Assoc.Prof.Dr.Osman GÖK
SELECTED WEBSITES FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETING RESEARCH
Search Engines
 GlobalEDGE, the leading international business research site: http://globaledge.msu.edu/
 Google’s links to international sites: http://www.google.com/Top/Regional/
 Yahoo homepages worldwide: http://everything.yahoo.com/us/?world
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Turkish Department of Foreign Trade Administration: www.dtm.gov.tr
Turkish Export Information Platform, Ministry of Economics: www.ibp.gov.tr/
U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration: http://www.trade.gov/
United States Export.gov: http://export.gov/
CIA World Factbook: http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
United Kingdom Trade and Investment: www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
Industry Canada: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): http://www.oecd.org/
United Nations library databases: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development http://www.unctad.org
The World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/
World Bank Doing Business Guides: http://www.doingbusiness.org
World Trade Organization (WTO): http://www.wto.org/
International Monetary Fund (IMF): http://www.imf.org
AT Kearney indices on trade and investment with various nations: http://www.atkearney.com
Information on Specific Topics or Nations
 Country Commercial Guides: Enter the keywords “commercial guide [country name]” at the
globalEDGE (http://globaledge.msu.edu/) or Google (http://www.google.com) search engines
 Currency converter – current rates: http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic
 Executive Planet – great for cultural info http://www.executiveplanet.com/
 Country demographic data: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
 International labor statistics: http://www.bls.gov/bls/international.htm
 European Business Directory: http://www.europages.com/
 Latin America Information Center: http://lanic.utexas.edu/
 Organization of American States – Latin America: http://www.sice.oas.org/
 Japan External Trade Organization: http://www.jetro.go.jp/
 Maps of the world, countries: http://www.theodora.com/maps/abc_world_maps.html
 India: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/
 Embassies and consulates:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Embassies_and_Consulates/
 Company-specific research: http://www.hoovers.com (also available through school libraries)
Adapted from: Cavusgil, S. T., Knight, G., Riesenberger, J. (2012), International Business: The New Realities,
2/E. Pearson.