Business & Economics Research Guide: International Business
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.
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Business Source Complete [EBSCO] Business Source Complete has country reports from several sources, including the Economist Intelligence Unit, Business Monitor, the US State Department, and the OECD.
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Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis) Search Lexis-Nexis for reports and newspaper articles about a country.
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The Observatory of Economic Complexity (MIT)Visual database of countries and the products they import/export. Search by country or product . Includes rankings based on Economic Economic Complexity Index and Product Complexity Index.
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.
Trade & Regulatory Information
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Business Source Complete [EBSCO] Use Business Source Complete to find articles relating to your country as well as country reports. Many of the country reports will cover regulations.
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: (IHS Global Insight) Country reports, including econmic risk, forcast and growth.
- Country Inteligence: (IHS Global Insight): Includes economic growth, consumer demands, monetary policy, external trade partners, and more.
- Country Profile: (Marketline) Includes overview of political, economics, technological, and legal landscape
- Business Monitor International publications: the "Monitor" publications: Asia Monitor, Latin America Monitor, Emerging Markets Monitor, etc.)
- Background Notes: (US State Dept publications)
- Country Review: Each Country Review covers geographical, political, economic, corporate, and environmental information; includes a segment on investment climate.
- Some OECD: publications from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Political Risk Yearbook
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Business Source Complete: Business Search InterfaceIndex of countries listed in Business Source Complete. Search for a country to see what types of reports are available.
International Industry Information
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Business Source Complete [EBSCO] Business Source Complete contains different types of international industry profiles and reports: Industry Profiles; Global Trade Perspectives; and Market Data at a Glance.
Regional News & Current Events
This is a short video (less than 5 min) on how to use LexisNexis Academic to find newspaper articles. Video will open in a separate window
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Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis) Lexis-Nexis provides extensive US and international newspaper coverage.
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Global Newsstream [ProQuest] ProQuest Newspapers includes news from major US newspapers including the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and and the Wall Street Journal.
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