SCELC Vendor Day 2007: About Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvDEP)

The Company:

Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvDEP) solutions enable faculty and students to access and retrieve unique company information from a wide variety of sources. BvDEP data covers 20 million private and public companies, banks and insurance firms in over 225 countries, making it a leading provider of private and international company data.

BvDEP Solutions:

BvDEP's intuitive software enables faculty and students to access, analyze and export comprehensive and unique private and public company information from a single interface. Database s offer over 100 search criteria including geographic location, industry codes, ownership information and detailed financial data. Advanced features include full Boolean logic, peer and statistical analysis, segmentation analysis, aggregation and linear regression. BvDEP partners with hundreds of specialized data providers in over 200 countries, each one a leader in its industry or region, offering the most reliable and complete business content to academic institutions. Our integrated sources include: Fitch Ratings, Reuters, D&B, Datamonitor, Financial Times, Standard & Poors, Moody's, World'Vest Base and more.

Ideal for Academia:

• Research worldwide markets and companies for economic, financial and business papers
• Data available through WRDS platform (Wharton Research Data Services)
• Research and illustrate complex business ownership structures
• Accurate peer group analysis to compare performance of a company against its peers
• User-defined variables for customized statistical analysis
• Up to 10 years historical data for analyzing industry trends
• Standardized financials and industry codes for easy cross-border comparisons
• Source accurate and unique international company financial data in published academic papers
• Unlimited campus-wide access for students and faculty
• New interface (Mint Global) designed with end-users in mind, making it an ideal fit for university and public libraries

Trials (free), Subscriptions and Support:

Contact your local BvDEP representative for a free trial of our solutions. Subscriptions include personal account management and a full range of free client services such as Web and telephone support, systems assistance and on-site training. BvDEP will also research and add companies to our data sets upon request at no additional fee.