Guides for International Business Research
- "Business Archives in International Comparison"2004 report to the International Council on Archives, detailing the international business archives environment and challenges for researchers and archivists.
- How to: Research International BusinessFrom Cornell's Johnson Management Library.
- Company Financials and Annual Reports (RBA)Resources for getting started in international business research, including country-specific resources.
- Company Registers (RBA)A country-by-country guide to locating company registrations.
- Foreign Company Research (LOC)A guide to researching foreign companies.
Resources for International Business Research
- International Directory of Company HistoriesMulti-volume major reference work of international company histories. May be available in full-text from the Business Insights database.
- UniworldThe authoritative source of information on multinational firms operating around the world. U.S. companies listed have a substantial investment in overseas operations--wholly or partially owned subsidiary affiliate or branch [sic]. Non U.S. companies (foreign firms) listed have substantial investment within the United States--Introductory page. Databases may be searched by country, region, state, keyword, zip code or postal code, industry code, revenue and number of employees. Search results can be viewed in HTML and printed, or downloaded into Microsoft Excel.
- Mergent ArchivesMergent Archives is an online database that allows you to access a vast archive of corporate and industry related documents. Mergent Archives contains more than 180,000 documents covering over 100 countries and industries.
- Gale Business: InsightsExtensive reference content from Gale's core business collection; easy-to-use company fundamentals and investment research reports; industry rankings, profiles, market share data, company histories, and more.
- Country Commercial Guides (U.S. Commercial Service)Contains over 200 substantive country-specific guides for U.S. companies doing business in the global environment.
- World Bank DataThe data catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank sources.
- IMF eLibraryProvides access to The International Monetary Fund's recent publications, including periodicals, books, analytical papers, and statistics. Data can be searched online and viewed in PDF format.
- Nexis UniProvides access to full text resources on topics including current and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal and state laws; legal cases; and regulations. Resources include TV and radio news transcripts.
- International Labour OrganizationThe International Labour Organization (ILO) promotes rights at work, encourages decent employment opportunities, enhances social protection and strengthens dialogue in handling work-related issues.
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International Statistics
- CEIC Data ManagerCEIC Data contains economic, industrial and financial time-series data. Our Global Database offers unprecedented coverage of 221 countries in Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Middle East, Africa and the Americas. EIC also offers 18 macro-economic concepts, and 1,400,000 time series. Data comes from analysts on the ground and the prime national and regional statistical agencies and major industrial data issuing organizations of each country covered. The CEIC Data Manager provides access to the entire CEIC database from within the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet application. Times-series can be directly retrieved from the database and imported into Excel for quick analysis.
- CEPALSTAT Databases (Latin America and Caribbean)Find statistics, starting in some cases with 1950!
- China Data OnlineComprehensive online database focusing on economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories. Includes monthly and yearly reports on China's macroeconomic development, statistical databases about China's population and economy at the provincial, county, and city level, and financial indicators of more than 568 industrial branches. Also includes statistical yearbooks, census data, industrial and marketing surveys, and an atlas of China.
- Complete World Development Report OnlineA new online, open access, collection of all World Development Reports since 1978 was launched today by the World Bank. The Complete World Development Report Online, which allows users to easily access and search across these World Bank annual flagship publications, is free and open to the public.
- eiu.com (Economic Intelligence Unit)Follow the link to EIU Viewpoint. Provides economic data and in-depth reports on nearly 200 countries, world areas, regions and organizations.
- EurostatEurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. It provides the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
- ILOSTATThe ILO's database of statistics, contains over 100 indicators covering more than 230 countries and economies. The Yearly indicators dataset contains standardized indicators for purposes of greater comparability across countries and relies heavily on the official submission of data by national authorities. The Short term indicators dataset contains monthly, quarterly and semi-annual data drawn from official websites of national authorities and is updated on a monthly basis. Additional data and tools are available from the site. This database replaces LABORSTA.
- ILO Statistical Data, Union(Information about database. Database must be requested.) The ILO has created a database on trade union membership. It contains data for 45 countries from 1990-Available in Excel files on request from the ILO Bureau of Statistics.
- IndiastatProvides India-specific socio-economic statistical facts and figures culled from various secondary level authentic sources. NOTE: Cornell access limited to one user at a time. You must Click on "Login" then "Through IP Login" to gain access.
- International Labor ComparisonsSome international statistics are collected by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and made available from this site.
- International Statistical AgenciesComprehensive list by country, compiled by the U. S. Census Bureau. NOTE: Scroll to bottom of web page for the list.
- Labour Conflicts DataverseProvides public access to downloadable data files on strikes, lockouts and other labor conflicts around the globe and across time periods. Hosted by the International Institute of Social History.
- OECD Statistics (OECD.Stat)OECD.Stat is the statistical online platform of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development where users can search and access OECD's statistical databases. Build tables, download data, and view methodology and sources. Browse by theme or country or search for data.
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)OECD brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to: Support sustainable economic growth; Boost employment; Raise living standards; Maintain financial stability; Assist other countries' economic development; Contribute to growth in world trade; etc.
- ProQuest Statistical InsightProvides statistical data from U.S. government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and international organizations from 1983.
- SourceOECDSourceOECD is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. SourceOECD, when complete, will comprise 19 Studies by Themes, containing all our monographs and reports; 19 periodicals online; some reference titles online; and the OECD statistical databases online.
- UNdataThe Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. We compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries' efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. We facilitate the coordination of international statistical activities and support the functioning of the UN Statistical Commission as the apex entity of the global statistical system. Statistical time series for countries from around the world covering a wide range of economic and socio-demographic topics. Descriptions of the international sources and definitions used in compiling the data are included.