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Subject guide for Business Development & Technology

In this subject guide, you will find relevant resources for the studies in Economics and Business Administration (HA), Business Development Engineering (BDE), Global Management and Manufacturing (GMM) as well as IT, Communication, and Organization (ITKO) at AU Herning.

You are very welcome to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions for additional information for the page.

Article databases

Scientific articles, books, and other research publications.

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  • Scopus
    A large citation and article database that covers all fields. A good place to start when you need an overview of the research literature on a topic.
  • Web of Science
    Similarly, a large citation and article database that covers all fields. A good place to start when you need an overview of the research literature on a topic.
  • Business Source Complete
    A central business economics article database with full-text articles. Covers all areas of business including marketing, production management, and market information.
  • Engineering Village
    A central engineering database that gathers research in areas such as building technology, computer science, electrical engineering, electronics, production technology, and mechatronics. Contains articles, theses, conference proceedings, technical standards, reports, and more.
  • ABI/Inform
    A large article database with full-text articles. Covers business topics broadly, e.g., management, marketing, branding, consumer behavior, business communication, social media, and corporate culture. Includes scholarly articles and articles from trade journals.
  • ACM Digital Library
    Full-text articles and conference proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The database covers areas including computer science, electronics, electrical engineering, mechatronics, ICT, graphics, multimedia, software, and programming.
  • IEEE Xplore
    Full-text articles, books, and conference proceedings from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Covers areas including electrical engineering, electronics, ICT, computer science, and much more. Also includes all applicable AIEE, ANSI, and ANSI/IEEE standards.
  • Emerald Insight
    Full-text articles and books from Emerald Publishing. Covers areas including management, economics, information science, engineering, organization theory, and marketing.

Company databases

Detailed company data and information on mergers and acquisitions.

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  • Orbis
    A company database providing access to detailed information on accounting, ownership, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in international companies. Very advanced search and export options.
  • Zephyr
    ZEPHYR covers information on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), IPOs, and venture capital with links to detailed financial company information.

Market information

Detailed information on and analyses of market conditions.

See sources for market information

Product information

Detailed information about products and patents.

See sources for product information

  • Derwent Innovations Index
    Processed, value-added patent information from Thomson Scientific. The database covers more than 40 countries from 1963 onwards.
  • Espacenet
    The European Patent Office's database. The database covers globally from 1782 onwards.
  • Kompass
    Information about international companies with a focus on detailed product information.

Statistics

Detailed national and international statistics.

See sources for statistics

Standards

Official specifications, requirements, and guidelines for engineers and manufacturers.

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Newspapers

Danish and foreign newspapers.

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  • Factiva
    Dow Jones Factiva is a unique database that combines extensive global news with market and company information.
    Note: Use of data mining, text mining, or trend analysis features is not permitted.
  • Infomedia
    Access to all Danish nationwide and local daily newspapers as well as a selection of local weekly newspapers. Additionally, access to certain Danish trade magazines.
    Note: Infomedia's material may not be downloaded, printed, stored, redistributed outside of Infomedia's systems, or harvested via automated procedures or software.
  • Børsen studienet+
    Access to all articles from borsen.dk from 1932 onwards. There is also archival access to Børsen Management Handbooks as well as the specialized media Børsen Pro Finans, Selvstændig, International, and Investor.

Useful links

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  • IATE
    In IATE you can find EU-specific terminology, abbreviations, and expressions as well as terms from various fields such as law, agriculture, information technology, and many others.
  • International statistics
    Overview of international organizations and statistical agencies.
  • McKinsey & Company
    McKinsey & Company’s website where you can find articles with the latest knowledge, including in business development.
  • Portal for official statistics
    Overview of publicly produced statistics that are not registered under the official statistics scheme, i.e., Statistics Denmark.
  • Proff.dk
    Free business database with summary information about Danish companies.
  • CVR - Central Business Register
    Information about all registered companies in Denmark and Greenland, including annual reports, industry, and ownership conditions.

AI tools for literature searching

AI search tools can supplement your other literature searches, for example at the beginning or the end of your search process. The tools are constantly evolving and often include both free and paid features. The AI tools search through content from open, scientific archives.

See AI search tools and open archives

AI search tools

  • Elicit
    Ask an academic question in ‘Quick search’ and get an answer based on selected sources from the open archive Semantic Scholar. The answer is supplemented by a table with key points from the sources. Requires a free user profile.
  • Perplexity
    Ask an academic question and get an answer based on selected sources. Choose ‘Academic’ and search within academic sources from the open archive Semantic Scholar and the PubMed database. Create a free user profile to make ‘Pro’ or ’Deep Research’ searches.
  • Ask.orkg.org
    Ask an academic question and get an answer based on selected sources from the open archive Core. The answer is supplemented by a table with key points from the sources.
  • Inciteful
    Enter an article title or DOI and get a network of articles that share citations with the entered article. The citation network is based on content from the open archives OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, and OpenCitations.
  • ResearchRabbit
    Enter one or more articles or DOIs and get a network of articles that share citations with the entered articles. The citation network is based on content from open archives such as OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar. Requires a free user profile.

Open archives

Open, scientific archives contain titles, abstracts, and sometimes the full text of a large number of articles, working papers, etc. The content in the open archives is not selected in the same way as in established scientific databases, so reflect critically on your search results. You can search the open archives either via an AI search tool or directly in the archive.

  • OpenAlex
    Retrieves data from sources such as PubMed, arXiv, DOAJ, Unpaywall, Zenodo, and ORCID. 
  • Semantic Scholar
    Retrieves data from sources such as PubMed, arXiv, and publishers like Sage, Springer, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis.
  • Lens
    Retrieves data from sources such as PubMed, OpenAlex, Crossref, and Unpaywall.
  • Core
    Collects metadata and, in many cases, the full text of scientific articles.
  • Crossref
    Collaborates with a wide range of publishers and institutions to provide open metadata, e.g., on articles, books, preprints, datasets, etc.

Libraries within your field of study

Liaison librarians

Eva Krause Jørgensen

Information Specialist
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Steffan Mulle Markussen

Information Specialist
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Semester shelf

You can view books from your syllabus list on the library's semester shelf.  You cannot borrow the books, but you can use them in the library, and you have the option of taking copies according to the applicable regulations.

See all titles on the semester shelf.

BSS Datalab

Get help with working with data in your subject or assignment. Whether you are working with financial data, interviews, API calls, or something entirely different, we are ready to assist you. For example, get help with building datasets, Excel, Nvivo, R, Python, and other tools.

Materials library 

At AU Library, Birk Centerpark you can find a library of materials. A collection of selected, different physical materials. For example, different types of plastic, metal and sustainable materials.

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