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Identify a firm and a country to analyze. Investigate what the leadership of your chosen firm should consider if they were to enter your chosen country. What cultural, market, technological, and institutional challenges and opportunities will firm X need to consider in order to successfully do business in country Y?

This page highlights sources to help you:

Select a company
Locate basic country data
Locate cultural and historical information
Locate data on the political, business, and social environment
Find articles on current events

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Task	Primary Sources	Additional Sources
Select a Company	These sources all provide extensive company information and allow screening by various criteria - geography, market cap, industry, etc. OneSource North America Business Browser Select Companies to do a scan of companies by various criteria, e.g. market cap. Use NAICS industry codes [Personal Account ] ORBIS Profiles about 60 million public and private companies worldwide.	Thomson One Banker-Analytics On main screen, select *Search For Companies* button at left. Expand Stock & Earnings Criteria to use Latest Market Cap search (e.g., less than or equal to 2,000 million). You can also screen for firms by country or stock exchange. Or in Advanced Search, screen by many detailed items
Country Data, Culture, and History	Country Navigator Includes cultural, leadership style and travel information. First time users: scroll to the bottom of the login page and create an account using your GSB e-mail address. If your country is not included in Country Navigator, you can try the Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions website for the cultural information. Countrywatch Provides basic economic, political, historical, cultural, and environmental information on 192 countries.	World Bank Development Indicators Provides over 700 social, demographic, and economic variables on 228 countries; includes extensive time series. VIBES Extensive list of evaluated links to free data on countries and regions. PAIS Reports and article abstracts on the intersection of political, social and economic conditions
Country Competitiveness/Doing Business	Transparency International International corruption indices World Competitiveness Online Measures of country performance, over the last several years. The print edition IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook is available in the Reference Collection (World Data Section: World Statistics) in Jackson Library. Doing Business In… Provides information on regulations for business in various countries.	Index of Economic Freedom Scores measures and ranks 161 countries across 10 specific freedoms, things like tax rates and property rights.
Political & Social Data	Human Development Report Global regional and country reports put out by the UN Development Program Freedom House Survey The Freedom in the World survey contains reports on 193 countries and 15 related and disputed territories. Each country report begins with a section containing: population, capital, political rights (numerical rating), civil liberties (numerical rating), status (Free, Partly Free, or Not Free), and a ten-year ratings timeline.	Crime Statistics Crime statistics by country Committee to Protect Journalists Statistics on press harassment
Current Events/News	Factiva News articles, domestic and international, on companies, industries and countries. Includes WSJ, NYT, Financial Times ISI Emerging Markets Provides news coverage on emerging markets in over 70 countries in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa. Includes both native and English language material.	World Press A free compilation of world newspapers World Newspapers World newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, sorted by country and region
Business, Trade, & Economic Risk Assessment / Data	Business Monitor Online Economic, political, and business analysis by country; market research and forecast reports covering 11 industries, and a database of 50,000 multinational company subsidiaries networked Country Commercial Guides U.S. Dept of State provides information on industires in various countries. Free registration is required.	Penn World Table The Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 188 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2004. Business Source Complete Includes country economic reports from the EIU, WEFA, ICON Group. Click "Rountry Reports" uncer the Browse menu

Task

Primary Sources

Additional Sources

Select a Company

These sources all provide extensive company information and allow screening by various criteria - geography, market cap, industry, etc.

OneSource North America Business Browser
Select Companies to do a scan of companies by various criteria, e.g. market cap. Use NAICS industry codes [Personal Account ]

ORBIS
Profiles about 60 million public and private companies worldwide.

Thomson One Banker-Analytics
On main screen, select Search For Companies button at left. Expand Stock & Earnings Criteria to use Latest Market Cap search (e.g., less than or equal to 2,000 million). You can also screen for firms by country or stock exchange. Or in Advanced Search, screen by many detailed items

Country Data, Culture, and History

Country Navigator
Includes cultural, leadership style and travel information.
First time users: scroll to the bottom of the login page and create an account using your GSB e-mail address.

If your country is not included in Country Navigator, you can try the Geert Hofstede Cultural Dimensions website for the cultural information.

Countrywatch
Provides basic economic, political, historical, cultural, and environmental information on 192 countries.

World Bank Development Indicators
Provides over 700 social, demographic, and economic variables on 228 countries; includes extensive time series.

VIBES
Extensive list of evaluated links to free data on countries and regions.

PAIS
Reports and article abstracts on the intersection of political, social and economic conditions

Country Competitiveness/Doing Business

Transparency International
International corruption indices

World Competitiveness Online
Measures of country performance, over the last several years. The print edition IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook is available in the Reference Collection (World Data Section: World Statistics) in Jackson Library.

Doing Business In…
Provides information on regulations for business in various countries.

Index of Economic Freedom
Scores measures and ranks 161 countries across 10 specific freedoms, things like tax rates and property rights.

Political & Social Data

Human Development Report
Global regional and country reports put out by the UN Development Program

Freedom House Survey
The Freedom in the World survey contains reports on 193 countries and 15 related and disputed territories. Each country report begins with a section containing: population, capital, political rights (numerical rating), civil liberties (numerical rating), status (Free, Partly Free, or Not Free), and a ten-year ratings timeline.

Crime Statistics
Crime statistics by country

Committee to Protect Journalists
Statistics on press harassment

Current Events/News

Factiva
News articles, domestic and international, on companies, industries and countries. Includes WSJ, NYT, Financial Times

ISI Emerging Markets
Provides news coverage on emerging markets in over 70 countries in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa. Includes both native and English language material.

World Press
A free compilation of world newspapers

World Newspapers
World newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English, sorted by country and region

Business, Trade, & Economic Risk Assessment / Data

Business Monitor Online
Economic, political, and business analysis by country; market research and forecast reports covering 11 industries, and a database of 50,000 multinational company subsidiaries networked

Country Commercial Guides
U.S. Dept of State provides information on industires in various countries. Free registration is required.

Penn World Table
The Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 188 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2004.

Business Source Complete
Includes country economic reports from the EIU, WEFA, ICON Group. Click "Rountry Reports" uncer the Browse menu

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