ISI Emerging Markets The University of Hong Kong Libraries April 2006
What is ISI Emerging Markets? A database that specializes in information on emerging markets of developing countries in Europe, Latin American, Asia and Africa. Information is hard to get elsewhere.
What countries are included in our subscription? HKU Libraries only subscribes to its Greater China package including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Complimentary countries include: India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Australia
What information can be found? Current news Company financial statements Company profiles Corporate action reports Industry reports Analyst and brokerage reports Closing price quotes Macroeconomic statistics Macroeconomic forecasts Legal and political information
How current is the information? Currency varies depending on the nature of the information, eg. BBC Monitoring is updated continuously all day; Certain macroeconomic figures may be updated once per quarter and topical reports may be updated once per year.
Important Features Information is in English or Chinese depending on the language of the information source Searchable
How to access? HKU Library Homepage http://lib.hku.hk > Electronic Resources > Key English E-resources > ISI Emerging Markets Remote Access Simply input your HKU Portal and PIN Number
Access China
Customize the interface Simplified Chinese: http://site.securities.co m/ch.html?pc=cn Traditional Chinese: http://big5.securities.c om/ch.html?pc=cn
News Industry news instead of news from mass media New publications are added continuously
Company Page Browse company publications Search for a Company
Company Page (Selected Publications) Thomson Financial Investext Provides reports on industry overviews, company outlooks, market share data, financial analyses and sales projections Access Asia -company reports (London, When Published, English) Datamonitor Company Profiles Provides information on key facts, business description, history, key employee, major products and services, top competitors, locations and subsidiaries. Capital Intelligence Ratings - Ratings Reports (Limassol, When Published, English)
Directory of Foreign Organizations (Beijing, Annually, English) KKC 大陸企業數據庫 上市公司年報中報 (Annul/interim reports of listed companies) Provided by Shanghai Stock and Exchange Co. TEJ - China Listd Comp Basic Profile (Taiwan, When Published, English)
Exercise 1 Company
Industry Profiles Exercise 2 Industry
Industry Publications CEInet publications
Exercise 3 Industry
Macroeconomic Information Sources come from China local sources, e.g. China Statistical Bureau EIU OECD
Macroeconomic Information (selected publications) China Monthly Statistics (Beijing, Monthly, English) 中國月度經濟統計 (Beijing, Monthly, Chinese) 城市統計數據 (Beijing, Annually, Chinese) 中國地區宏觀統計 (1998-2002) (Beijing, Annually, Chinese) China Regional Macro Statistics (Beijing, Annually, English)
外資投資項目數據庫 (Beijing, Monthly, Chinese) DRC- 區域經濟動態
Exercise 4 Macroeconomics
Exercise 5 Macroeconomics
Exercise 7 Financial Markets
Legal Page (Selected Publications) China Law and Practice 政策法規跟蹤 Weekly reports of the latest development of law, regulations and government policies 中國法律法規數據庫 (Chinese) Law and regulations since 1949 Laws & Regul Dbank (English) Law and regulations since 2000
Exercise 8 Legal
Exercise 9 Legal
Report Types: Research Company analysis Industry research Macroreconomic analysis Financial market analysis Industry analytical commentary
Search for a publication by keywords Sources View all sources under different categories
Search Search Statement Internet banking Internet AND banking Internet OR banking Internet NOT banking Internet NEAR banking Finds Records containing both terms Records containing both terms Records containing either term Exclude the term banking from the records Records where both terms are within 100 words of each other. NEAR((internet, banking),10) Records where both words are within 10 words of each other.
Search Search Statement "Internet banking" bank* Finds Records with the exact phrase "Internet banking". Records containing terms such as bank, banks, banking, etc.
Exercise 10 Search
Publication Search Click on Publication Search to search a specific publication
1. Select multiple publications for searching 2. Enter keywords of interest. E.g toyota and guangzhou 3. Click on Search
2. Enter keywords of interest. E.g 豐田 and 廣州 1. Select multiple Chinese publications for searching 3. Click on Search
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