Chapter 1 Web links to sources of data

Chapter 1 Web links to sources of data

Country Data

If your library provides, access look at:
Euromonitor Passport - provides market intelligence on industries, consumers, and countries. https://www.portal.euromonitor.com
Business Monitor International (BMI Risk Reports) - provides risk analysis and interesting reports see: https://www.bmiresearch.com/articles

The following offer free access:
The World Bank - Doing Business Project- provides an economy profile and the ease of doing business: http://www.doingbusiness.org/
The World Bank - Country Profiles - provides basic but current economic data on 170 countries: http://www.worldbank.org/en/where-we-work
The World Bank - Open Data - provides data on economic inequality: https://data.worldbank.org/
OECD Country Pages - provides data on a wide range of economies: http://www.oecd.org/countries/
IMF Country Information Page - country information compiled by the IMF: http://www.imf.org/en/Countries
US Commercial Service - Country Commercial Guides - a useful source for examining possible market entry, designed for US exporters:
https://www.export.gov/ccg

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook - a wealth of information - economic, political, military for almost every country: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/

GlobalEDGE Country Profiles - provided by Michigan State University: https://globaledge.msu.edu/global-insights/by/country

WTO Trade Profiles - provides standard information on the structural trade situation and trade policy measures of members, observers and other selected economies. The profiles are complemented with general macroeconomic indicators:
http://stat.wto.org/CountryProfile/WSDBCountryPFHome.aspx?Language=E

 

Industry Data

Gartner International - offers a range of reports and industry analyses: https://www.gartner.com/technology/home.jsp
If your library provides access, also useful are:
IBISWorld - provides more than 70 industry reports
ABI/INFORM - offers access to market research by BMI, Euromonitor and First Research

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