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Undergraduate Sources of Information in International Business

Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida: Brazil is the biggest economy in Latin very active and has many services for its members. 

http://www.brazilchamber.org/

 

CIA World Factbook: United States government profiles of countries and non-self-governing territories around the world. Information on geography, people, government, ...
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

 

European Union:  This portal describes the functioning and history of the European Union and provides access to information on each of the current and prospective members of the EU.

http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm

 

The GlobalEdge Resource Desk at Michigan State University:  This site includes tutorials on major topics such as letters of credit. Students must register to make full use of the site but it is a valuable resource free of charge.

http://globaledge.msu.edu/

 

Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom: This foundation analyzes a variety of criteria to produce rankings for the degree to which nations interfere with economic activities and markets.

http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/

 

IMD World Economic Forum and Competitiveness Reports: This premiere business school’s site ranks nations on a variety of criteria. 

http://www02.imd.ch/wcc/

 

National Trade Data Bank: "one-stop browsing for business, trade and economic information" including Country Background Notes, Country Commercial Guides, Industry Sector Analysis Reports by Country, and Contact information for the NTDB Global Trade Directory, National Export Directory and Foreign Trade Offices.

http://www.stat-usa.gov/tradtest.nsf

 

Oanda Foreign Exchange Rate Converter: 

http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

http://www.oanda.com/channels/business/FXCrossRate.shtml

 

 

Transparency International: This organization researches issues relating to public (as opposed to private) sector corruption around the world and provides an analysis of issues in many countries.

http://www.transparency.org/

 

United Nations Human Development Index: This ongoing research program of the United Nations researches issues related to the social dimensions of development. It produces a world ranking of nations on the extent to which those nations provide adequate services and income to their people.  It also relates the ranking to many other criteria. 

http://hdr.undp.org/

 

U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Service: gateway to U.S. Export Assistance Centers and other sources of information for exporters.

http://www.export.gov/comm_svc/

 

University of Michigan World Values Survey:  An ongoing research project that seeks to profile nations on a variety of cultural aspects. 

http://wvs.isr.umich.edu/

 

World Trade Organization: This portal has current international news, access to WTO data, and trade negotiations. 

http://www.wto.org/