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The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. And an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.--Winston Churchill

To locate books and other cataloged materials see: STERLING CATALOG

Doing Business

doingbusiness.org The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The Doing Business database provides provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 175 countries.
The Doing Business Gender Law Library
Doing Business in International Markets--Coordinate trade and investment matters in support of U.S. firms doing business overseas.

Country Reports in full text, --International Monetary Fund-- economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Country Commercial Guides Access via STAT-USA/Internet R, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government.

Country Information (International Trade Administration) http://www.trade.gov/td/tic/
Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rpts/eptp/. See Also STAT-USA/Internet R, GLOBUS & NTDB ( U.S. Department of State. Published from 1993-2001,they provided a single, comparative analysis of the economic policies and trade practices of countries with which the United States had significant economic or trade relations
Country Studies/Area Handbooks (Library of Congress) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
Countries and Regions (US Dept of State). http://www.state.gov/countries/. -- Provides a wider range of information on business and travel, countries and regions and international business.
Economist.com Country Briefings News, statistics, country profiles and forecasts.
National Trade Estimate Reports on Foreign Trade Barriers (United States Trade Representative--surveys significant foreign barriers to U.S. exports. Via STAT-USA/Internet R , Select GLOBUS & NTDB
OECD Economic Surveys Via ABI/Inform Global R
WorldWorld.Com

Industry Information

A model for Industry Analysis (Porter's model five forces)
Foreign Labor Trends, Via STAT-USA/Internet R , GLOBUS & NTDB
Factiva (formerly Dow Jones Interactive) [No proxy service for remote access; user must be on campus network proper] R
–News from business newspapers, and magazines, press releases and trade journal articles
Industry Sector Analysis Reports Via STAT-USA/Internet R , GLOBUS & NTDB
Lexis-Nexis Universe R Select “Reference” from the menu and click Country Profiles for concise facts & statistics about countries other national entities;
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage R Select Click on Industries and select"Global Industries Surveys"
US International Trade Commission-- The Commission has five major operations that serve its external customers:
Global Industry Classification Standard standardized classification system for equities developed jointly by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and Standard & Poor's. The GICS methodology is used by the MSCI indexes, which include domestic and international stocks, as well as by a large portion of the professional

Companies

Suppliers

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ABI/Inform Global R Search EIU ViewsWire
Country Risk.com
EIU ViewsWire via ABI/Inform Global R
Factiva (formerly Dow Jones Interactive) [No proxy service for remote access; user must be on campus network proper] R Click "Source" button and select Economist Intelligence Unit - Risk Briefing
Lexis-Nexis Universe R --Select Business; click Country Profile; Select country, source, etc Select The PRS Group/Political Risk Services/or Report as source, click search.

Doing Business in International Markets--Coordinate trade and investment matters in support of U.S. firms doing business overseas.
The Doing Business Gender Law Library
Foreign Government Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)
International Documents ( NorthWestern University )-- official government websites providing access to government documents of countries throughout the world.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER ) Select "Data" Click NBER Collection and scroll down to "international Trade Data"

Search Engines/Portals

Colossus -- International Directory of search engines. Explore 324 countries and territories.
Country Profiles
globleEDGE--free registration-- international business research desk
Global Gateway Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) from the Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management
Portals to the World ( Library of Congress)
IPL Internet Public Library --IPL began in a graduate seminar in the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan in the Winter 1995 semester. It is organized by broad subjects—select “business” and click on “international business” to access international business information
Planet Business gateway between Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania
Virtual International Business and Economic Sources (VIBES) provides over 3,000 links to Internet sources of international business and economic information that are in English and available free of charge.

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