Country commercial guides (US Department of State – may be slow to load but very good!!) . Country Commercial Guides (CCG's) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the assistance of several U.S. government agencies. These reports present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis.
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/index.html
CIA World Factbook:
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/indexgeo.html
US Department of State: (Background Notes)
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html
CountryWatch.com: (192 countries covered)
CountryWatch provides country specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world.
Ernst & Young: (140 countries covered – click on the + to get more detailed information)
http://www.doingbusinessin.com
International Business Market Research Reports: (provided by Industry Canada)
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/ibinddc/engdoc/1a1.html
(very good site - rich source of data!)
Industry Canada: (Includes extensive information on different industry sectors for each country. Start by choosing your sector of interest from the following list: Manufacturing Industries, Resource Industries, Service Industries, Technologies or Miscellaneous and then focus search on specific area of interest.
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/tm00028e.html
Export Hotline: (Very good and detailed product/market reports)
Nijenrode University: The Netherlands Business School: (very good)
http://www.library.nyenrode.nl/INT/index.html
Click on internet resources - of special interest for the international marketer:
300 - Industry and Marketing
600 - Geographical Divisions
Michigan State University: (CIBER = Center for International Business Education and Research) (very good)
http://ciber.bus.msu.edu/busres/Static/Regional-Country-Specific-Information-General.htm
University of Strathclyde: (Department of Information Science) (very good)
http://www.dis.strath.ac.uk/business/directories.html
West Texas A&M University: (Marketing & International Business links (Professor Syed Anwar))
Over relevant 1200 links to International Business, International Marketing, Global Trade and other business-related areas
http://wtfaculty.wtamu.edu/~sanwar.bus/otherlinks.htm#Marketing & International Business Links
Berkeley Business Guides:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/bbg18.html
Helsinki School of Economics: (Business Economics Resources)
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecm.html
General business information by "Emerging" country: (US Department of Commerce)
http://www.stat-usa.gov/itabems.html
IMD's World Competitiveness Yearbook:
Country studies: (The Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
United Nations:
(UN): http://www.un.org
OECD: (France)
http://www.oecd.org
OECD: (Washington DC)
http://www.oecdwash.org
WTO: (World Trade Organization = successor to GATT)
http://www.wto.org
World Bank:
http://www.worldbank.org
EXPOguide: (trade-shows/exhibitions/conferences worldwide)
http://www.expoguide.com
Embassies/The Electronic Embassy:
http://www.embassy.org
ICC: (International Chamber of Commerce)
http://www.iccwbo.org
Market Research Top Picks:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6201/we02000.html
BRINT: Business Researher's Interest:
http://www.brint.com/interest.html
World Wide Business Direstories:
http://www.nedsite.nl
World Wide Business:
http://www.planetbiz.com
Meta-list with 100's of links on WWW marketing:
http://www.wilsonweb.com
Euro Marketing Associates: The Marketing Resource Center:
http://www.marketingsource.com/articles
Global Risk Assessment Inc.:
http://www.grai.com
Market Center: (resources for today's trader)
http://www.marketcenter.com
The Home of Global Commerce:
http://www.randburg.com
Worldwide Trade Associations:
http://www.firstworldwide.com
Nerdworld: (A variety of interesting categories)
http://www.nerdworld.com
Freight World:
http://www.movecargo.com
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Company Directories (IMS):
http://www.ims-int.com
WorldOpinion: (6.600 research organizations worldwide)
http://www.worldopinion.com/home.taf
Telephone Directories worldwide:
http://www.contractjobs.com/tel/
MarketWare Technologies:
http://www.marketware-tech.com/marketing.htm
UMI: (ABI/Inform database)
Dun & Bradstreet:
BNA: (The Bureau of National Affairs)
Frost & Sullivan:
Morgan Stanley:
Price Waterhouse:
Dataquest Interactive:
FIND/SVF:
Lexis Nexis Communication Center:
Gallup:
Reuter:
Trade Compass, Gateway to International Commerce:
The Virtual Tourist: (relevant for the travelling business people)
GfK Group:
Gale Research:
Relevant www-sites for competitor-analysis:
Search of company data within certain product / business areas:
ComFind: (A Global Business Directory of Companies)
http://www.comfind.com/cat_list.html
(Very good for search of companies, which are manufacturing/selling specific products)
CorporateInformation: (A good starting tool for finding information on private and public companies internationally)
http://www.corporateinformation.com
(It is a meta-site where you can link to country specific websites or simply search for a company name and get a list of relevant
entries)
Wright Research Center: (Detailed financial analysis on over 18,000 public companies worldwide)
http://profiles.wisi.com
(It is possible to search for a company by country or industry. There is detailed business descriptions as well as numerous financial figures for each company. Also included are contact information for the companies)
Yahoo directory: (A Directory by type of World Business / Product)
http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/
(very good for search on product/business areas)
World Wide Yellow Pages:
http://www.worldyellowpages.com
Biz Web: (guide to 34000 companies in 191 categories)
http://www.bizweb.com
Marketing departments/colleges, business schools and universities around the world:
International marketing & Marketing research - resources (Tilburg University):
- Academic marketing departments (Europe / World) on the web
- Academic journals related to marketing
- Marketing Magazines
- Professional associations and institutes
http://cwis.kub.nl/~few/few/BE/marketin/links.htm
Homepages of Marketing Departments - worldwide (University of Alberta):
http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/informs/university.html
Business Schools - worldwide (Yahoo):
http://www.yahoo.com/Business/Business_Schools/
Universities, Colleges and Research Sites in UK:
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/uk.map.html
Cultural aspects:
The Web of Culture: (e.g. a good link to some interesting articles)
Cultural aspects relevant to business:
Misc. links:
MELNET - Marketing Electronic Learning Network:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/mancen/melnet/index.html
MELNET: Issues of branding:
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/mancen/melnet/chome.html
International Trade Law Monitor:
How to develop a international business plan: