LibGuides: MIS 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.
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 resources, including articles from scholarly, business and trade publications, SWOT analyses, and book chapters. Most content is full text.

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.
Country Insights
Cultural information on the countries of the world from the government of Canada.

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.
Bloomberg Businessweek
A top U.S. newspaper focused on current events in the business world. Use the link "Search within this publication" to search issues from 1996 - present.
New York Times (Current)
New York Times in full text and full image. Current up to the present day.
ProQuest Newsstand (Global Newsstream)
Full-text access to US and international news sources.
Business Source Premier
A large collection of business resources, including articles from scholarly, business and trade publications, SWOT analyses, and book chapters. Most content is full text.