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Business & Economics Research Guide

General resources and research tips for business research.

Country Reports: Business Source Complete

This is a list of country reports available in Business Source Complete. Different reports will be available depending on multiple factors. Example: An emerging economy won't have as many in-depth reports as an established economy.

  • Country Monitor: (Standard & Poor's Global) Country reports, including political info and risk, economic risk, forecast and growth (including balance of payments). 
  • Country Profile (PEST Insights): (Marketline) Includes overview of political, economics, social and technological (PEST) landscape
  • Business Monitor International publications: the "Monitor" publications include: Asia Monitor, Africa Monitor, Central American Monitor, Latin America Monitor, Emerging Markets Monitor, etc.). Each issue focuses on different countries and regions. 
  • Country Watch (Country Review): Each Country Review covers geographical, political, economic, corporate, and environmental information; includes a segment on investment climate. Reports contain pages of statistics that may not be useful or relevant. 
  • Political Risk Yearbook: Business and investment forecasts, regional comparisons, geopolitical and economic analysis, and country risk

International Industry Information

Political & Economic Information

These resources can be used for political and economic information as well as general country information.  Remember, you need to relate this to your firm and to foreign investment.

Trade & Regulatory Information

Statistics & Financial Information

Use the sources below to gather statistics and background on your country and region. Fill in the information and get some context for your industry by using the articles and country reports from Business Source Complete and newspaper articles from ProQuest Newspapers.

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