Dr. Danneels and colleagues -
In addition to the sources you mentioned, the print version of "Who Owns Whom" Directory of corporate affiliations published by Lexis-Nexis has founding years for most firms, as well.
Tim Hart, JD, CPA
PhD Candidate
The University of Oklahoma
Price College of Business
Ph: (405) 325-2217
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Subject: Founding years
Mellisa said:
> I find Compustat to be a good substitute for just about
everything that was on Compact Disclosure except for founding years. I have
not found a good source for founding years. Bioscan and Corptech have some,
but their samples are constrained.
I have had the same issue. I have found that the company profile section on Yahoo Finance (http://biz.yahoo.com/i/) often states the founding year. In most cases it is also stated in the history section of the firm's website (often in the "about us" page). In those cases where I could not find it, I just called the company.
Erwin.
Erwin Danneels, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
www.mgt.wpi.edu/People/Danneels
www.wpi.edu/News/Transformations/2007Summer/investigations.html
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2008/spring/07