International Business

Full text coverage of trade and academic journals covering all business disciplines, including marketing, management, accounting, finance, and economics. Also includes industry and company profiles and SWOT analyses, country economic data and market research.

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Marketline Advantage provides quality information on industries, countries and companies and is updated daily. It has interactive reports and databases and is ideal for understanding companies and sectors.

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Access to subscribed journals and eBooks published by Emerald. Subject coverage: business, management, marketing, retailing, economics, education, engineering and library and information science.

Filings Expert provides access to over 14 million global company filings. Available information includes annual reports; investor presentations, press releases and SEC filings.

Market research data that analysts at Euromonitor have collated including consumer lifestyle reports, future demographics, country profiles, updates on consumer and industry trends, company information, market sizes and economic indicators. Passport covers more than 200 countries and regions, with a global outlook.

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ABI/INFORM Collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business, and economics periodicals such as The Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.

Index and abstracts for health, social services, psychology, criminology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. Currently contains over 312,000 records from 650 journals in 16 different countries, including the UK and US. Coverage is from 1987 onwards. Updated monthly, with more than 1,500 records added per update.

Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from these sources: Hoover's Company Profiles - covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more; OxResearch - succinct articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance; US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports - covering global industries in depth; and Snapshots - market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EEMCS) is an online platform of case studies covering a variety of business related subjects.
These case studies offer practical insights into “real world” situations giving students a chance to discuss the business problems and enhance their critical thinking.The studies are peer-reviewed and focus on business decision making and management development throughout global emerging markets.

Guides to the history, politics, and economic background of countries from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Information provided on international companies seeking to procure British products and services.

Guides to doing business in different countries, from the Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT). The guides are "designed to advise and assist UK companies when looking to trade with and invest in opportunity-rich overseas markets".

Information for companies exporting from the EU to international markets. Includes statistics and information on duties and tariffs, import procedures, trade barriers and other issues and regulations. Free database.

Official UK Government website providing travel advice by country. Free site.

International business web portal created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University. The Global Insights tab provides international business and trade information on over 200 countries, the 50 U.S. states, as well as nearly two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world’s trade blocs. The Tools and Data tab includes the Market Potential Index, which allows comparison of emerging markets.

Reports and publications from the International Monetary Fund. Arranged alphabetically by country. Free site.

The Index covers 10 freedoms – from property rights to entrepreneurship – in 186 countries.

Website allowing you to compare country statistical data taken from numerous sources. Provided by Rapid Intelligence (an Australian web technology company). Free site.

UK Government supported free, online site for UK companies looking to grow internationally.

The department promotes and finances international trade and investment, and champions free trade. The website provides news and updates on international trade from the British government.

The UK Government Department for International Trade's (DIT) exporting country guides.

United Nations statistical profiles of countries. Includes summary statistics, economic indicators, social indicators, environment, and trade profiles.

Country and regional data from the World Bank. Listed alphabetically by country. Free site.

Broad overviews of countries, briefly describing geography, people, government, economy, communications, transport, military, and transnational issues. Includes images of national flags and reference maps of continents and regions. Country profiles include both written and statistical data.