While many business magazines' web sites link to annual
lists of rankings, few provide
access to complete lists to nonsubscribers.
If you want access to a particular magazine's list, say, "the Fortune
500," you are
better off searching for this list in our business periodical databases,
many of which
provide full-text articles. Salem State College Library also subscribes
to the print
version of many popular business magazines.
Gary Price's Lists
of Lists http://www.specialissues.com/lol/
This web site provides access to all special
issues of magazines across many disciplines, the
majority of which are business/industry related. Many of these issues,
in turn, include
"top company" or "best company" lists. Though this free web site does
not provide access
to the current year's lists to non-subscribers, this site can be used
as a reference tool to
identify the existence of lists in many industries. Updated versions
of such lists can be retrieved
through the Library's business databases.
Entrepreneur's 25th Annual Franchise 500 http://www.entrepreneur.com/franzone/listings/fran500/0,5831,,00.html Ranking is based on these factors: financial strength and stability;
growth rate; and size
of the system. Also considered are the number of years in business;
length of time franchising;
start-up costs; \litigation; percentage of termination;s and whether
the company provides
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Printed
Lists
Note: Most
of the following titles are shelved on the Business Research Shelves
in the Reference
Room of Salem State College Library. If a title is not on the Business Research
Shelves, it will be on
the main Reference shelves. Older editions are shelved under the same call
number on the second
floor. Please ask a Reference Librarian for assistance
if you cannot find a title.
Business Rankings Annual.
Detroit: Thomson Gale, 1997-. REF HG 4050 .B88
Derived from both print and
online sources, this guide presents 5,000 lists that are most
in demand by business
people, librarians, students, and the public.
Business rankings Cumulative Index.
Detroit: Thomson Gale 1988-.
REF HG 4050 .B88
Includes references to all listings
in seventeen editions of Business Rankings Annual.
Duns' Business Rankings: Public and Private Businesses
Ranked Within Industry Category and State.
Parsippany, N.J.: Duns' Marketing Services, 1982-.
REF HG 4057 .A237
Ranks over 25,000 public and
private businesses. Selective list of those firms
representing a significant percentage
they represent in the D&B databases.
Lists companies by size; state;
by SIC Code nationality, and by public or private/
foreign-owned designations.
Market
Share Reporter: An Annual Compilation
of Reported Market Share
Data on Companies, Products,
and Services. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 1991-.
REF HF 5410 .M35
Arranged by SIC Code, with indexes
by company name; brands; place name;
products; services; and issues;
and source.
