University of Michigan Documents Center:
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/
Governments on the WWW:
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/
FirstGov:
http://www.usa.gov/
Directory of online statistics sources:
http://www.berinsteinresearch.com/stats.htm
USA Statistics in Brief:
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/brief.html
FedStats:
http://www.fedstats.gov/
CIA World Factbook:
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Government Printing Office:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet:
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Bureau of Labor Statistics home page:
http://www.bls.gov/
Florida Electronic Federal Depository Library:
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/
Another American president site:
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/programs/ampres/index.html
Background Notes, U.S. Department of State:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
NationMaster - country statistics portal:
http://www.nationmaster.com/
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web:
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 2006
http://www.census.gov/compendia/smadb/
U.S. Adds 112,000 New Employer Establishments in 2005
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/010192.html
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
International business
GlobalEDGE at Michigan State University:
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
Others:
http://www.nationmaster.com/
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/global500
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intltemID=1717<=1
Country information:
Harvard Business School Library Country Guides
http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#4
Intersource Country Insights from the Centre for Intercultural Learning
http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/country_insights-en.asp?lvl=8
Country Briefings from the Economist
http://www.economist.com/countries/
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Country Analysis Briefs from the Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html
State Department Country Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Export.gov's Country and Industry Market Reports
http://www.export.gov/marketresearch.html
International Monetary Fund Country Information
http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm
International search engine
http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
Annual reports for foreign companies
http://www.carol.co.uk/
http://www.sedar.com/
Individual country websites
World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2006:
http://www02.imd.ch/documents/wcc/content/overallgraph.pdf
Top 100 European companies:
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=17675&hed=Top+100+European+Companies
Europe's work force:
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NS-06-011/EN/KS-NS-06-011-EN.PDF
International labor market comparisons:
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/ressum.pdf
The World's Most Innovative Companies:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06-17/b3981413.htm
International Economic Statistics database:
http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/iesd/
KPMG's guide to international business costs:
http://www.competitivealternatives.com/
U.S. Barriers to Trade and Investment 2005:
http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/doclib/docs/2006/march/tradoc_127632.pdf
Economic survey of Brazil, 2006
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/47/47/37667205.pdf
International Market Research
http://www.buyusainfo.net/
China and India: The reality beyond the hype
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/US_ChinaIndiaReality_Research.pdf
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals
http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/content/23/152/1197/
Competitive alternatives: KPMG's guide to international business costs
http://www.competitivealternatives.com/
Country profiles, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html
South Africa: Macroeconomic challenges after a decade of success
http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Reserch/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP07-021
Economic survey of New Zealand 2007
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/20/38418204.pdf
2007 Economic Developments and Prospects: Job creation in an era of high growth - Middle East and North Africa
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/EDP_2007_REPORT_APRIL13.pdf
Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2006
http://websie.eclac.cl/anuario_estadistico/anuario_2006/eng/index.asp
U.S. Commercial Service - Guides to doing business in other countries:
http://www.buyusainfo.net/
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS21128
Beyond microfinance: Getting capital to small and medium enterprises to fuel faster development
http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb159.htm
The challenge of economic reform in the Arab world: Toward more productive economies
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cmec_1_econ_reform_final.pdf
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007
http://www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/wesp.html
Issues in International Political Economy - The U.S. Midterm Elections and Globalization
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,3594/type,1/
Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Briefs
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/index.html
Informality in LAC – A Barrier to Growth and Social Welfare [Latin America and Caribbean]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21345369~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2007
http://www.unescap.org/survey2007/download/index.asp?q=1
World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007
http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/announcing.cfm?bhcp=1
2007 World-wide quality of living survey
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1173105;jsessionid=C1XLGVEBTMIAQCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUI2C
International Perspectives on Management & Employment: The Global Call Center Report
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globalcallcenter/
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007
http://www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/wesp.html
The Growth of China and India in World Trade: Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2007/08/14/000158349_20070814104424/Rendered/PDF/wps4320.pdf
The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Arab%20World%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm
Nationmaster: World statistics, country comparisons
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
U.S. Department of State Background Notes: Country information
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Zibb: The Global Business Search Engine
http://www.zibb.com/
U.S. Commercial Service : Your Global Business Partner
Market Research Library
http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no
Florida's Global Economic Competitiveness
http://www.eflorida.com/intelligencecenter/reports/Florida_Global_Economic_Competitiveness.pdf
The State of Business and HIV/AIDS 2006: A Baseline Report
http://www.businessfightsaids.org/site/pp.asp?c=gwKXJfNVJtF&b=1716123
Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Briefs
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/index.html
Cultural Awareness and Country Information Resources
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/02/15/resources-of-the-week-cultural-awareness-and-country-information/
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2006. Trends 2007.
http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/8/29528/P29528.xml&xsl=/comercio/tpl-i/p9f.xsl&base=/comercio/tpl/top-bottom.xsl
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
Others:
http://www.nationmaster.com/
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/global500
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intltemID=1717<=1
Country information:
Harvard Business School Library Country Guides
http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#4
Intersource Country Insights from the Centre for Intercultural Learning
http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/country_insights-en.asp?lvl=8
Country Briefings from the Economist
http://www.economist.com/countries/
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Country Analysis Briefs from the Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html
State Department Country Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Export.gov's Country and Industry Market Reports
http://www.export.gov/marketresearch.html
International Monetary Fund Country Information
http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm
International search engine
http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
Annual reports for foreign companies
http://www.carol.co.uk/
http://www.sedar.com/
Individual country websites
World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2006:
http://www02.imd.ch/documents/wcc/content/overallgraph.pdf
Top 100 European companies:
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=17675&hed=Top+100+European+Companies
Europe's work force:
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NS-06-011/EN/KS-NS-06-011-EN.PDF
International labor market comparisons:
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/ressum.pdf
The World's Most Innovative Companies:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06-17/b3981413.htm
International Economic Statistics database:
http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/iesd/
KPMG's guide to international business costs:
http://www.competitivealternatives.com/
U.S. Barriers to Trade and Investment 2005:
http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/doclib/docs/2006/march/tradoc_127632.pdf
Economic survey of Brazil, 2006
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/47/47/37667205.pdf
International Market Research
http://www.buyusainfo.net/
China and India: The reality beyond the hype
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/US_ChinaIndiaReality_Research.pdf
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals
http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/content/23/152/1197/
Competitive alternatives: KPMG's guide to international business costs
http://www.competitivealternatives.com/
Country profiles, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html
South Africa: Macroeconomic challenges after a decade of success
http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Reserch/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP07-021
Economic survey of New Zealand 2007
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/20/38418204.pdf
2007 Economic Developments and Prospects: Job creation in an era of high growth - Middle East and North Africa
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/EDP_2007_REPORT_APRIL13.pdf
Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2006
http://websie.eclac.cl/anuario_estadistico/anuario_2006/eng/index.asp
U.S. Commercial Service - Guides to doing business in other countries:
http://www.buyusainfo.net/
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS21128
Beyond microfinance: Getting capital to small and medium enterprises to fuel faster development
http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb159.htm
The challenge of economic reform in the Arab world: Toward more productive economies
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/cmec_1_econ_reform_final.pdf
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007
http://www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/wesp.html
Issues in International Political Economy - The U.S. Midterm Elections and Globalization
http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,3594/type,1/
Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Briefs
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/index.html
Informality in LAC – A Barrier to Growth and Social Welfare [Latin America and Caribbean]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21345369~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2007
http://www.unescap.org/survey2007/download/index.asp?q=1
World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007
http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/announcing.cfm?bhcp=1
2007 World-wide quality of living survey
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1173105;jsessionid=C1XLGVEBTMIAQCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUI2C
International Perspectives on Management & Employment: The Global Call Center Report
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globalcallcenter/
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007
http://www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/wesp.html
The Growth of China and India in World Trade: Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2007/08/14/000158349_20070814104424/Rendered/PDF/wps4320.pdf
The Arab World Competitiveness Report 2007
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Arab%20World%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm
Nationmaster: World statistics, country comparisons
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
U.S. Department of State Background Notes: Country information
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Zibb: The Global Business Search Engine
http://www.zibb.com/
U.S. Commercial Service : Your Global Business Partner
Market Research Library
http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no
Florida's Global Economic Competitiveness
http://www.eflorida.com/intelligencecenter/reports/Florida_Global_Economic_Competitiveness.pdf
The State of Business and HIV/AIDS 2006: A Baseline Report
http://www.businessfightsaids.org/site/pp.asp?c=gwKXJfNVJtF&b=1716123
Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Briefs
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/index.html
Cultural Awareness and Country Information Resources
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/02/15/resources-of-the-week-cultural-awareness-and-country-information/
Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2006. Trends 2007.
http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/8/29528/P29528.xml&xsl=/comercio/tpl-i/p9f.xsl&base=/comercio/tpl/top-bottom.xsl
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Economic and demographic statistics
Economic indicators:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/browse.html
United Nations Statistics Division:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
Economic survey of the United States 2007: Executive summary
http://www.oecd.org/document/47/0,2340,en_2649_34487_38630639_1_1_1_1,00.html
OECD Factbook 2007 - Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics
http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=29517506/cl=21/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/
2007 World-wide quality of living survey
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1173105;jsessionid=C1XLGVEBTMIAQCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUI2C
The Changing Demographic Profile of the United States
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32701.pdf
Liber8: The Research Library of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/
Bureau of Labor Statistics home page
http://www.bls.gov/
NationMaster: World Statistics, Country Comparisons
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
U.S. Department of State Background Notes: Country information
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Consumer Price Indexes, Sixteen Countries, 1950-2006
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flscpian.txt
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/browse.html
United Nations Statistics Division:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
Economic survey of the United States 2007: Executive summary
http://www.oecd.org/document/47/0,2340,en_2649_34487_38630639_1_1_1_1,00.html
OECD Factbook 2007 - Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics
http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=29517506/cl=21/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/
2007 World-wide quality of living survey
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1173105;jsessionid=C1XLGVEBTMIAQCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUI2C
The Changing Demographic Profile of the United States
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32701.pdf
Liber8: The Research Library of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
http://liber8.stlouisfed.org/
Bureau of Labor Statistics home page
http://www.bls.gov/
NationMaster: World Statistics, Country Comparisons
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
U.S. Department of State Background Notes: Country information
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Consumer Price Indexes, Sixteen Countries, 1950-2006
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flscpian.txt
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