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Country Research

dboerner — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:29:33 +0000

Trying to figure out rules of business etiquette in Botswana? Check out the TCU database, Global Road Warrior. It covers lots of other areas too: Business Women, Money and Banking, Travel Essentials, Country Facts, etc.

Wanting an investment overview of Bangladesh? Try the TCU database, CountryWatch. Click on the “Country Reviews” tab at the top. It also has lots of good stuff: Political overviews, Economic Overviews, Envrionmental Overviews, etc.

There is some overlap between the two databases, but there are also many unique features.

Wanting more? Try Country Commercial Guides located in our database, StatUSA. After entering the database, click on StatUSA again, and then Globus & NTDB, then scroll down to the link into Country Commercial Guides.

Country Commerical Guides contain info such as, market conditions, best export sectors, trade regulations, marketing strategies, services for exporters, etc. It’s our government’s attempt to help business exports/imports.

Useful (and reliable) websites include: www.buyusa.gov

www.cia.gov - click on the World Factbook link on the right side of the page

http://www.site-by-site.com/ An international investment portal

http://globaledge.msu.edu/ a portal to learning resources on global business activities

http://www.doingbusiness.org/downloads/ business regulations and enforcement information

Check out the country tag and the international tag in my delicious account for more!

Financial Services Fact Book Website

dboerner — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:21:57 +0000

Here’s a nice website that I came across while going through book review cards (Ironic, isn’t it?).

http://www.iii.org/financial2/

It is the Financial Services Fact Book, and the website provides information on the financial services industry including insurance, banking, mortgage, securities, and finance. I’ll provide a smattering of some of the data they provide: Mergers, Leading Companies, Educational Plans and Loans, National Savings, IT spendings, World Rankings, and Demographics.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

International Statistical Agencies

dboerner — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:08:46 +0000

Our census bureau has kindly created a page of links (listed alphabetically by country) into the statistical agencies of other countries. A great resource if you are researching another country! Nuf said.