International Business and Management

Course Number:

MGT 352 - International Management

Instructor:

Rodriguez

This guide is designed to get you started with your research for this class. While it is an extensive list of resources, it is not an exhaustive list of sources. If you need more help, please contact your librarian. Click on the headings below to view suggested resources.

Starting Points

LexisNexis Academic

Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS)

ABI/INFORM Complete

Databases

Mergent Online

Mergent Online, source for global business and financial information on over 10,000 U.S. public companies, and 17,000+ non-U.S. public companies, as well as extensive corporate and municipal bond, UIT, and dividend information.

LexisNexis Academic

LexisNexis Academic is a web-based service that covers general, regional and international news, company news and financial information, legal information (including law reviews, case law and legal rulings), and other topics such as biographical information. Includes a large collection of news sources from other countries.

ScienceDirect

Offers access to most of the Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science and tourism.

Public Affairs Information Services (PAIS)

PAIS International includes publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition to English, some of the indexed materials are published in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

World Development Indicators Online

World Development Indicators Online, published by the World Bank, is a comprehensive database of development information covering more than 575 indicators, 225 countries, and 18 regional and income groups. The extensive collection includes data on population, income, social, economic, financial, natural resources and environmental indicators from 1960 onwards.

ProQuest Asian Business and Reference

Provides detailed information on companies, economies, markets, and overall business conditions throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, including Asian business and financial information from key international publications.

ProQuest European Business

This database contains the latest European business and financial information. Includes resources such as The Economist, Fortune and European Business Journal.

ProQuest Political Science

This database features research journals in the applied and general sciences. Covers more than 1600 titles, with more than 1270 available in full text (including charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements). Part of ProQuest Central.

ProQuest Snapshots

This database offers international market research overviews focusing on more than 40 industries in over 40 countries worldwide, including regional summaries. It's a unique source for market research data, offering worldwide market data for a broad range of industries and regions. It provides market size, share, forecasts and segments.

Using the Library Catalog

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Books & Library Materials

CultureGrams

Statesman's Year Book

World Trade Almanac

World Fact Book

International Business: Strategy and the Multinational Company

International Business: The Challenge of Global Competition

International Business Research

Websites

Export.gov

Provides access to a wide variety of country, market and industry information resources.

Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions

International Trade Administration

Provides country information, an tariff and tax information, export resources and industry information.

Tariff and Trade Dataweb

Contains export prospects and market information for various countries and regions.

Background Notes

Country reports from the U.S. State Department.

Economist Country Briefings

Includes profiles for 60 countries including economic forecasts and political climates.

BBC News Country Profiles

Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.

Google U.S. Government Search

Use Google Uncle Sam to locate country information from U.S. Government sources.

International Business Etiquette and Manners

Business Travel Etiquette

Federation of International Trade Associations

See their Really Useful Sites for International Trade Professionals along with resources for country, legal, language, international markets and business directories.

Trade Compliance Center

Search trade agreements.

Country Studies/Area Handbooks

The Country Studies collection presents descriptions and analysis of the "historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of counties throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors." The original series was designed to provide information on lesser known areas of the world. As a result the series is not all-inclusive. Over 100 countries are covered but Canada, France, the United Kingdom, other Western nations, and a number of African nations are not covered.

Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

This site provides links to principle U.S. federal statistical agencies as well as the statistical agencies of most foreign countries. (A word of caution: detailed data on some country web sites is available only in the language native to that country).

Foreign Trade Statistics

From U.S. Census Bureau

NationMaster.com

NationMaster is a massive central data source and provides a way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster compiles data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. This web site allows the user to generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics. Note the countries tab but main page is also interesting.

Countries of the World

Each country profile provides information on topics such as geography, history, government, economy, ethnicity/race, and literacy. A map of each country is also provided.

International Trade and Market Access Data - World Trade organization

The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible. The WTO's databases and publications provide extensive access to trade and tariff data.

United Nations Statistical Yearbook

The main purpose of the Statistical Yearbook is to provide in a single volume a comprehensive compilation of internationally available statistics on social and economic conditions and activities, at world, regional and national levels, covering a ten-year period to the extent possible.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the primary source for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.

OECD Economic Surveys

ECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data.

Citation, Writing & Presentation Resources

Citation Guides:

Citing Sources Using MLA

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International Business and Management

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