Global Business Management: Blundell: Globalization & Country Profiles
Databases - Country Profiles
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch articles from popular, scholarly, and trade publications. Subjects covered include management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. Coverage: 1886 to present.
- Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowSearch company data for U.S. and International public and private companies, including company financials, SEC filings (US only), current and historical annual reports, stock information, and executive information. It also has company history, competitors, company ownership (i.e. institutional holdings, insiders, etc.), corporate calendar, company news, industry profiles, and country profiles.
- OCED iLibraryIncludes all publications of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Results can be sorted by subject, country, or both.
Websites - Country Profiles
- BBC Country ProfilesFull profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
- CIA World FactbookProvides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for more than 265 world entities.
- globalEDGEFunded in part by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE delivers a comprehensive research tool for academics, students and businesspeople. Connect with over 47,000 people using the gE Network while tapping into a directory of over 5000 quality resources. globalEDGE provides tools and resources to efficiently research nearly any international business question you may have.
- Doing Business (World Bank Group)The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 189 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.
- The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 assesses the
competitiveness landscape of 140 economies, providing insight
into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity.
The Report series remains the most comprehensive assessment
of national competitiveness worldwide. - ITC Country ProfilesUse the right hand tab labelled "Countries / Territories" on the homepage of the International Trace Centre to search for countries and regions of the world. Use the tabs on each country's profile to explore information on trade performance, strategy, and policy, as well as additional resources
Online Books - Country Profiles
Sources on Globalization
- IMF World Economic OutlookExplore the International Monetary Fund's biannual survey on global economic trends and changes. Review a quick summary or the full reports.
- IMF Regional Economic OutlookSimiliar to the IMF World Economic Outlook, but focuses on countries and regions of the world.