LibGuides: BUS 3200: Key Resources

Market Research, Countries, & Consumers

Euromonitor Passport
Provides industry data, country reports, international market reports, company profiles, and expert commentary. Requires login even from on-campus.
Statista
General quantitative data on an easy-to-use searchable platform. Covers thousands of sources and topics, with infographics that are easy to share or embed on a webpage.
Gale Business Insights: Global
International business intelligence, including country, company, and industry profiles, SWOT analyses, market research reports, and more.
IBISWorld
A comprehensive collection of industry market research reports.
Business Source Premier
A large collection of business information, including articles from scholarly, business and trade publications, SWOT analyses, and book chapters.

Doing Business.org - World Bank
Comprehensive guides for countries' business regulations
World Business Culture
Web resource with some free content covering many countries' business culture.
Cross-Cultural Business Behavior : A Guide for Global Management
This guidebook provides insights into the cultural differences in business communication styles across the world, including profiles for 40 countries.
Food Cultures of the World
This e-book provides detailed information about the cuisine and food and dining culture of over 150 countries around the world.

Countries and Their Cultures
An older, but still useful reference book on culture and customs for all countries of the world.

World Factbook - CIA
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium
Search hundreds of e-books at once for introductory information on research topics. Oxford Reference also offers detailed searchable timelines. Look under "Subject" to browse topics like "History" or "Society and Culture" to find specific reference books useful for learning about the history, culture and politics of a country.

The Economist
Leading international newspaper focused on economic, business, and political reporting. Use "Search within this publication" to search the archives from 1988 to current issues.
Wall Street Journal
Leading U.S. financial newspaper.
New York Times (Current)
New York Times in full text and full image.
ProQuest Newsstand (Global Newsstream)
Full-text access to US and international news sources. Includes coverage of The New York Times and The Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires.
Business Source Premier
A large collection of business information, including articles from scholarly, business and trade publications, SWOT analyses, and book chapters.