LibGuides: Business: BUS 5923 Global Business

Global Business Resources

TWU Libraries resources specific to Global Business
Databases
E-books
E-journals
Films on Demand Videos
Internet Resources

Global Business Journals

E-Journals - 35 titles
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Databases with Global Business Articles

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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles, market, industry and SWOT analysis reports, studies, and other business news.
Emerald Premier This link opens in a new window
Journals about management, library and information services, engineering, applied science and technology.

Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review is available in the Business Source Complete Database.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area.

Internet Resources for Global Business

BBC Country Profiles
History, politics and economic background of countries, territories and key institutions.
Audio and Video clips from BBC archives.
CIA World Fact Book
History, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
eHRAF World Cultures
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Documents and Citations are full text from the TWU Libraries
Global Edge
Global Insights provides international business and trade information on over 200 countries, the 50 U.S. states, as well as nearly two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world’s trade blocs.
IFC Doing Business
Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 185 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.
International Chamber of Commerce
International Monetary Fund
IMF reports and publications arranded by country
Library of Congress Country Studies
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
NationMaster.com
"allowed users to generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the Factbook"
"Where Stats Come Alive"
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development OECD
"promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world"
U.S. Agency for International Development USAID
Development Experience Clearinghouse Results and Data
U.S. Department of State
Background Notes/Country Fact Sheets
UN Data
34 databases - 60 million records
United Nations statistical databases accessible through a single entry point.
Databases, tables and glossaries-Agriculture, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Tourism, Trade, and Millennium Development Goals indicators.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD Stat
"Data dissemination system with free access to comprehensive statistical time series and indicators essential for the analysis of world trade, investment, international financial flows, and development."
World Bank
"information about projects under preparation, projects under implementation, analytic and advisory activities, and Board proceedings"
145,000 Documents & Reports in lpdf and OCR format
The World Bank Open Data

e-Atlas Global Development

Atlas of Global Development by World Bank Group
ISBN: 9780821385838
Publication Date: 2011-04-16
The e-Atlas of Global Development is a free, online, interactive tool, which maps and graphs more than 175 indicators from the World Bank's development database for anyone interested in better understanding today's critical development issues.
• easily and quickly map and chart economic and social indicators
• compare country outcomes
• export customized, professional quality, full color maps and graphs
• create scalable maps, timeline graphing, and ranking tables
• import and export data and graphics
Critical issues such as poverty, food production, population growth, climate change, international trade, and foreign direct investment are covered.

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