|
|}} | equity = |}} | assets = |}} | net_income = |}} | operating_income = |}} | num_employees = 4,600 (2012)〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Dun & Bradstreet Corp/NW - Form 10-K - February 28, 2013 )〕| homepage = (www.dnb.com ) }} Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. () is an American public company headquartered in Short Hills, a community in Millburn, New Jersey, US〔"(About Us )." Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved on October 1, 2012. "HQ info: 103 John F. Kennedy Parkway Short Hills, NJ 07078"〕 that provides commercial data to businesses on credit history, business-to-business sales and marketing, counterparty risk exposure, supply chain management, lead scoring and social identity matching. Often referred to as D&B, the company’s database contains information on more than 235 million companies across 200 countries worldwide.〔 Dun & Bradstreet has been listed on the Fortune 500 and was one of the first companies to be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. == History == Dun & Bradstreet traces its history back to July 20, 1841, with the formation of The Mercantile Agency in New York City by Lewis Tappan, later called R.G. Dun & Company. Recognizing the need for a centralized credit reporting system, Tappan formed the company to create a network of correspondents who would provide reliable, objective credit information to subscribers. As an advocate for civil rights, Tappan used his abolitionist connections to expand and update the company’s credit information. In spite of accusations for invading personal privacy, by 1844 the Mercantile Agency had over 280 clients. The agency continued to expand allowing offices to open in Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. By 1849, Tappan retired, allowing Benjamin Douglass to take over the booming business. In 1859, Douglass would transfer the company over to Robert Graham Dun, who would immediately change the firm’s name to R.G. Dun & Company. Over the next 40 years, Graham Dun continued to expand the business across international boundaries. In 1933, Dun merged with competitor, John M. Bradstreet to form today's Dun & Bradstreet. The Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) was invented in 1962. On February 5, 2003, Dun & Bradstreet restated prior period results to correct timing errors in the recognition of some of the revenue associated with 14 of the Company's 200+ products, after a review of its revenue recognition from 1997 through 2002. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dun & Bradstreet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|