Business & Economics Library: Your Ultimate Database

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SourceOECD Furnishes statistics, papers, and selected special reports on the member countries of OECD; covers various aspects of economies including education, economy, infrastructure, and trade.

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Corporate Affiliations Provides information on nearly 200,000 prominent corporations, including both pubic and private businesses throughout the world. Company records include data about corporate linkage, business descriptions, and current financial data.

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World Development Indicators (WDI) Online WDI Online offers the World Bank's comprehensive database on development data, covering 593 indicators, 208 economies, and 18 regional and income groups. The extensive collection of development data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators for more than forty years (1960 to 2003, where data available). The data can be downloaded into spreadsheets

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Investext  Contains investment research reports on global companies and industries. Nearly 4,000 new reports are added each business day. The three main coverage areas of research include: companies, industries, and world's regional economies. Detailed and timely financial analysis of global companies and strategy recommendations for investors.

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EIU Country Intelligence The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) provides quarterly analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in more than 180 countries. Included in each country report is a detailed review and analysis of political and economic events, a compilation of the latest economic indicators as well as a 12-24 month political outlook and economic projection. Annual Country Profiles include statistical tables covering five years of the main macroeconomic indicators. Risk Ratings Review offers country risk ratings based on political, economic, and social policies and practices.

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GLOBUS & National Trade Databank (NTDB) via STAT-USA Contains the full text of trade information, domestic and foreign economic data, import and export statistics, country market research reports, global trade directory and national export directory, compiled by 15 federal agencies. It contains over 150,000 time series, tables, and documents. NTDB is updated regularly. The most useful links for country information are the Country Commercial Guides and International Market Insights.

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ISI Emerging Markets This database supplies daily full-text news articles, financial statements, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information, which are derived directly from local information providers, appear in both English and the local language. The list of markets covered includes: Argentina , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Brazil , Bulgaria , Chile , China , Croatia , Czech Republic , Guatemala , Hong Kong , Hungary , India , Khazakhstan, Kyrgyztan , Mexico , Peru , Poland , Romania , Russia , Singapore , Slovakia , the Philippines , Thailand , Malaysia , Indonesia , Taiwan , South Korea , Turkey , Ukraine , Uzbekistan , Yugoslavia , and Venezuela .

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Euromoney Similar to Business Week, but with an international focus, Euromoney is a financial magazine that covers companies and economic situations around the world. The Regions and Countries area of the web site is a good place to find recent articles on events and issues in particular countries, but to search there, you must first apply for a user name and password. Each September the magazine publishes a list of the world's countries ranked by level of risk. This list is particularly useful because it identifies and defines key components of risk.

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http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/BISNIS/BISNIS.html "BISNIS is the U.S. Government's primary market information center for U.S. companies exploring export and investment opportunities in Russia and Eurasia. BISNIS provides U.S. companies with the latest market reports and tips on developments, export and investment leads, and strategies for doing business in Russia and Eurasia. Since opening in 1992, BISNIS has facilitated more than $4.0 billion worth of U.S. exports and overseas investments."

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Country Reports On Economic Policy and Trade Practices Issued by the U.S. Department of State. "The reports are intended to provide a single, comparative analysis of the economic policies and trade practices of countries with which the United States has significant economic or trade relationships."

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Doing Business Around the World (Ernst & Young) This web site complements the print resources in the library. It includes corporate tax rates, political conditions, and investment climates.

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Internationalaffairs.com Internationalaffairs.com is a directory of over 12,000 web sites that relate to international relations and global economies. The site maintains links to journals, organizations and government resources that provide information on economic dat a, demographics, governments and maps. This information is provided by topic, region and country

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ABI/INFORM Complete (1971-current) A complete database comprising full-text business periodicals and news sources from ABI /INFORM Global, Dateline, and Trade & Industry. This combination of products, covering different aspects of business information, covers scholarly research, businesses traditions and trends, corporate strategies, management techniques, and competitive and product information.

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EBSCO Business Source Complete (1984-current) Contains 2,804 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. More than 200 of the journals have PDF full text back to 1965 or the first issue published.

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LexisNexis Academic Universe Provides full text and abstracts of articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, wire services, trade journals, etc. Can search for specific industry news on over 25 industries.

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Statistical Universe Provides references to statistical publications issued by federal and state governments, commercial publishers, trade and professional organizations, etc. A good place to start if you need statistical information but don't know where to look.

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International Financial Statistics Yearbook From the International Monetary Fund. A good source for financial statistics of many countries with data starting in 1949. Information given includes exchange rates, international liquidity, bank assets, interest rates, prices, production, imports, and exports. Monthly update available.

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Global Market Information Database Contains demographic, economic, and background marketing statistics for over 200 countries, as well as market and economic forecasts. Also furnishes volume and value market size data for 330 consumer products across 49 countries.

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Index of Economic Freedom Published annually by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank in DC, this source lists country competitiveness ratings such as monetary policy, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, the black market factor, and trade policy.

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Government Finance Statistics Yearbook (Annual) Provides detailed data on revenue, grants, expenditure, lending minus repayments, financing, and debt of central governments, and data on state and local governments. Data presented in local currencies.