Library Resources for Entrepreneurship and Global Consulting
The following resources will provide country/market information including political conditions, economic conditions, socio-cultural factors, technology, environmental factors, entrepreneurship/new business.
Country, Industry, Market and Consumer Information
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EIU Viewpoint and Country Reports (Economist Intelligence Unit) This link opens in a new windowA rich source of country information - profiles, forecasts, analysis and more.
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MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new windowProvides company, industry, country and financial data. Includes company SWOTs, industry profiles, case studies. Now includes city profiles as well.
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Passport (Euromonitor) This link opens in a new windowProvides international marketing data, analysis, and information sources for countries, consumers, and industries
Data and Statistics
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Doing BusinessCountry rankings on ease of doing business. Also includes reports on special topics. From the World Bank.
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World Bank Entrepreneurship ProjectCompleted in 2017, the project measures entrepreneurship by country to reveal factors affecting new firm creation.
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World Development IndicatorsThe WDI presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
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Human Development IndexA summary composite index that measures a country's average achievements in three basic aspects of human development: health, knowledge, and income.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista provides access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. International in scope.
Articles
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Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowScholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association news and information, the majority in full text. Some video.
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EconLit (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowCitations and abstracts to scholarly and professional literature in economics. 1969 to present. Links to full text.