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- APA 7th Edition Citation for Business Sources Alphabetized list of citations for business resources in APA style (7th edition).
Country Reports: Business Source Complete
Country reports available in Business Source Complete. (Not all reports are available for all countries)
- Country Profile: (Marketline) Includes overview of political, economics, technological, and legal landscape
- Country Review: (CountryWatch) Each Country Review covers geographical, political, economic, corporate, and environmental information; includes a segment on investment climate.
- 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.
- Business Monitor International publications: the "Monitor" publications: Asia Monitor, Latin America Monitor, Emerging Markets Monitor, etc.)
- Background Notes: (US State Dept publications)
- Some OECD: publications from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Political Risk Yearbook
Emerging Market Information
- Market Potential Index (MPI) for Emerging Markets (GlobalEDGE) Ranks the market potential of countries identified as emerging market by The Economist. Put together by MSU's International Business Center. It focuses on eight dimensions (market size, market growth rates, market consumption, market intensity, commercial infrastructure, economic freedom, market receptivity, and country risk)
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.
- 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.
- Global Edge Global Edge provides extensive information on countries and regions, including country information, industry, and trade. The Resource Desk is a good starting point for general country information. Country Insights offers some general history and background gleaned from the CIA World Factbook and the US State Dept.'s Background Notes as well as allowing you to compare and rank countries by various factors. Maintained by Michigan State University.
- Background Notes Created US State Department, Background Notes has a section relating to the politics and government of a country.
- World Factbook The CIA World Factbook provides a country summaries that include demographics, location, telecommunications capacity, government, industry, military capability, and more.
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.
- International Trade and Balance of Payments (OECD) Includes: balance of payments, international trade in goods, international trade in services, international trade indicators, commercial interest reference rates (CIRRs), and differentiated discount rates.
- Database of International Business Statistics (DIBS) from GlobalEdge Developed by MSU's Global Edge. DIBS provides statistics by countries on tipics like: agrictulure, economy, education, health, labor and more. DIBs is free to academics, researchers, and faculty. Requires a free account created with .edu email. To access DIBS you must give justification for use (I am an international business student at WWU).
- UNdata UNdata contains data on agriculture, crime, education, employment, energy, environment, health, HIV/AIDS, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, tourism, and trade. Maintained by the United Nations.
- World Bank The World Bank provides country profiles and economic indicators for more than 200 countries. Indicators cover everything from economics to education to social development.
- World Bank Data Catalog A list of data sources from the World Bank. Includes World Development Indicators, Global Development Finance, and the Global Economic Monitor. Also has statistics on education, gender, debt, and development.
- Market Potential Index (MPI) for Emerging Markets (GlobalEDGE) Ranks the market potential of countries identified as emerging market by The Economist. Put together by MSU's International Business Center. It focuses on eight dimensions (market size, market growth rates, market consumption, market intensity, commercial infrastructure, economic freedom, market receptivity, and country risk)
- AGAO (African Growth and Opportunities Act) AGOA is a US Trade Act that enhances US market access to more than 40 sub-Saharan countries. Includes trade profiles, trade statistics, and trade resources.
Regional News & Current Events
- Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis-Nexis)A database of publications in reference, business, medicine and law. Includes newspapers, legal cases, law reviews, and company profiles.
- 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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