STRAMGT 385 International Business: Jackson Library: Stanford GSB

STRAMGT 385 International Business

Assessing the international strategy of the firm of your choice, focused on one (or more) of its overseas expansions and the organization and implementation of that overseas operation.

This page highlights sources to help you:

Research a company
Find financial information and contacts
Find articles on companies international strategy
Find country information
Find information on overseas markets
You will find additional sources on the Global Context of Management page

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Task	Primary Sources	Additional Sources
Company Overviews/ Financials/Executives and Analyst Reports	OneSource's US Business Browser An integrated site offering core business information on companies and industries; analyst reports and company contacts Orbis Information for over 33 million companies worldwide.	Thomson One Banker Analytics Detailed financials, earnings estimates, ratios and stock quotes, with screening capacity. Company web sites, and annual reports (on Web or in Jackson) Thomson Investext (IE Browser only) Investment research reports written by analysts at investment banks and consulting firms. Go to "Company Analysis > Research" area.
News on Companies/ Countries	Factiva News articles, domestic and international, on companies, industries and countries ISI Emerging Markets Provides hard-to-get news, company profiles, industry profiles and research reports, forecasts and statistics, macroeconomic analysis, financial statements from the emerging markets in over 70 countries in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, & Africa.	PAIS Reports and article abstracts on the intersection of political, social and economic conditions Business Source Complete Articles from hundreds of academic journals and SWOT analyses of some larger companies • example
Country Profiles/ Risk	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. Country Navigator Establish a personal cultural intelligence profile and compare it with your targeted country. It includes in-depth information on Culture & Lifestyle, Business Skills, Leadership Styles, Security and Travel Information in 39 countries. Country Watch Economic, political overviews on 192 countries.	LexisNexis Academic Country profiles under 'Reference' tab MarketLine Country profiles
Country Competitiveness	*Global Competitiveness Report* example Easy comparison charts by country, e.g. soundness of banks HF1414.G563 2003/04 (on Reserve in Jackson) 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. Transparency International International corruption indices
Country Data/ Forecasts	EIU Country Data Detailed national data and metrics VIBES Extensive list of evaluated links to free data on countries and regions	CIA World Factbook Country background and statistics International Financial Statistics Financial measures of country conditions from the IMF Additional sources Check our Jackson Business Web Sites list
Investment/ Trade	Country Commercial Guides U.S. Dept of State overviews of economic and other conditions in nations	*PWC Corporate Taxes 2004-2005 Worldwide Summaries* HD2763.A3 C67 2004/05 (on Reserve in Jackson)

Task

Primary Sources

Additional Sources

Company Overviews/ Financials/Executives and Analyst Reports

OneSource's US Business Browser

An integrated site offering core business information on companies and industries; analyst reports and company contacts

Orbis

Information for over 33 million companies worldwide.

Thomson One Banker Analytics

Detailed financials, earnings estimates, ratios and stock quotes, with screening capacity.

Company web sites, and annual reports (on Web or in Jackson)

Thomson Investext (IE Browser only)

Investment research reports written by analysts at investment banks and consulting firms. Go to "Company Analysis > Research" area.

News on Companies/ Countries

Factiva

News articles, domestic and international, on companies, industries and countries

Provides hard-to-get news, company profiles, industry profiles and research reports, forecasts and statistics, macroeconomic analysis, financial statements from the emerging markets in over 70 countries in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, & Africa.

PAIS

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

Business Source Complete

Articles from hundreds of academic journals and SWOT analyses of some larger companies • example

Country Profiles/ Risk

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.

Country Navigator

Establish a personal cultural intelligence profile and compare it with your targeted country. It includes in-depth information on Culture & Lifestyle, Business Skills, Leadership Styles, Security and Travel Information in 39 countries.

Country Watch

Economic, political overviews on 192 countries.

LexisNexis Academic

Country profiles under 'Reference' tab

MarketLine

Country profiles

Country Competitiveness

Global Competitiveness Report example

Easy comparison charts by country, e.g. soundness of banks HF1414.G563 2003/04 (on Reserve in Jackson)

PWC Corporate Taxes 2004-2005 Worldwide Summaries

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

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