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MBAA 6100: Managing International Business

Databases for Country Research

Online Resources for Country Research

CIA World Factbook

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, and transportation for 267 world entities.

Country Commercial Guides

Provides guidance and best practices on expanding your business to another country.

DoingBusiness.org

The Doing Business Project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 185 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level.

Foreign Information by Country from the University of Colorado at Boulder University Libraries

Compiles information on countries from a wide variety of governmental and nongovernmental resources.

Geert Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Tool

Compare countries on Hofstede's six cultural dimensions.

GlobalEdge at Michigan State University

University of Michigan's web-portal to a wealth of international business resources.

Index of Economic Freedom

The Index of Economic Freedom is a helpful tool for a variety of audiences, including academics, policymakers, journalists, students, teachers, and those in business and finance. The Index is an excellent objective tool for analyzing 184 economies throughout the world and each country page is a resource for in-depth analysis of a country’s political and economic developments. The 12 economic freedoms and accompanying historical data also provide a comprehensive set of principles and facts for those who wish to understand the fundamentals of economic growth and prosperity.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.

Investment Country Profiles (UNCTAD)

Foreign direct investment statistics.

Oxford Economics Country Economic Forecast

via ABI/INFORM Complete

Ratings and Criteria Center

Business risk assessment by country.

Vizala

Vizala aims to be the internet's most useful database for country, demographic, social, and economic information.

The Word Bank: Countries and Economies

Economic and financial data for 216 countries.