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Welcome to the Houston Cole Library International Business Country Analysis Project LibGuide!

Below is a list of sources to complete your Country Analysis Project. Sources have also been grouped into categories in the tabs above to cover each major point of your project.

A Basic Guide to Exporting
A guide for businesses to establish and grow overseas markets for their products and services.
CIA World Factbook
"The Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."
Doing business in...
"The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 189 economies and selected cities at the sub-national level."
Doing Business in International Markets
"The Office of Commercial and Business Affairs (CBA) plays a major role in coordinating trade and investment matters to support U.S. firms doing business overseas. Our mission is to engage U.S. government resources to assist and promote U.S. business interests overseas, and to ensure that private sector business concerns are fully integrated into U.S. foreign and economic policy."
Export.gov
"A comprehensive site for those needing answers on exporting."
Global Competitiveness Reports
"The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 assesses the competitiveness landscape of 140 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity. The Report series remains the most comprehensive assessment of national competitiveness worldwide."
globalEdge
"globalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities."
HLB Doing business in...
"HLB International is a leading network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers with member firms well-established locally and mostly ranked among the top 12 nationally."
Human Development Reports
United Nations data reports organized by country on employment, health, life-expectancy, and other human development indicators.
Index of Economic Freedom
Tthe Index of Economic Freedom measurs the impact of liberty and free markets around the globe in partnership with the Wall Street Journal.
International Demographic Information
U.S. Census listing of international demographics.
Market Research - Product and Market Trends
Plan your market entry the right way – use market research to learn your product’s potential in a given market, the best prospects for success, and the market’s business practices before you first export.
Market Research Library
Find Market Research Reports; Country Commercial Guides and Best Market Reports on your country. NOTE: Not all countries are represented.
Trade Glossary
An alphabetical listing of trade terms defined.
Transparency International
Search by country to view corruption cases.
U.S. Census Export Statistics
FOREIGN TRADE is the official source for U.S. export and import statistics and responsible for issuing regulations governing the reporting of all export shipments from the United States. If you're searching for import or export statistics, information on export regulations, commodity classifications, or a host of other trade related topics, this is the place to get the information you need.
U.S. Commercial Service
"The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. U.S. Commercial Service trade professionals in over 100 U.S. cities and in more than 75 countries help U.S. companies get started in exporting or increase sales to new global markets."
U.S. International Trade Administration
Policy, statistics, and trade news from the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Informational trade news and development from the United Nations.
United Nations Statistics
Search multiple United Nations statistical databases.
USEmbassy.gov
Choose a country and find all sorts of helpful information on your country: business, culture, etc..
World Bank Ease of doing business indicators
"Ease of doing business ranks economies from 1 to 189, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics covered in the World Bank's Doing Business. The ranking on each topic is the simple average of the percentile rankings on its component indicators."
World Trade Organization
"The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business."

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