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ABI/INFORM - PROQUEST. Articles from more than 4000 worldwide business journals.
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY. International coverage from more than 900 business journals, newspapers and newsletters in 190 countries.
BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE (EBSCO). Comprehensive database of general business and academic journals. Includes Harvard Business Review full-text from 1922-. Also includes EIU Country Reports and Datamonitor Company Profiles.
DOW JONES FACTIVA. Full-text international coverage from 9000 business and general publications in 22 languages. Newspapers include the Wall Street Journal (U.S., European and Asian editions), New York Times, Financial Times, etc.
LIBRARYPRESS Display (NewpapersDirect). Full image of over 1700 newspapers from 92 countries in 48 languages. Full text of the last 90 days of the papers. Good source for local, current news.
PAIS INTERNATIONAL. Abstracts of articles, books, etc. Includes international public policy issues relating to banking, finance and business.
PROMT. Covers international business information from nearly 1000 trade and business journals, international newspapers, newsletters, corporate news releases, etc.
CENTRAL BANK WEBSITES - BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS.
COMPETITIVE ALTERNATIVES KPMG. Compare cost of doing business in various countries.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS/INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOs). As listed in Wikipedia
FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS. Look at Really Useful Links for International Trade.
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
INTERNATIONAL STATISTICIAL AGENCIES. U.S. Census Bureau.
MARKET ACCESS AND COMPLIANCE. MAC. International Trade Administration.
OECD Economic Surveys. OECD Economic Surveys are in-depth reviews of Member countries' economies and selected non-Member countries.
PRIVATIZATION DATABASE. World Bank. Contains information on privatization transactions of at least US$1 million in developing countries from 2000 to 2008.
UNCTADSTAT. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Other publications include:
- World Investement Directory.
- World Investment Report Covers the latest trends in foreign direct investment around the world and analyses in depth one selected topic related to foreign direct investment and development.
- World Investment Prospects. Annual survey by UNCTAD. Reports on future medium-term trends in foreign direct investment.
Princeton encyclopedia of the world economy. Editors in chief, Kenneth A. Reinert, Ramkishen S. Rajan ; associate editors, Amy Jocelyn Glass, Lewis S. Davis.
HF1373 .P75 2009 Van Pelt Reference Stacks.
CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS International directory of corporate structure, with subsidiary listings.
DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN FIRMS OPERATING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES.
HOOVER'S ONLINE International Company Directory.
KOMPASS. International B2B directory.
ORBIS. Covers over 10 million companies worldwide. Orbis is the gateway to the BVD suite of databases. Click on the tab to Switch Databases to find a complete listing of available databases. Examples include: Qin (China), Fame (UK and Ireland), Diane (France) and more.
BLOOMBERG. Recent and historical financial data and news on companies, stocks, bonds, indices etc.
DOW JONES FACTIVA. Companies/Markets section includes detailed information on 23,000 publicly quoted companies in 72 countries.
LEXISNEXIS ACADEMIC UNIVERSE. Company financial information - international company reports, includes data from many international sources. Click: Business Tab.
ORBIS. Covers over 40 million companies worldwide.
THOMSON ONE BANKER. Financial fundamentals, transaction data, company filings.
ZEPHYR. M&A activity, IPOs, joint ventures and private equity deals with links to detailed financial company information.
BBC News Country Profiles.Based on BBC's 24/7 monitoring of worldwide TV, radio,press, internet and news agencies in over 100 languages.
BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL. Information on global emerging markets. Economics, Industries, Country Risk.
BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE (EBSCO). Includes EIU Country Reports for 65 countries. Search by Country. Then select source type: Country Reports.
MARKET RESEARCH LIBRARY Country and Industry Reports.
EIU COUNTRY COMMERCE.
Economist Intelligence Unit. Investing, licensing and trading. Covers 60 countries.
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE. World Bank. World debt tables.
GLOBALEDGE. Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State. Knowledge Portal.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS. IMF.
ISI EMERGING MARKETS. News, financial, economic, company and industry information in English and 15 additional languages from 35 worldwide emerging markets.
THE HANDBOOK OF COUNTRY RISK.
Lippincott Library Reference Desk. HD 61 R545.
UNSTATS. Time series statistical information for countries.
WORLD FACTBOOK CIA.
Also in print: Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. G 122 U56a.
DOING BUSINESS IN..... World Bank. Reports and ratings on doing business in various countries.
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS. World Bank statistical survey of world development.
See Lippincott's Industry Studies Research Guide for key resources for industry overviews and market research.
CEIC. Detailed regional statistics by Country. Focus on Asia-Pacific. Three country specific databases included: China, India and Russia.
COMPUSTAT EMERGING MARKETS is available in WRDS. Stock market data. Data begins in 1975 and covers 53 stock markets.
COMPUSTAT GLOBAL is available in WRDS. This international database represents over 90% of the world's market capitalization, including 90% of the Asian market cap, 90% of the Indian market cap, 95% of the Taiwanese market cap and 95% of the European market cap.
DATASTREAM. Comprehensive international economic and financial time series data.
Lippincott Library Only.
EMERGING STOCK MARKETS FACTBOOK.
Lippincott Library Reference Desk. HG 5993 E447.
GLOBAL FINANCIAL DATA. Historical Economic and Stock Indices statistics.
GLOBAL INSIGHTS. Comprehensive economic coverage of countries, regions and industries. Includes IMF Direction of Trade Statistics.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS ONLINE. IMF data. Historical data back to the 1940's.
FDI Statistics. UNCTADUNIDO INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS. CD pre-loaded at Lippincott Library Station 4B. Global industrial statistics compiled by the United Nations
COMTRADE. United Nations. Data by partner and product.
FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS. U.S. Census Bureau.
GLOBAL INSIGHTS. Includes IMF Direction of Trade Statistics.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS. World Trade Organization.
Handbook of Statistics. UNCTAD.
WORLD TRADE ANNUAL. UN.
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HF 53 W6.
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS. IMF.
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HG 3891 I563. Some data on the Web: www.imf.org/external/pubind.html.
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT INVESTMENT STATISTICS YEARBOOK available in SourceOECD.
Click on Publication Type, select Statististical Annual and Scroll to correct link.
PRICES AND EARNINGS AROUND THE GLOBE. UBS.
WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK/IMD.
Lippincott Library Reference Desk. HF 1414 W672.
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT. World Bank.
Also available in print. Lippincott Library Reference Desk. HC 59.7 W659.
WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. IMF.
Click on Publications and type in: world economic outlook.
Also available in print Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HC 59 W65.
WORLD EMPLOYMENT REPORT. International Labour Organisation.
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HD 5701 W57.
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. ANNUAL REPORT.
Type in Search box: Annual Report.
Also available in print. Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HF 1721 W675.
YEARBOOK OF LABOUR STATISTICS. ILO.
Also in print. Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HD 4826 I63.
Note: See also LIPPINCOTT'S INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS RESEARCH GUIDE.
