Provides coverage of emerging economies in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America including articles, financial statements, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information.
Detailed market research and analysis on over 700 U.S. industries as well as Global Industry Reports, China Industry Reports and Business Environment Reports.
PEST analyses evaluate external opportunities and threats for a business, looking at Political, Economic, Social and Technological factors. Search by "PEST analysis" and country to find PEST analyses for 210 countries under the Analysis tab.
It includes company profiles, some with SWOT analysis, country briefings, sector briefings, sector data, industry watch articles and detailed Consumer Lifestyle reports.
Offers three major sources (federal, state and international) of statistical data tables, publications and links.
Whenever possible, the Superintendent of Documents classification number, the Library of Congress card number, the Government Printing Office (GPO) Monthly Catalog entry number, the GPO stock number, and the depository item number are also included. The abstract may also contain two hypertext links - one to the agency's World Wide Web site where the full text of the publication may be viewed and downloaded; the other to the full text on Statistical Universe, where the publication can be viewed, downloaded and accessed section by section or table by table.
The World Bank's World Development Indicators provides direct access to more than 700 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to present.
A subset of these data can be viewed graphically within the World Bank's Data Visualizer.
Michigan State database that provides international business and trade information on over 200 countries, the US, approximately two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world’s trade blocs.
annual ranking of 167 countries which uses 300 indicators to measure the current state of prosperity in each country and how it has changed over the past decade.
Search for country insights, global trade analysis, global risk, and other international topic reports.
Books & E-Books
Search USC Libraries Catalog for "FINLAND AND BUSINESS" or "FINLAND AND CULTURE" to locate books on these topics. Try other search terms as well. Note: If a book is checked out, it can take up to two weeks to recall. You can also find full-text books online through eBrary.
Search for articles written about business in a specific country in ABI/Inform, Factiva and Lexis/Nexis Academic. Some possible topics are "COUNTRY NAME" or INDUSTRY TRENDS and Name of Country" Use database search tools (Search Builder, Advanced Search or Search Options) to limit by location (geography or region). Search for articles written about business in locally published publications listed under media.
Published annually by the World Economic Forum. Tracks global risk perceptions among world leaders across economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, and technological factors
Risk guides from PRS Group International can be accessed via LexisNexis Academic on the Easy Search page. In the lower left corner, you will see a box called RESEARCH COUNTRIES. Select your country from the dropdown box and then select PRS RISK GUIDE & SERVICE and a date range (6 months is recommended) and click GO. Scan through the results for reports specifically on your country. Not every country will have a risk report.
Academic arm of the University of Helsinki that researches a variety of consumer topics including innovation, market disruption, and valuation in business.