LibGuides: Business: International Business

Databases for International Business Research

Nexis Uni (formally Lexis-Nexis) is a great tool to use for company research. Use it to find information on U.S. and international companies including company dossiers as well as and newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles.

Check out additional general and Business-related databases on the Business LibGuides Home page (left-hand column).

CountryWatch This link opens in a new window
CountryWatch provides country-specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 194 independent and sovereign states of the world. Select a country from the menu at left of the main page to access up-to-date news and information about that country.
ProQuest Databases This link opens in a new window
Access to peer-reviewed academic business research, trade journals, and conference proceedings.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is a statistics portal integrating over 80,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 18,000 sources onto a single platform. Categorized into over 21 market sectors, Statista provides access to relevant and quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. Sources of information include market researchers, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. Data sources include market research reports, such as the Ipsos Affluent Survey published annually by Ipsos Media, Simmons National Consumer Studies and Consumer Insights from Scarborough Research, as well as trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

International Markets

Top Market Series
Published by the U.S. International Trade Association. Top Markets Series is meant to help exporters determine their next export market by comparing opportunities across borders. Each report ranks future export opportunities within a particular industry based on a sector-specific methodology.
Market Potential Index (MPI) for Emerging Markets.
By University of Michigan. "The purpose of this study is to rank, with a U.S. focus, the market potential of the largest economies and to provide guidance to the U.S. companies that plan to expand their markets internationally."
US Commercial Service Market Research Library
International market research and country commercial guides available from the US Government. Registration is required for academic users.
USA Trade Online
Manufacturers and other businesses wishing to expand their business globally can utilize USA Trade Online to identify new markets, evaluate existing markets, and perform other market research tasks. The data available through this tool can also support economists in interpreting economic news and performing academic research, as well assist governments and federal agencies in analyzing domestic and international trade policies.

Country Profiles

World Fact Book
"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."
BBC News. World Edition: Country Profiles
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
FITA.org. The Federation of International Trade Associations
The FITA Global Trade Portal, is the source for international import export trade leads, events, and links to 8,000 international trade (export import) related Websites.
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets.
Published by the U.S. State Department.
Doing Business In...
Published by the World Bank.
GlobalEdge
University of Michigan's site for Global information and links.
OECD
Country socioeconomic and statistical data as well as special reports that vary by country.
PKF Doing Business in
Links to country reports: Russia, Austria, Taiwan, Chile, China , Ecuador, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland, Switzerland, UK, U.S., Jordan, Malaysia, Oman, Belgium, Hungary, Australia, Isle of Man, Malta, Uruguay, Germany, New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Morocco, Singapore, South Korea
World Economic Forum - Country and Regional Reports
Search for country reports under Regions (left side of page). The World Competitiveness, Risk Report and Information Technologies reports are among the popular publications that are also available on this site.

Political Situations

Coface Country Risk Analyses.
Global Terrorism Index. Institute for Economics & Peace.
GTD. Global Terrorism Database. University of Maryland.

Economic Indicators

Country Comparator.
Compare countries across a variety of economic indicators including GDP, inflation and exports.

Country Culture & Social Conditions

Hofstede Centre Country culture information and comparisons.
World Happiness Report "The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The World Happiness Report 2018, which ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, and 117 countries by the happiness of their immigrants..."
Human Development Index. United Nations Development Programme
World Development Indicators "The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates."
Cultural Atlas This resource simply provides general guidelines and insight to improve cross-cultural understanding.

Regulatory Information for International Business

Doing Business: Measuring Business Regulations. World Bank publications. "The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational level."
Country Commercial Guides. Market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries prepared by trade and industry experts at U.S. embassies worldwide.
Business Laws and Regulations. The Doing Business law library is the largest free online collection of business laws and regulations.
Basic Guide to Exporting "an overview of the fundamentals in exporting, designed for small to medium sized companies who are considering finding new market segments overseas."

Cleary University Library

Business: International Business