BA 497: Business Policy, Strategy, and Ethics (James)

Example: I need to locate a list of publicly-traded women's apparel companies.

• Search for Lululemon and then click "Business" to obtain its primary NAICs code- 448120
• On the Opening screen, go to the Classification search
• Click the circle for Primary NAICS
• Type 448120 into the box
• Optional: Use the pull-down menu to choose the country of your acquisition target
• Click Search
• On the results screen, click the heading for Active/Inactive so the active companies will appear at the top of the list.

The Bloomberg terminals will help you identify potential companies to acquire.

• Search for a company that belongs to the industry category that interests you
• Type in the code CCB (Company Classification Browser) and wait for the term to autocomplete.
• Companies in that industry will be listed and their market capitalization and revenue will be listed. 
• Here is a sample screen for aeropace companies: