Description:
Business Background Investigations provides the blueprint to perform proper due diligence and discover competitive intelligence when examining the backgrounds of businesses and the principals who run them.
This powerful resource teaches you how to:
Become an accomplished researcher
Perform investigative SWOT, CARA and Value Chain Analysis
Investigate the backgrounds of corporate officers, partners, vendors and customers
Find and use key industry information sources, media resources and government affiliations in an investigation
Perform asset and lien searches on business entities
Research legal filings and company regulatory issues
Prepare effective investigative reports for clients
Hetherington's methods can be immediately integrated into an investigative operation - resulting in tremendous savings of time, effort and money.
Product Details:
Copyright 2007
ISBN 978-1-889150-49-9
Paperback, 288 pages
BRB Publications
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Investigations
Chapter 2: Learning to CRAWL
Chapter 3: Research & Analysis Fundamentals
Chapter 4: Discovering & Dissecting Company Information
Chapter 5: Investigating Corporate Officers & Employers
Chapter 6: Investigating Regulatory Enforcement Records
Chapter 7: Asset and Lien Searching
Chapter 8: Researching Affiliate Resources
Chapter 9: Researching Industry Focused Resources
Chapter 10: Using Media Resources
Chapter 11: Talking the Order and Client Agreements
Chapter 12: Preparing the Report
Chapter 13: Establishing Your Costs and Client Invoicing
Appendix 1: Agreements
Appendix 2: Resource Lists - U.S.
Appendix 3: Resource Lists - International
Appendix 4: Cynthia's Recommend Reading