GEN 203: The Global Context of Management: Jackson Library: Stanford GSB

GEN 203: The Global Context of Management

Evaluate the climate of a country for direct foreign investment from the perspective of an international company seeking to operate in tis borders.

This page highlights sources to help you:

Locate basic country data
Locate cultural and historical information
Find articles and sources on current events
Find macroeconomic, trade, and business climate data
Locate data on the political and social environment

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Task	Primary Sources	Additional Sources
Basic Country Data	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.	CIA World Factbook Country background and statistics. World Bank Development Indicators A free version of this resource with about 50 variables included and 3 years of data. VIBES Extensive list of evaluated links to free data on countries and regions.
Culture and History	Country Navigator News articles, domestic and international, on companies, industries and countries. Includes WSJ, NYT, Financial Times.	PAIS Reports and article abstracts on the intersection of political, social and economic conditions. Socrates Search for books and other materials in the Stanford Libraries.
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 & 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 across global markets. EIU Country Data Analytical database of worldwide economic indicators and forecasts covering 115 countries, 271 economic series and more than 750,000 individual data points.	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
Country Competitiveness	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.	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
Investment/ Trade	Country Commercial Guides U.S. Dept of State overviews of economic and other conditions in nations International Financial Statistics Financial measures of country conditions from the IMF Global Financial Data Provides long term and current world economic data on over 150 countries. Includes comprehensive analysis tools that provide the ability to graph and analyze the data.	*PWC Corporate Taxes 2004-2005 Worldwide Summaries* HD2763.A3 C67 2004/05 (on Reserve in Jackson)

Task

Primary Sources

Additional Sources

Basic Country Data

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.

World Bank Development Indicators

A free version of this resource with about 50 variables included and 3 years of data.

VIBES

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

Culture and History

Country Navigator

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

PAIS

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

Socrates

Search for books and other materials in the Stanford Libraries.

Current Events/News

Factiva

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

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 & 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 across global markets.

EIU Country Data

Analytical database of worldwide economic indicators and forecasts covering 115 countries, 271 economic series and more than 750,000 individual data points.

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

Country Competitiveness

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.

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.

PWC Corporate Taxes 2004-2005 Worldwide Summaries

HD2763.A3 C67 2004/05 (on Reserve in Jackson)

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