International Business Subject Guide

General | Accounting | Countries and Companies | Economics | Exporting and Importing | Finance | Foreign Exchange Rates | Marketing | Regulations, Treaties and Tariffs | Stock Exchanges

General

• Business in International Markets (U.S. State Department)
• ENTERWeb  (Lists and rates Internet resources related to international trade)                                                                                                                     
• Ernest and Young International
  Business organization, economic outlook and investment climate for businesses around the world.
• Financial Times
  Access the most recent issue of this newspaper.  Free registration required.
• globalEDGE (Michigan State University)
• Internationalist: Center for International Business and Travel
  Information gateway that ranks banking, investment, finance and stock market sites.
• Lex Mercatoria (International Trade/Commercial Law Monitor)
• NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) (CD-ROM)
  Part of STAT-USA, it includes export information, trade statistics, market research reports, how to guides, oversees contacts and trade opportunities.
• STAT-USA (Available from Library computer only)
  Business, trade and economic data.
• U.S. International Trade Commission
  Links for international trade and investment by industry and country.
• Tradeport
  Market research and international trade links taken from NTDB.
• United Nations Home Page
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

Accounting

• RAW: Accounting Resources on the Web (Rutgers University)

Countries and Companies

• Doing Business in International Markets (U.S. State Department)
  Includes links to Business Tools and Information and  Country Background Notes.
• CIA World Factbook
  Various types of information on numerous countries.
• Fortune Global 500
  Company snapshots.
• Kompass: the Business to Business Search Engine
  National directory for each country with numerous industries covered.   Registration is free.
• Wright's Investment Service
  Corporate information on international firms.

Economics

• EUROPA (European Union)
  History, institutions, policies and news of EU as well as EUROSTAT (statistics), ECHO.
• International Data Base (IDB)
  Statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data on227 countries around the world.
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
  Statistical compilations, descriptions of OECD programs and publications.
• Statistical Sources on the Web: Foreign and International Economics (University of Michigan)
  Annotated links.

Exporting and Importing

• Market Access Database
  Trade barriers database.

Finance

• Asian Business Watch: Company Directory by Country
• BAC Marketing Equities Research Page
• Financial Data Finder (Ohio State University)
• Global Reach
• globalEDGE(Michigan State University)
• Kompass International Directories
  Company directories.  Registration required.
• Virtual International Business and Economic Sources (VIBES) (University of North Carolina)

Foreign Exchange Rates

• Classic 164 Currencies Converter
• Daily Exchange Rates
• OANDA Currency Site
  Historic tables, current rates, and forecasts for world currencies.
• Pacific Exchange Rate Service
• Universal Currency Converter
• World Exchange Rates

Marketing

• Emerging Markets
  Covers markets in Asia, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.
• Market Access and Compliance
  Formerly the Global Export Market System.  Designed to give U.S. businesses as much information as possible on foreign markets.
• Marketing : U. S. and International (Lousiana State University)
• NTDB (National Trade Date Bank) Government Document Computer only
• World Factbook

Regulations, Treaties, and Tariffs

• U. S. Code
  Custom laws are found in Title 19.
• Code of Federal Regulations
  Also in printed format in Documents.  Custom regulations are found in Title 19.
• U. S. Customs Services Web
  Information and publications on U. S. Customs, importing and exporting, and traveller information.
• Export Administration Regulations
  Links to guides, banks of the world, supervising and deposit insurance, banking and finance on electronic environments, academic research in banking and banking and law.

Stock Exchanges

• Bloomberg (World Markets)
• Interactive Data Corporation (Global Market Data)
• 123WORLD
• Qualistream