BUSN - Master's Programs in Business (MBA, EMBA, GEEMBA)
Information on using the Library to access print and electronic resources to help with MBA/EMBA courses and projects.
International Competitiveness
- www Virtual Library- International Affairs ResourcesInternational Affairs Resources, a cost-free Internet directory that is part of the volunteer-run WWW Virtual Library System, with over 2000 carefully selected, annotated links in 34 international affairs categories. It is frequently maintained, receives worldwide use daily, and is designed for professors, scholars, students, researchers, diplomats, and the interested public, among others.
Country Information
- Economist Intelligence UnitAn excellent resource for country analysis, industry information, historical data retrieval and special reports.
Not all information is freely available. - Trading EconomicsThis is an excellent site for global economic data. Includes economic news, country data, indicators, markets and forecasts.
- CIA World FactbookSelect a country to access a detailed profile of the country including a section on "People and Society".
- Political Risk Yearbook(Via Business Source Complete database)
To access these reports, go the the Business Source Complete database and enter the country name and add the term "political risk yearbook". Scroll through the list of results to find the latest issue or change the "Relevance" sort to "Date descending".
Electronic country reports for many countries; each report expertly assesses potential political, financial, and economic risks to business investments and trade. - Country Commercial Guides (U.S. Department of State)These profiles include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of many economic regions around the world.
- Doing Business(World Bank Group)
(Open Access)
Information on business regulations and other information essential to starting a business in over 190 economies around the world. Search by geographic region or topic. - GlobalEDGE (Michigan State University)A portal that provides access to a wealth of information on global business activities. Includes extensive data at the global and country levels as well as information on major global industry groups.
Go to "Insight Research by Country" to access a country report that includes a section on government. - U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade(Open Access)
Find U.S. import or export statistics, information on export regulations, commodity classifications, or other trade related topics. - International Monetary FundIncludes data and statistics, research, publications, news and more.
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
- IMF eLibrary This link opens in a new window
- World outlook : Global economic trends and prospects (Conference Board of Canada)Search the Conference Board of Canada e-library for this quarterly report that examines the short-term economic outlook for the world’s major economies and provides an in-depth analysis of issues that are relevant for understanding economic trends and developments in the world economy.