International Business

Doing business in international markets, and business information specific to various countries or geographic regions of the world.

Resources in this category:

Alta Plana: International Economics Gateway
http://www.altaplana.com/gate.html

Long list of links to online sites of interest to economists, including international organizations such as the U.N. International Trade Center and the World Trade Organization, national government pages for several dozen countries and corporate servers with international economic information.

AME Info
http://www.ameinfo.com/

A business directory providing access to 200,000 companies from 14 Middle East countries. Also includes company news and news from selected industries, exhibitions and events, travel guide, country facts and much more.

Asia-Pacific.com!
http://www.asia-pacific.com/

"Asia-Pacific.com! provides timely strategic business information on the Asia Pacific with access to data, experts, news, analysis, and other resources."

The Bank for International Settlements
http://www.bis.org/

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international organization that serves as a bank for central banks. It contains many original resources including economic and monetary statistics and research papers and "forum to promote discussion and policy analysis among central banks and within the international financial community."

Bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/

Bloomberg.com is useful for financial, world, and market news as well as stock quotes, a variety of calculators including currency, mortgage, retirement, lease/buy, 401(k), education cost, and emergency fund.

BNET
http://www.bnet.com/

BNET offers current perspectives on business and human resources issues, business news and stock market information.

Business Daily Review
http://businessdailyreview.com/

Business Daily Review provides brief abstracts and links to business news and analysis articles from magazines and newspaper Web sites.

Business Netiquette International
http://www.bspage.com/1netiq/Netiq.html

An article providing advice on e-mail netiquette between businesses, especially cross-border and cross-culture communications.

Business Wire
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?front...

Business Wire provides "full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, financial professionals, investor services, regulatory authorities and the general public worldwide."

The Clute Institute for Academic Research
http://www.cluteinstitute-onlinejournals.com/

Provides access to both abstracts and full text articles for all the journals published by the Clute Institute for Academic Research. Not all the journals are current and the site is continually being updated. The journals focus on areas such as business and economics as well as teaching.

CNNMoney.com
http://money.cnn.com/

A service of the Cable News Network, Fortune and Money magazines, this site provides world business news, articles about personal finance and retirement, delivers stock quotes and other financial news.

CorporateInformation
http://www.corporateinformation.com/

"Focuses on providing access to Web-based information on companies throughout the world." Searchable by country, company name and industry. Gives recent news and fast facts for each country, links to sources of company information, a list of and definitions of extensions (such as Inc.) found after company names, and research reports for 15,000 companies. Profiles of some companies are also offered in French and Spanish. "A good starting point to find corporate information from around the world."

Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/

"This glossary will eventually attempt to cover all of the terms and concepts from international economics, including both international trade and international finance, at least at the introductory level... The glossary includes definitions, links to definitions, and wherever appropriate links to other sites and documents that may provide additional information."

The Electronic Embassy
http://www.embassy.org/

"The Electronic Embassy links the staffs and resources of the Washington D.C. embassy community to their constituencies in business and industry, education, the press and government." This searchable Web site includes the following sections: "Foreign embassies on the World Wide Web, and comprehensive information from the rest of the Washington D.C. community; International Business Center: Business and trade organizations, and companies providing goods and services of interest in a global marketplace; Help and Reference Center. In addition to cataloging embassy Web and other sites, the Electronic Embassy provides information in the following areas: Press & Culture, Education, Commerce & Trade, Consular, Travel & Tourism, Employment."

ENTERWeb: The Enterprise Development Website
http://www.enterweb.org/

A portal for information on enterprise development, international trade, finance, and economics on a global scale. Also provides business-related information and links on a country-by-country basis, mostly for developing countries and emerging markets.

Euro Data Map
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/euro/eur...

A resource for economic data, such as GDP growth, inflation rate, and budget deficit, of select European countries. "Drag your pointer over the labeled countries on the map to get economic data on each nation, and the status of their participation in monetary union." This site may not work with some browsers, though a text-only version of the information is also available.

U.S. Census Bureau - Foreign Trade Statistics (FTD)
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/

The Foreign Trade Division formulates and develops overall plans and programs for the collection, processing, review, linkage with other economic data, and dissemination of statistical data regarding various aspects of the export and import trade of the United States and foreign trade shipping.

Fairleigh Dickinson University's Global Issues Gateway: issues without borders
http://www.gig.org/

An educational site dedicated to illuminating "the impact of globalization on societies, on institutions, and on the daily lives of people throughout the world," and to providing teachers and students "global learning resources." Provides information about economics, ethics, culture, politics, science, education, and much more, as well as electronic forums and video lectures on these issues.

globalEDGE
http://globaledge.msu.edu/

Provides up-to-date information on most world countries. Also included are learning modules for international business teachers and students, and a blog.

High Commission of India, London
http://hcilondon.in/

Contains a wide variety of information about India and the Indian diaspora, focusing largely on the Indian community in the U.K. Provides links to Indian newspapers and India-related stories in the international media, visa information for visitors, and general reference information. Also contains useful information about doing international business in India.

Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/h_00000.html?OpenDo...

Canada's department of industry site offers resources for businesses and consumers. Program areas include developing industry and technology capability, promoting investment and trade, promoting tourism and small business development, and setting rules and services that support the effective operation of the marketplace.

International Business Center (CIBER) - Michigan State University
http://global.broad.msu.edu/ibc/

Web directory. This Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) gives quick access to leading sources of information on international business, such as globalEDGE, the Academy of International Business (AIB), the Consortium for International Marketing Research (CiMAR), and other CIBERs.

International Chamber of Commerce
http://www.iccwbo.org/

"The International Chamber of Commerce serves world business by promoting trade and investment and the free market system. Founded in 1919, the ICC is a non-governmental organization of thousands of companies and business associations in more than 140 countries. ICC national committees in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific and Africa present ICC views to their governments and alert Paris headquarters to national business concerns." This site provides general information about the ICC, its services, committees, members, and publications.

The International Economics Network
http://www.internationaleconomics.net/

"The International Economics Network is an annotated, selective portal for international economics and related disciplines, which includes daily updated links to research papers, news and commentaries in the field."

The International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that was established to contribute to the growth of the world economy. It contains many original resources including statistics and research papers.

The International Political Economy Network
http://www.indiana.edu/~ipe/ipesection/

The page of the International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association.

ISO - International Organization for Standardization
http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm

Includes the ISO catalog of standards, ISO Technical Committees, ISO member bodies and meeting schedules. An ISO 9000 News Service is provided, along with a section, "What's New at ISO." Also has a list of links to online information from national standards bodies of about 20 countries.

JISC - Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
http://www.jisc.go.jp/eng/index.html

English site for the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), which "establishes and maintains Japanese Industrial Standards" and "develops measurement standards and technical infrastructure for standardization." Covers the industrial standards utilized, the measures used to assess product conformity to these standards, and general information about the JISC.

North American Free Trade Agreement
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/nafta-alena/menu-en.asp

Here you will find the full text of NAFTA, as well as an overview of the agreement and some related documents and information, such as reports, news releases, and speeches. This site is published the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and it is also available in French.

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/

"For more than 40 years, the OECD has been one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics, and economic and social data. As well as collecting data, the OECD monitors trends, analyses and forecasts economic developments and researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade, environment, agriculture, technology, taxation and more. "

Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/

Reuters is a global information company providing information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media, and corporate markets. This website supplies global news – text, graphics, video, and pictures –to media organizations and websites around the world. It also provides news to businesses outside financial services. Users can also find information on stock quotes. (This site may take some time to load, especially on dial-up connections.)

UN Comtrade
http://comtrade.un.org/

More than 140 countries provide annual commodities trade data to the United Nations Statistics Division, which is reported in the website.

VIBES - Virtual International Business and Economic Sources
http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&...

"VIBES emphasizes free Web sites in English and Web sites with some free information. The agencies responsible for Web sites (e.g., governments or publishers) and brief descriptions of contents or directions for accessing information may be listed."

The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/

Official site of the World Bank providing detailed information on the activities of the organization which provides "low-interest loans, interest-free credits and grants to developing countries for an array of purposes. Includes a search tool for Data, research information, news, and much more.