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Multinational Business - Research Guide
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| WEBSITES | ARTICLES and NEWS | GLOBAL RESOURCES |
| DIRECTORIES | COUNTRY INFORMATION | INDUSTRY INFORMATION |
| FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC and TRADE DATA | SELECTED SERIALS | RELATED LIPPINCOTT RESEARCH GUIDES |
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WEBSITES
MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS WEBSITES.
ARTICLES & NEWS
ABI/INFORM - PROQUEST. [Articles from more than 4000 worldwide business journals; includes the full-text of many articles.]
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY. [International coverage from more than 900 business journals, newspapers and newsletters in 190 countries.]
BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (EBSCO). [Comprehensive database of general business and academic journals including Harvard Business Review full-text from 1922-, and The Economist, from 1990. Also includes EIU Country Reports and Profiles and Datamonitor Company Profiles.]
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.
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.]
GLOBAL RESOURCES
CENTRAL BANK WEBSITES - BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS/INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOs).
www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub Click on International Information
OECD Economic Surveys. OECD Economic Surveys are in-depth reviews of Member countries' economies and selected non-Member countries.
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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.
COMPANY DIRECTORIES
CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS International directory of corporate structure, with subsidiary listings.
DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN FIRMS OPERATING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
HG 4538 A1 D5 (Latest-RD; Others-ST)
DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES.
HG 4907 D54 (Latest-RD; Others-ST)
HOOVER'S ONLINE International Company 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.
COMPANY FINANCIALS
BLOOMBERG. [Recent and historical financial data and news on companies, stocks, bonds, indices etc.] (ON)
BANKSCOPE. [Directory and financial reporting service on 11,000 world banks; includes ratings from Moody's, S&P and Fitch.]
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 on the Business Tab.
THOMSON RESEARCH. Page images of International company reports and other financial filings.
ZEPHYR. [M&A activity, IPOs, joint ventures and private equity deals with links to detailed financial company information.]
COUNTRY INFORMATION
BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL. Information on global emerging markets.
BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (EBSCO). Includes EIU Country Reports and Profiles for 65 countries. Search by Country. Then select Country Reports.
MARKET RESEARCH LIBRARY Export.gov. Country and Industry Reports.
EIU COUNTRY COMMERCE.
Economist Intelligence Unit. [Investing, licensing and trading. Covers 60 countries.]
ISI EMERGING MARKETS. [News, financial, economic, company and industry information in English and 15 additional languages from 35 worldwide emerging markets.]
ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INFORMATION SERVICE
LANIC. LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER.
www.lanic.utexas.edu
MAC. MARKET ACCESS AND COMPLIANCE. ITA.
www.mac.doc.gov
MBENDI--INFORMATION FOR AFRICA.
www.mbendi.co.za/
THE HANDBOOK OF COUNTRY RISK.
HD 61 R545 (Latest-RD; Others-RS)
UNSTATS. [Time series statistical information for countries.]
WORLD FACTBOOK CIA.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
(Also print:) G 122 U56a (Latest-RS; Others-ST)
Doing Business In... World Bank. Reports on doing business in various countries.
INDUSTRY INFORMATION
See Lippincott's Industry Studies Research Guide for key resources for industry overviews and market research.
ECONOMIC and TRADE DATA
CEIC. Detailed regional statistics by Country. Focus on Asia-Pacific.
DATASTREAM. [Comprehensive international economic and financial time series data.] (ON)
EMERGING STOCK MARKETS FACTBOOK.
HG 5993 E447 (Latest-RD; Others-PC)
FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS. U.S. Census Bureau.
www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE. [World Bank--World debt tables.]
HG 4517 I594 (Latest-RD; Others-RS)
GLOBAL INSIGHTS. Comprehensive economic coverage of countries, regions and industries.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS. World Trade Organization.
HF 1721 W676 (RS; Also Web:)
Click on Resources-> Statistics
STAT-USA / INTERNET. National Trade Databank. U.S. Department of Commerce. [Contains numerous files of trade-related information.]
UNIDO INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS. [Time series country data arranged by 3- and 4-digit-level ISIC code.] (CD)
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS. [World Bank statistical survey of world development.]
(CD; Also in print: HC 59.15 W656 (Latest-RD; Others-ST))
SELECTED SERIALS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS. IMF.
HG 3891 I563 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Some data on the Web:) www.imf.org/external/pubind.html
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT INVESTMENT STATISTICS YEARBOOK. OECD.
HG 5430.5 A2 I584 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Also online in:) SOURCEOECD.
PRICES AND EARNINGS AROUND THE GLOBE.
HD 6977 P753 (Latest-RD; Others-RS; 2000 ed. on the Web:) www.ubs.com Click on Search (at top), type: an international comparison
WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK/IMD.
HF 1414 W672 (Latest-RD; Others-RS; Some data on the Web:) www.imd.ch/wcy
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT. World Bank.
HC 59.7 W659 (Latest-RD; Others-ST; Also Web:) www.worldbank.org/wdr
WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. IMF.
HC 59 W65 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Also Web:) www.imf.org/external/pubind.html
WORLD EMPLOYMENT REPORT. International Labour Organisation.
HD 5701 W57 (Latest-RS; Others-ST)
WORLD TRADE ANNUAL. UN.
HF 53 W6 (Latest 5 yrs.-RS; Others-ST)
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. ANNUAL REPORT.
HF 1721 W675 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Also Web:) www.wto.org
Click on The WTO-> Annual Reports
WORLDWIDE TOTAL RENUMERATION. Towers Perrin.
www.towers.com
Click on More Publications-> 2001-2002 Worldwide Total Renumeration
YEARBOOK OF LABOUR STATISTICS. ILO.
HD 4826 I63 (Latest-RS; Others-ST; Selected tables on the Web:) http://laborsta.ilo.org
Note: See also LIPPINCOTT'S INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS RESEARCH GUIDE.
RELATED LIPPINCOTT RESEARCH GUIDES:
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