Keleher Learning Commons: Business MBA: International Business

Public Websites for Country Information

Bank for International Settlements
Central Bank websites and Central Bank Research Hub
CIA World Factbook
Business Ready (B-Ready)
Published by World Bank. Country reports are temporarily suspended until 2023.
International Trade Association Research Center
Data collected by U.S. Commercial Service for promoting U.S. good abroad. Find industry market reports, guides and statistics and events.
Global Competitiveness Report
Published annually by the World Economic Forum. Contains comparative rankings of countries along defined "pillars" (enabling environment, human capital, infrastructure, and readiness framework).
Global Enabling Trade Report
Published irregularly by the World Economic Forum (2016 is the latest edition).
GlobalEdge
University of Michigan's site for Global information and links
International Finance Corp. and The World Bank: Doing Business - Measuring Business Regulation
International Monetary Fund - Country Reports
Economic and banking news and profiles
International Trade Centre
A partner for small business export success in developing countries.
Legatum Institute - Legatum Prosperity Index
The Legatum Institute is an independent, non-partisan pubic policy group based in London. Rankings by country and region and brief country profiles.
Lex Mundi - Association of Independent Law Firms
Index to 'Doing Business in' reports for a variety of countries prepared by independent law firms.
OECD
Country ocioeconomic and statistical data as well as special reports that vary by country.
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Country specific data and factsheets on trade, exports, trade agreements and information to develop and coordinate international trade.
PKF Doing Business in
Links to country reports published throughout the year.
National U.S. Trade Data - U.S. Export.gov
Includes TradeStats Express and Trade Policy Information System (TPIS) covering merchandise exports, imports, trade balances and State export data
U.S. Census Bureau: International Statistical Agencies
National Statistical Offices/Agencies listed by country or organization
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Includes link to AmCham Directory
U.S. State Department - Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
Replaces 'Background Notes'
UNDP - Human Development Reports
Reports, Indices & Data by Country on Human Development (e.g. Health, Education, Income, Gender, Poverty, Sustainability and Inequality
World Bank
Social and Economic statistics and special reports.
World Economic Forum
Search for country insights, global trade analysis, global risk, and other international topic reports.

Country Risk Reports

AM Best Country Risk - Public Website
AM Best is a full-service credit rating organization serving the insurance industry. Select country to download reports.
Coface - Public Website
Coface is a trade receivables consulting firm and provides risk analysis by country.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
EBSCOhost Database

USM Article Databases

Search for articles written about business in a specific country in Business Source Premier or Business Insights Global. 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.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
EBSCOhost Database
Gale Business Insights This link opens in a new window
Business Insights: Global is a source for international business intelligence offering the most comprehensive and convenient way to find case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries. Also known as Gale Business Insights.