Research Guides: International Business
- Country Commercial Guides - These guides are prepared annually by United States embassies together with other government agencies and include information on the economic trends and outlook, political environment, market for U.S products, trade regulations, investment climate, trade financing and travel in the CCG. An appendix containing the country's main economic indicators is also included in the report.
- DoingBusiness - Doing Business is a site prepared by the World Bank which measures regulatory costs of doing business in over 175 countries. There is also information on starting a business; hiring and firing workers; enforcing a contract; getting credit; closing a business; and economy characteristics.
- Ebusiness Forum: Global Business Intelligence for the Digital Age - This database is produced by the Economic Intelligent Unit Economist Group and provides information about multinational business. it includes rankings of countries for "e-business readiness" as well as data on the political, economic, and business environment in 180 countries. Free, but registration is required to access the content.
- Economic Commission For Latin America and the Caribbean - This is the web site for the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). It is the public record of its work, including press releases, interviews, speeches, op-ed pieces, and statements of the Secretary-General, as well as PDF versions of nearly all its publications in both English and Spanish. Some of the publications available at this site include the Statistical Yearbook, Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, Foreign Investment in Latin America, and the Caribbean, Social Panorama of Latin America.
- The Forbes International 500 - Forbes magazine has released its 2001 list of the top ranking international companies. Companies can be searched by name, country, or industry type. Company listings contain contact information and website addresses, and of course, the numbers: basic revenue, assets, market value, and stock price and earnings information.
- Global Risk Assessments Research Hotlinks - 65 links to other websites for doing research in the field of international business and economics, including political risk, and also international affairs.
- globalEDGE - This is a web portal created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University. It covers information on 200 countries and provides access to 2,000 international business web sites geared towards the business professional, consumer, teacher, or student. It has a very user friendly arrangement.
- International Monetary Fund - This site contains significant amounts of information about the organization, international monetary cooperation, and member countries. There are links to IMF research and statistics, sections on how the IMF gets and lends its money, as well as monthly and quarterly statistics on IMF financial transactions.
- Trade Data Online - Provides direct access to international trade statistics on Canadian and U.S. imports and exports with other countries. It is possible to obtain trade statistics by SIC numbers, Harmonised System product or commodity codes, and by geographical location. The data is provided by Statistics Canada for Canadian trade data and by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for U.S. trade data.
- WTO/GATT Research - Designed and maintained by a librarian, this web site is an authoritative guide to print, microfiche, and electronic resources on the World Trade Organization and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.