“Information You Can Trust”
Alverno College Library
International Business
Databases for articles & news: (under library website link ‘Databases A to Z’)
• Business Source Premier (students can limit to ‘scholarly’)
• General BusinessFile (students can limit to ‘refereed publications’ aka scholarly)
• ProQuest National Newspapers Core Collection
(not scholarly but offers great news including the Wall Street Journal – must use limit Full text documents only)
China… Latin America… India… the European Union…
Journals to consider for research (available in Business Source Premier)
• China Business Review
• Journal of International Business Studies
• Eastern Economic Review
• International Trade Journal
• Asia Pacific Journal of Management
• Journal of International Marketing
• Journal of World Business
• International Advances in Economic Research
• European Journal of Marketing
• Journal of Business Strategy
• European Planning Studies
• Statistical Journal of the UN Economic Commission for Europe
Websites (see also ‘Best Web Sites’ on library homepage)
Global Competitiveness Reports (World Economic Forum)
Comprehensive assessment of countries’ competitiveness covering policies, institutions, and factors driving productivity.
*see button ‘View interactive report’
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm
Export.gov
Resources from across the U.S. Government to assist American businesses in planning their international sales
strategies and succeed in today’s global marketplace.
http://export.gov/
Doing Business (World Bank)
This online guide evaluates regulations impacting economic growth in country comparisons and identifying
reforms.
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
*see tabs ‘Data & Statistics’ then Global Data and other reports… also see the tab „Country Info‟
http://www.imf.org/
Federation of International Trade Associations
The organization fosters international trade by strengthening the role of local, regional, and national associations
throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada that have an international mission. FITA affiliates are 450+
independent international associations in six categories.
http://fita.org/
International Finance Corporation (World Bank)
IFC provides loans, equity, structured finance and risk management products, and advisory services to build the
private sector in developing countries http://www.ifc.org/
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Foreign and International Economics Statistics Resources (Univ. of Michigan)
Listing of several online sites offering information on international business
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecfor.html
The Economist
See this link for country information (link: Economic Structure)
http://www.economist.com/countries/ *Caution: some reports are ‘pay-to-view’
The Wall Street Journal newspaper
*Available full text online through ProQuest National Newspapers Core Collection, available in print at the Alverno library
Resources at the Alverno College Library
International Marketing Data & Statistics - Ref 658.83 I61
• Gives tips for international business research.
European Marketing Data & Statistics - Ref 658.83 E89
• Gives tips for international business research.
International business research - Ref 338.88 N378
• Gives tips for international business research.
Oxford handbook of international business - 658.848 O98
• Item on 2-hour Reserve at library circulation desk
The emerging markets century: How a new breed of world-class companies is overtaking
the world - 338.88 A281 • Item on 28-day Reserve at library circulation desk [338.88 A281]
Redefining global strategy: Crossing borders in a world where differences still
matter • call number 658.4012 G412
Sources to search for country information
U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
CultureGrams at Alverno College Library - Ref 303.482 C968
Consists of a number of cultural reports with categories such as economy, land & climate, society and culture.
Countries and Their Cultures (4-volume set) at Alverno College Library - Ref 306.C855
Information facilitating cross-cultural study of human behavior, society and culture.
Books at other libraries in our consortium – available for borrowing – request via TOPCAT
• Doing business 2008: Comparing regulation in 178 economies – CSU library
• Global negotiation: The new rules – CUW library
• Roundtable viewpoints International business: Selected, edited, and with
introductions and summaries by Christopher J. Robertson – CUW library
revised: Oct. 8, 2010 JD