Global Business: An Introduction - [0113-310-71]
RESERVE ITEM
A copy of International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace 6th edition is available at the Circulation Desk for use in the library.
Provide the call number and the library staff will retreive the item to check out on your RIT ID for 2 hours. Please be aware that not all textbooks are in the library the collection. This one happens to be available.
BOOKS FROM THE RIT LIBRARY & CONNECT NY ON
The links below are a basic subject searches done in the library's catalog and the entire ConnectNY system. You can go directly into the catalog anytime to search for books. The links are designed to help get you started. Advanced searching can help you locate books not found in this general search. You can also use ConnectNY directly to search for books not in our collection but available to you through a consortium of libraries. To learn more about ConnectNY and how to request books click here.
LINKS TO RIT BOOK CATALOG ON: International Business
LINKS TO CONNECT NY
BOOK CATALOG ON: International Business
MAGAZINES/JOURNALS/PERIODICALS
Note that some of these journals have a 3, 6 or 12 month delay before they are available electronically. To obtain an article that is not available electronically check to see if we subscribe to the print edition and if not order it from inter-library loan.
Many articles on companies, industries and global business also occur in trade or industry specific magazines and journals. Search the databases for the individual subjects.
For a refresher on how to search the ABI/Inform Complete database click here.
LIBRARY DATABASES CONTAINING STATISTICS, DEMOGRAPHICS, REPORTS
AND INFORMATION ON GLOBAL BUSINESS AND RELATED TOPICS
Business & Company Resource Center |
Basic information about companies and industries. Also includes some international market research reports. |
CountryWatch |
Country profiles with information on political, economic, investment, social, environmental overviews. |
Emerging Markets |
Covers only emerging market countries and provides news, company and indutsry info, market research. |
Global Market Information Database |
Consumer marketing information for all countries with both data and narrative reports. Click here for tutorials on retrieving reports. |
Hoovers |
Company profiles including revenues, employee size, products & operations. |
Mintel |
Consumer market research for selected Western European Countries and industries. |
Mergent |
International Industry Surveys. Click here for tutorial on how to retrieve country reports. |
NetAdvantage |
Industry Surveys. Mainly US based info but will include world view also. |
Stat-USA |
Country Commercial Guides and Market Insight Reports. Tutorial available here. |
LIBRARY DATABASES CONTAINING ARTICLES AND NEWS ON
COMPANIES, INDUSTRIES & GLOBAL BUSINESS
ABI/Inform via ProQuest |
Trade magazines, newspapers and scholarly/academic articles from mainly a US and UK perspective. |
Business Source Elite |
Trade magazines, newspapers and scholarly/academic articles from a mainly US and UK perspective. |
Factiva |
Trade magazines and newspaper articles from publications around the world. |
Lexis-Nexis |
Trade magazines and newspaper articles from publications around the world. |
WEB RESOURCES
- Country Insights
"Country facts and cultural information on the countries of the world" from the Canadian Centre for Intercultural Learning.
- Doing Business from the World Bank
Use this series to evaluate " regulations that directly impact economic growth, downloading underlying laws, making cross-country comparisons, and identifying good practice reforms." There are a few select regional reports, subnational reports and world reports all listed here. Start with the annual report on 178 economies located here.
- Executive Planet
Various guides on culture and negotiation for multiple countries.
- Export.Gov's Market Research Library
Country Commercial Guides can be accessed for free here. All other info is for subscribers. Go to our Stat USA subscription.
- Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008
From the World Ecnomic Forum, "The Global Competitiveness Report series has evolved over the last three decades into the world’s most comprehensive and respected assessment of countries’ competitiveness, offering invaluable insights into the policies, institutions, and factors driving productivity and, thus, enabling sustained economic growth and long-term prosperity."
- Trade Stats Express
From the US Government. Can track national and state trade data including global patterns, product profiles or state export data.
Training on any of these resources and help in general is available from:
Jennifer Freer
Library Liaison
E. Philip Saunders College of Business
Business News and Resources
jlfwml@rit.edu
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