Marketing 301

Country Information:

EIU Online - Search all the various databases in EIU Online for country and business analysis.  Each of those databases, Country Report, Country Profile, and Country Commerce contains different pieces of information about the country.  Viewswire provides articles on companies, industries, and countries with news on events, situations and happenings that affect the economy and businesses around the world.

Europa World - Covers political, social and economic information about countries.  Includes country maps and a directory of political and business organizations in each country.

International Financial Statistics Online - The international Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics database is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.  It reports, for most countries of the world, current data needed in the analysis of problems of international payments, inflation, deflation, exchange rates, international liquidity, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.  Information is presented in country tables and in tables of area and world aggregates.

World Competitiveness Online - The World Competitiveness yearbook analyzes and ranks the ability of nations to create and maintain an environment that sustains the competitiveness of enterprises.  World Competitiveness Online provides access to the entire WCY database including 5 year time series.

World Telecommunication Indicators - International Telecommunication Union database of telecommunications data, country by country, with data from the Yearbook of Statistics and from the World Telecommunicatgions Development Report.  (Part of the UW Libraries CD-ROM Network.  Can be accessed only in the UW Libraries, and not remotely)

China Data Online - Comprehensive database focusing on economic statistics of China arranged by regions and categories.  Includes monthly and yearly reports on China's macroeconomic development, statistical databases on China's population and economy at the county and city level, and financial indicators of more than 568 industrial branches.

Comtrade - The Comtrade database is a product of the United Nations Statistics Division and is the most comprehensive source for world trade data.  Every year between 120 to 140 countries or areas report their merchandise trade statistics to the United Nations covering as much as 95% of world trade.   Each of these countries report the trade by commodity and trading partner.  Site license allows multiple users access.  The access to UN Comtrade is IP controlled.  You can download an unlimited number of records.  You have two following technical restrictions: a) maximum six queries per minute b) download of no more than 150,000 records per query.

CIA World Factbook -  Issued  annually by the US Cental Intelligence Agency.  Choose your country of interest.  Category content of each country includes an introduction, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

Doing Business in ... - Doing business in are guides of doing business in various countries written by expert teams from the World Bank Organization.   Look for the Doing Business guide for your country of choice.

United States Department of State - Under the Countries tab, look for information on the country/countries,  and a list of key State Department Contacts.

United States Export.Gov - Quoting from the site, "Export.gov brings together resources from across the U.S. government to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies to succeed in today's global marketplace".   In the left column under "Find Opportunities", check out Market Research. Find the Market Research Library and search for reports and guides on the country/countries.

Company Information:

Hoover's Online - Source for detailed company information, company histories, lists of competitors, financials and news, for both public and private companies.  Also includes industry profiles and comparisons.

Investext - Investext contains indexing and the fulltext of company and industry research reports prepared by leading Wall Street firms, as well as regional and international brokerage and financial firms.

Kompass - Directory information for 1.6 million companies in more than 70 countries, with indexes for company products and services, containing 23 million product and service references, and 500,000 trademarks and brand names.

Mergent Online - Online access to the print edition of the Mergent Manuals, with extensive information on U.S. and international public companies, including financials, stock, properties, joint ventures, subsidiaries, S.E.C. filings, etc.

Mint Global - MintGlobal is a business and financial database from Bureau Van Dijk.  The four parts are labelled Companies, News, Market Research and Original Documents.  The Companies section contains complete financial statement and balance sheet information going back 5 years from public companies throughout countries of the world.  This section also provides brief information of some private companies worldwide.  The News section contains full text articles from various sources such as Dow Jones, Financial Times, Reuters, and others.  Market Research has fulltext market research reports of various industries from Datamonitor.  Original Documents is made up of company annual reports and filings to the securities regulatory authorities of countries where the companies are heaquartered geographically.

ReferenceUSA - Directory information for over fourteen million public and private companies in the U.S. and over 1.5 million companies in Canada, along with information about several hundred U.S. residents.  Companies can be searched for by name, business activity, size, location, etc.

ThomasNet - Web-based access to a directory of hundreds of thousands of products and services in the U.S. and Canada; online version of the print edition of the Thomas Register.

Industry Information:

Associations Unlimited - Database of national, state, regional and international trade and professional organizations and non-profit membership organizations.

Forrester - Provides reports on the effects of technology change on businesses, consumers, and society, and analyzes such technology areas as new media, computing, software, networking, telecommunications, and the internet.

Gartner Research -  Provides in-depth analysis and market intelligence for the information technology industry, covering the full range of products and technologies associated with computer hardware, software, communications products, financial services, electronic business, and healthcare application software worldwide.

InfoTech Trends - InfoTech Trends indexes statistics and forecasts published in computer and telecommunication trade publications.

MarketResearch.com Academic - Provides market research reports covering many different industries and market sectors.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage - You can find many types of S&P fulltext publications in S&P NetAdvantage.  For industry information, look for the Industries tab at the top of the page.  When the tab is selected, it will lead you to the industry surveys.  Be sure to also look at the left margin for "Global Industry Surveys".

Sports business Research Network/SBR Net - Provides market research and industry news covering all aspects of the sporting goods industry including sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship, and sports marketing.

Demographics USA County Edition - Annual publication provides demographic, consumption, and buying power numbers of the United States at the county level.  Latest edition shelved in Foster Reference under HF 3007 .S96.

Demographics USA Zip Edition - Annual publication provides demographic, consumption, and buying power numbers of the United States at the zip area level.  Latest edition shelved in Foster Reference under HF 5413 .D463.

Lifestyle Market Analyst - Annual publication provides statistical surveys on US consumer behavior and lifestyles.  Latest edition shelved in Foster Reference under  HF 5415.33.U6 L54.

Market Share Reporter - This 2 volume publication  provides annual compilation of reported market share of products, services, and companies.  Useful indexes such as Products, Services, Names, and Issues Index, Company Index, and Brands Index are located in the back pages of volume 2.   Latest edition shelved in Foster Reference under HF 5410 .M35.

General and Business News Articles:

Access World News - Includes complete electronic editions of hundreds of large and small U.S. newspapers and titles worldwide.  Feature an intuitive, map-based interface and the ability to search single or multiple titles by headline, name, topic, keyword, date and author.

EBSCO Business Source Complete - Full text of over 8,800 magazines, newspapers and journals, including more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals.

Factiva - Factiva is a Dow Jones database that provides fulltext access to all editions of Dow Jones publications, the Wall Street Journal (back to 1979),  Barron's, three months of the New York Times, and 8,000 other publications.  In addition, this database provides reports for over 30,000 companies worldwide, much of it from Reuters, over 8,000 selected business web sites, and Reuters Business Briefings.

Lexis/Nexis Academic - Full text for thousands of trade journals, newspapers, and business, legal, medical, and accounting services.  Also contains corporate annual reports, SEC filings, some international company information, and country data.

ProQuest Newspapers - Full text of major national and Washington state newspapers.  Includes the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post.