Business: International Research
Subject terms in the Library Catalog or the Circuit
Business etiquette -- [Country name]
Business travel
Corporate culture
-- [Country name]
Exports --
[Country name]
Investments, Foreign -- [Country name]
[Country name] --
Commerce
International business enterprises -- [Country name]
Country Studies and Reports and Data
Doing Business:
Benchmarking Business Regulations (World Bank)
Compare and calculate business potentials in over 175
countries. Topics cover all aspects of starting and
operating businesses in the selected countries.
Includes business law library in home language. Yearly
World Bank Doing Business In reports available for download.
Business Monitor Online -- CSUSM access only
Business reports and news for global emerging markets for countries and major industries. Data and analysis for macroeconomic, forecast, and business operating environmentsCountry Commerical Guides by Country
Accessible through Globus section of Stat-USA database (U.S. Dept. of Commerce), These guides provide information on doing business in over 200 countries. Topics include political and economic environment, selling and trade regulations, investment climate and business financing as well as contacts and market research. Update regularly.Countrywatch.com (limited to Cal State San Marcos)
Profiles for all countries addressing political, business, economic aspects.Craighead's international business, travel, and relocation guide to 90 countries.
REF HF5549.5.E45 C73 2004 2 vol.
Business and relocation and information on top 90 trading countries.Europa (The European Union Online)
Find news, activities, official documents and information sources including statistics.EUROPAGES
Described as a business-to-business directory for European business establishments. Search by product, service, company name, the directory returns company name, address, email, and maps and catalogs.Foreign Governments on the Web / University of Michigan Documents Center
Lists foreign government web sites, background, laws, news and statistics. Immigration laws, labor laws, and links to Doing Business In foreign countries.Global Development Finance / World Bank.
Global Economic Prospects / World Bank.
These two flagship publications from the World Bank serve to track, record and forecast financial capital and economic forces for emerging countries.International Country Statistics on the Web
http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm
Lists statistical agencies for each country. Through a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Web Site.Penn World Table:
http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php
Alan Heston, Robert Summers and Bettina Aten, Penn World Table Version 6.1, Center for International Comparisons at the University of Pennsylvania (CICUP), October 2002.
Find GDP comparisons for countries worldwide time series 1950- present in a downloadable table.OECD Statistics Portal
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development statistics arranged by topic and member country. Some topics are globalisation, Information and Communication Technology, Labor, Purchasing power.Portals to the World
Links to in depth, authoritative country information selected by subject specialist librarians from the Library of Congress. Links include: Business, Commerce and Economy, Government Politics and Law, Media and Communication and many others.
Library Catalog:
Business etiquette -- [Country name]
Business travel
Corporate culture -- [Country name]Country Commerical Guides by Country
Accessible through Globus section of Stat-USA database (U.S. Dept. of Commerce), These guides provide information on doing business in over 200 countries. Topics include political and economic environment, selling and trade regulations, investment climate and business financing as well as contacts and market research. Update regularly.CulturGrams
Craighead's international business, travel, and relocation guide to 90 countries.
REF HF5549.5.E45 C73 2004 2 vol.
Business and relocation and information on top 90 trading countries.Worldwide Etiquette Wikipedia
Contains Etiquette norms, manners, cultural differences,Sections link to Etiquette and language, Etiquette and society, and Etiquette by World Wide Regions. Nice recommended reading and links to additional resources.
International Company and Industry Reports
Factiva
Covers news and business information, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus more than 8,000 other sources providing current news.Mergent Online
Type in company name, after entering database. Industry tabs by global region.
Lexis Nexis Academic
Business / Company Financial / International Company Reports
Corporate Information
Interactive web forms guide you in researching a company, a country, and industry, and currency rates.Directory of United States Importers. REF HF3012 .D54 2005
Published by Commonwealth Business Media and PIERS. The directory is arranged by company name, product (name and SIC), state, trade commissions, embassy and consulate, foreign trade zones, ports, and financial services.Directory of United States Exporters REF HF 3011 .D63 2005
Published by Commonwealth Business Media and PIERS. The directory is arranged by company name, product (name and SIC), state, trade commissions, embassy and consulate, foreign trade zones, ports, and financial services.Export.gov
International trade assistance and links to federal agencies with exporting resourcesImport Spotlight
U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Import and Export information.Kompass
http://www3.kompass.com/kinl/en/
International directory of import/export companies with short company descriptions, contact information, and products and services. Some with web links to company sites.Port of Entry--San Diego
Port of San Diego, including Airport/Seaport, and Palomar Airport.
List of brokers with contact, and service hours
Forms for import export operationsRAND California
Economic, political and statistical information about California. Find import and export statistics by port and commodity.San Diego World Trade Center
The SDWTC is an international business service organization licensed by the World Trade Center Association in New York. Members and clients of the SDWTC are primarily small, medium sized businesses or organizations committed to world trade.Stat-USA
Globus and NTDB: International trade data and international commercial opportunities. National Trade Data Bank listing of individual titles / courtesy of University of Minnesota LibrariesUN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade)
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/
Provides export/import data on commodities between two countries. Search by commodity name or harmonized codes.USA TradeOnline
http://208.243.58.31/wds/
Import / Export commodity data between US and other countries. Search by commodity, commodity ranking, and times series.USDA (United States. Dept. of Agriculture) Transportation and Marketing
http://www.ams.usda.gov/tmd/
Agricultural Marketing and Transportation, and regulation of organic labeling. Includes time and cost of commodities shipped to foreign ports.U.S. Department of State
The Business Center web site has resources to help U.S. business in foreign countries. The Countries and Regions web site has country background reports. Embassy listings for each country include resources on doing business in that country including Country Commercial Guides.
