Research Guides: Business Research Resources for HKS Affiliates: Finance & Markets

Financial Data & Markets

Encyclopedia of Emerging Markets
A new business encyclopedia providing custom-written articles offering rare insight into nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization, as well as highlighting key emerging industries within those economies. The work consists of detailed essays covering 33 nations that can be classified as emerging markets, as well as highlighting 1-3 industry profiles under each nation.

Emerging Markets Information Service
EMIS (formerly ISI Emerging Markets) provides current, comprehensive country and company information from more than 500 sources for emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East-North Africa. Arranged by country, this resource includes: country profiles; macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and analysis; reports on financial markets, companies and industries; exchange rates; analyst reports; and business news.

Factset (Harvard Login)
A comprehensive platform for analysis of individual companies and industries.

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Global Financial Data
A comprehensive economic and financial time-series database covering 150 countries. Includes data on stock markets, exchange rates, interest rates and commodities. Includes government bond data. Searchable individual countries for domestic/external debt, government expenditures,exchange rate, international trade data, and government debt.

Huid/pin login required.##Global Financial Data (GFD) is a comprehensive economic and financial time-series database covering 150 countries and 6,500 different data series. GFD includes data on stock markets from 1690, exchange rates from 1590, interest rates from 1700, commodities from 1500, and inflation from 1264. Users can download data into spreadsheet format or use the graphing features.
Global Market Information Database
Online information system that covers over 350 markets in 207 countries. Information is accessible in four modules: statistics, analysis, companies and sources. Statistical data goes back as far as 1977 (but most series start in 1990) and is forecast out to 2015. Reports generally stay in the database for 5 years.

This integrated on-line information system covers over 350 markets in 207 countries. Information is accessible in four modules: statistics (quantitative data and forecasts on consumer lifestyles, retailing, countries, consumer markets), analysis (in-depth market analysis report format), companies (profiles of leading FMCG companies along with financial data, market share and brand information) and sources (lists data providers by specific subject area.)
International Financial Statistics Online
Statistical database from the International Monetary Fund. Includes the popular datasets: International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, Balance of Payments Statistics and Government Finance Statistics.

Statista (Harvard Login)
Integrates over 60,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single platform. Sources of information include market researchers, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)
Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) is a collection of financial, banking, public policy, economics, and accounting databases. You must register for access using current Harvard email address.