allows extra features such as creating alerts and saving research.

Journal titles, industry and country report lists
Help guide to EBSCO databases 

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Discussion Papers from CEPR.

Span: 1984 onwards. DP 2050 (January 1999) onwards available in electronic format.

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Rankings of top companies by region and sector, taken from the business press.

Span: Latest available.

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SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) by Datamonitor for 10 000 public companies.

Span: Varies by company

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Available through WRDS

Compustat North America provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items on more than 24,000 publicly held companies.

Compustat Global financial and market data covering publicly traded companies in more than 80 countries, representing over 90% of the world's market capitalization: 96% of European market capitalization and 88% of Asian market capitalization.

Span: Up to 20 years of data for North America, 12 years for Global.

Online manual

  You must register for a WRDS account. 

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Standard & Poor's ExecuComp, accessible via the Compustat Executive Compensation page in WRDS, provides executive compensation analyses.

Span: 1992 onwards. Updated annually.
Online manual

  You must register for a WRDS account.   

Pre-defined set of 6132 company reports on environment, social & governance issues, sustainability, climate, CSR, diversity topics.

  Restricted to INSEAD Faculty and PhDs
Users will need to sign a confidentiality agreement to use the data. Please contact us for access & information.

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Rankings of top companies by region and sector, taken from the business press.

Span: Latest available.

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Economic, social and political reports from various sources including: CountryWatch, OECD economic surveys.

Span: Varies with the country/source.

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Center for Research in Security Prices: security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets. Also contains stock indices and mutual fund databases. Also include the CRSP 10 file: available in the Annual Update module, the CRSP 10 Year U.S. Stock Database single, is a zipped Excel workbook, and contains the time series and event history data from Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2021.

Span: December 1925 onwards, annual updates only.
Online manual 

  You must register for a WRDS account. 

Extensive historical coverage of company, financial and economic data from the world's major markets.

Refinitiv's Eikon platform (formerly Thomson One) gives access to Eikon (via desktop app) as well as Datastream (via desktop Excel).

Access Eikon and Datastream in the Doriot Research & Learning Hub using PC5 & PC6. In the Tanoto Research & Learning Hub, use the PC in the Financial & Research Data Circle.
Professors and Research Staff:  You can request a 1-month remote login to Eikon, but please note that the number of logins is very limited.
Access to Datastream requires a desktop installation.
Contact us for further information.

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Dealroom.co is global data & software platform, providing intelligence about startups, innovation, venture capital investment and entire tech ecosystems. They track over 2,400,000 companies, 1,500,000 startups across the globe and more than 400,000 transactions and funding rounds. 

  You need to create your account first:

1. Create your account at https://app.dealroom.co/register using your INSEAD email.
2. Activate your Premium content by filling out this form (your Premium account will be activated within 48 hours)

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Digimind is a web and social media listening platform, providing access to a large repository of public social data and news. Access and download historical data (up to 24 months), from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, YouTube, Weibo, blogs, news, forums and more to analyse key topics, trends, emotions, and the interests, demographics, and geography of social media audiences. 

Important Note:

• Once in the platform, please use the pull down menu at the top right to access the Historical Search module (see screenshot)
• The Listening & Analytics module is shown for demonstration purposes (read-only access).

Span: 2 years