TRINET Inc: Large Establishment Database

Abstract

Provides longitudinal data on over 800,000 U.S. establishments owned by public firms, private firms and foreign subsidiaries in all U.S. four-digit SIC industries, alternate years, 1979-89. It covers over 80 percent of all establishments in the United States and over 95 percent of establishments owned by public companies. Each establishment is assigned an individual identification number. The record for each establishment includes the parent company identification number, four-digit SIC code, number of employees, dollar value of sales, and its address and telephone number. Data due to Donald Hatfield. See Donald E. Hatfield, Julia Porter Liebeskind and Tim C. Opler, "The Effects of Corporate Restructuring on Aggregate Industry Specialization", Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1 (January 1996), 55-72