Business Resources Overview: International Business

OECD's twice-yearly analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. Each report covers multiple countries.

Browse to your country data which will be in spreadsheets. Report list that appears will be oldest so resort by Document Title (descending) using filter on the left.

Micro-news from countries via the EIU. Updated 9/26/23. If link does not work go to ProQuest and search for pub(eiu viewswire)

Includes economic structure, economic indicators and news from EIU for various countries. Updated 9/26/23.

Includes Political Structure info and news about country politics. Updated 9/26/23

Free from the U.S. government. Each report is designed to help business people understand the basics of doing business in other countries.

DISCONITUED 2021 due to questions about their methodology. The World Bank's reference tool for comparing the cost of doing business in countries around the world.

SEARCH for doing business in to pull up reports. The international law firm Baker & McKenzie has free guides to the legal aspects of doing business in various countries.

"International Property Rights Index (IPRI), which measures the intellectual and physical property rights of 131 nations from around the world." Free web source.

Free knowledge web-portal connecting international business professionals to information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.

Includes Competitiveness Pillars information.

"The U.S. Department of State leads America’s foreign policy through diplomacy, advocacy, and assistance." The site contains country fact sheets which might be helpful in Global Business projects among other information.

Browse by issue date.

Latest available articles from the magazine edition published each week. Will not include all content a personal subscription contains.

International industry reports. Not all industries in all countries covered. Browse or search for ti(insert country name) If link is broken go to ProQuest and run this search pub(Fitch Solutions Country Industry Reports).

Free from the accounting firm Deloitte.

A free community built resource for cross-cultural etiquette and understanding.

"Insights into national and organisational culture." Free. Library does not provide premium access.

If the link does not work, click on the ProQuest logo after you get the error screen and run this search after you are in ProQuest: pb(fitch) AND ti(risk)

In search bar AND ti(insert country name) to the search... don't forget to insert the country name! Not all countries have reports. Formerly BMI Risk Reports. If the link does not work go into the ProQuest database and search for pb(fitch) AND ti(country risk)

From IMF site: "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 190 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world."

News, data and IMF documents.

"The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas."

Free resource. The International Trade Centre’s Investment Map database collects yearly Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) statistics for about 200 countries and detailed FDI sectoral and/or country breakdown for about 115 countries. The Investment Map helps Investment Promotion Agencies identify priority sectors and competing countries for foreign investments, as well as existing and potential foreign investors. It also helps companies identify potential locations for investment abroad.

US Government resource for competing in the global marketplace.