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Business and corporate

information literacy: Mining the

web for business andinformation tools

Barbie E. Keiser

October 2006


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The premise

Knowledge workers typically spend 25% oftheir workweek seeking and analyzinginformation

How much more productive could yourorganization be if workers were betterprepared?

What opportunities has your organizationlost?

As a company, what could/should you do?


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The solution

Cultivate information literacy

What this does for your organization

For your industry

For your country


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What is information literacy?

The ability to recognize when there is aneed for information

To determine what information is neededto make the decision

To be able to identify, locate, evaluate,and effectively use that information for theissue or problem at-hand


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Socio-economic and politicaldevelopment are best advanced by

People who recognize their need forinformation and can identify, locate,access, evaluate, and apply the needed

information

Entities that organize and manageinformation so that their employees,

suppliers, customers, and joint-venturepartners can easily access and use it


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In an information literate society

Benefits

Citizenry that canactively participate in

government decision-making

Ability to use e-governmentopportunities

Value

Media-literate,informed voters

Productivity Citizens

Government


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An informtion literate industry

Benefits

Easy access toindustry from those

abroad Informed potential

pool of investors

Value

Increased foreigntrade and foreign

direct investment


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An information literate entity

Benefits

More efficientworkforce,

experiencing lessfrustration

Individual companiesable to take

advantage ofopportunities in anexpeditious manner

Value

Productivity ofworkers

Options forteleworking(telecommuting)


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If the premise is

Knowledge workers typically spend 25% oftheir workweek seeking and analyzinginformation

Then your job must be to reduce the timeit takes for knowledge workers to find andanalyze information


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How do you accomplish that?

Support, encourage, and invest in lifelonglearning

Build industry-specific portals with an information

literacy component Customize generic education/training programs

for your specific industry

Organize and maintain organizational caches ofinformation

Understand that policies can influence practice


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What can we do today?

Provide a framework for identifying whatbusiness information is needed concerningmarkets, industries, companies, products, andservices

Review what information is available (and whatis not), which resources have value-addedcontent and unique data, and how to get themost for your money (trade-offs)

Demonstrate techniques for finding qualityresources and identifying key alertingmechanisms


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Three questions you should ask

Where should I go first?

Where is what I want/need most likely tobe?

Who has done this already?


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Objectives for any businessintelligence program

Improve your ability torecognize changesthat are occurring in

the environment Improve monitoring

efforts

Deepen your

knowledge

Anticipate activities

Be aware of shifts infocus or emphasis

Interpret & clarify

Determine trends andinterrelationships

Provide insight andunderstanding


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Whats required for success

An organized approach

Keeping up with theindustry

Knowledge of sourcesavailable, sourceavailability options/access requirements

Use of secondary sources

that lead to primary Authentication of quality

content and reputability ofauthorship

Negotiation skills(licensing)

A network of people

Organization ofinformation from the userspoint of view

Distinguishing informationownership from

management responsibility Focused on the needs of

the client

Ability to manage

expectations


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Research associated with BI canbe complex

Topics may be targeted or broad

Often time-sensitive

Involving a combination of environmentalscanning and monitoring

Requiring attention to detail and innovative

research strategies, with knowledgeof/access to a wide range of resources,both primary and secondary


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When considering new tools

Diverse types Complementary (back-ups)

Perils of an Internet start-up

Why the good ones get acquired (andwhat happens afterwards)

Finding aids and monitoring tools Whats right for you


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Cultivating information expertise

Determine the intelligence requirements

Understand what information is available(and what is not)

Highlight the best

Educate others & manage expectations

Present business intelligence designed toinitiate ACTION


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Segment the industry and foreach segment

Acquire lists/directories of companiesparticipating within each industry segment

Target particular geographic areas

Set financial characteristics (e.g., sales) forscreening purposes

Build company files; construct company profiles

Compare targets qualitatively (strengths/

weaknesses; management styles; markets) andquantitatively (financials)

Devise strategy(ies)


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The payoff

Delivery of more timely, more accurate, morefocused information to those who can make thebest use of it

Better decision-making capabilities Reduced information source redundancy and

minimal duplication of effort

Savings in time, money and effort


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The simple business intelligencemodel

Collect data using a wide variety of sources andformats

Organize information (and resources) formultiple uses and users

Judge the value (of information and resources)

Analyze the information

Disseminate information, but communicateintelligence that leads to ACTION


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Typical problems

Responsibilities for information gathering areunclear

Not comprehensive Ill-equipped information gatherers (and

recipients Lacking focus No historical perspective Data by the truckload (and mostly incomplete) Lack of support (from senior management)

Resistance (no time or desire to read material collected)

Time mismanagement (too much on gathering,not enough on analysis)

Unwillingness to share


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Understanding client needs

What the client does

Where informationplays a role

What type ofinformation Ongoing interest vs.

ad-hoc request

Which sources andtools

Personal preferences

Level of detail Modes of delivery

Frequency/timing ofdelivery

Importance of a streamof information(particularly fordiscerning trends)


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The Internet both changes andhelps

How information entersthe public domain (andhow quickly)

How information isdistributed (and howquickly)

What decisions need to

be made regarding theacceptance ofinformation

What actions need to be

taken by the recipient

Providing access to(global) informationresources

Timeliness ofdata/updates

Economics


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Changing your mindset

Dont just look for electronic versions of

print publications

Demand added-value from each site

Be aware of who is responding toquestions


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Fee-based resources vs. free viathe WWW

Structured (fielded)data Special features

(tables, lists, rankings,

multicompany, casestudies, forecasts)

Historical framework Trend analysis

Future-oriented(projections)

Contact with sources

Time-sensitive activities

Flexibility

Situation-specific May be worth the $ in

terms of: Time spent

Frustration levels

Advanced searchcapabilities

Ease of manipulating data

Ability to download

Permission to share with

others


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How to reach these resources

WWW search engines(& what you need toknow about how theywork)

Traditional informationsources

Web-based businessinformation

directories,databases, portals,and pathfinders

Selected news

aggregators and feeds

Bibliographies, guides,journals & books

Personalized newssources/services

Web channels & industryservers

Malls and gateways

Portals and vortals

Global business, finance,

investment & trade Industry-specific sites and

searches

Go direct (single sites)

Virtual everything

Social networking tools


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Search engines

Indexed search services

Subject directories

Meta-search engines Toolbars

Region & country-specific

Image handling Voice (audio) and video

Pods and vods

Metasearch engines

Discussion boards andchats, wikis and blogs

Caveats

Some are better thanothers

Size isnt everything The freshness test

Handling frames

Dynamically-generated

page search capability Relevancy & links

Subject specificity

Adding features all the

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Malls & gateways

Resource Discovery Network for BusinessStudies(http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/bus) is

now Intute (http://www.intute.ac.uk/) Academic Info Business Administration

(http://www.academicinfo.net/bus.html)

Social Science Business and ManagementInformation Gateway(http://www.sosig.ac.uk/business/)
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/bushttp://www.intute.ac.uk/http://www.academicinfo.net/bus.htmlhttp://www.sosig.ac.uk/business/http://www.sosig.ac.uk/business/http://www.academicinfo.net/bus.htmlhttp://www.intute.ac.uk/http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/bus


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Add-ins that will help

WebWhacker(http://www.bluesquirrel.com)

Copernic

WebFerret by FerretSoft

Bookmarklets

List All Links(http://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/data/index.phtml)

Tool bars

Alert systems

Google Alerts(http://www.googlealert.com)

Web change notification

Autonomy &Verity

Watch That Page

Infominder

Watch360

ChangeDetect

TrackEngine

Karnak

Website-Watcher(http://www.aignes.com)

Trackle
http://www.bluesquirrel.com/http://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/data/index.phtmlhttp://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/data/index.phtmlhttp://www.googlealert.com/http://www.aignes.com/http://www.aignes.com/http://www.googlealert.com/http://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/data/index.phtmlhttp://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/data/index.phtmlhttp://www.bluesquirrel.com/


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Keeping up with it all

Locator tools Internet Scout Report & NSDL

(http://scout.cs.wisc.edu) Freepint (http://www.freepint.com) Internet Resources Newsletter

(http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.html)

Librarians Index to the Internet(http://www.lii.org) Argus Clearinghouse

(http://www.clearinghouse.net) BUBL (http://www.bubl.ac.uk/l) The Virtual Chase

(http://www.virtualchase.com/) LLRX.com (http://www.llrx.com) ResearchBuzz Infotogo.com CyberSkeptics Guide

(http://www.cyberskeptic.com/cs) AcademicIndex

(http://www.academicindex.net/tools.html)

Current awarenessalerting services Clipping services Reputation monitoring Personal Distributed

Sources for theseservices Traditional online

services Initial Web-basedservices (now acquired)

Web-based services

Using colleagues as a

resource BusLib-L
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/http://www.freepint.com/http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.htmlhttp://www.lii.org/http://www.clearinghouse.netn/http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/soc.htmlhttp://www.virtualchase.com/http://www.llrx.com/http://www.cyberskeptic.com/cshttp://www.academicindex.net/tools.htmlhttp://www.academicindex.net/tools.htmlhttp://www.cyberskeptic.com/cshttp://www.llrx.com/http://www.virtualchase.com/http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link/soc.htmlhttp://www.clearinghouse.netn/http://www.lii.org/http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/irn/irn.htmlhttp://www.freepint.com/http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/


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Improving with age

Personalization & mass customization Globalization& media diversification Web-based search tools & technology

On the Web Via the Web The Invisible Web

CloserLook (http://www.bizinfofinder.com/indsearch/)

Subject specificity

Media-specific
http://www.bizinfofinder.com/indsearch/http://www.bizinfofinder.com/indsearch/


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Why employ these tools

Identify good sources thatyou didnt know before Global & local New publications as they

are released

Commentary Convenience

Incoming formattingmeets your personalneeds

Reformatting forcustomized delivery toothers

Personal options Small Town Papers

Desktop or email

DesktopNews

WorldFlash (ticker)

Pop-up Alerts (TriggerNews) Headlineviewer

Summary with link to full-text

Web page (NewsIndex)

Sharing your personal

news clips with others Crayon.net

Web page

Blog


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Options that make reputation monitorsdifferent from alerting services

What they monitor (sources and media)

How they monitor (and how often)

How well they improve their monitoringefforts

Search & deliver functionality

Flexibility Back-end support for further analysis


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When choosing a news deliveryservice

The type ofinformation youneed

Cost limitations Presentation format Headlines Summary

First paragraph (withlink to full-text) Full-text

Deliverymechanism(s) Scroll ticker vs. email

Push vs. pull vs. cast Security issues

Redistribution rights

Personal & shared

Clipping services Current awareness

Reputationmonitoring services


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What is reputation monitoring?

What people are saying Press coverage (positive & negative)

Official vs. Web-based

Printed vs. real-time

Editions vs. continuous updates

Competitors, customers, suppliers, employees

To whom (& how many)

How quickly and frequently is this repeated Effect of the Web

Using these same services to diffuse rumors


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Blogs

Threads are not enough:Blogspace needs more Explicit mechanisms of

clustering and groupformation

Indexing and advancedclassification

Easy shift from headlinesto abstract to first para toKWIC

Hyperlinking to full-text

Interconnectedness ofWeblogs, bulletin boards,and chats

Repetitious information

when blogs use similarfeeds

Strength ofmoderators/facilitators

Activity of blog Timeliness of chat

Watch who commentson what


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Discussion groups: Lurking &using

Using Online DiscussionGroups Post product information

To gain insights on

brand reputation, waysto improve services,diffuse erroneousinformation

Know that not every

posting warrants aresponse

Learning the etiquette ofa group will help youappreciate how best youcan influence it

Tools for Monitoring (&More) Internet FAQ Archives

(http://www.faqs.org/faqs)

TalkCity Web.icq.com

Socialtext
http://www.faqs.org/faqshttp://www.faqs.org/faqs


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Tools for content integration &management

Personal contentmanagers Snippy

(http://www.researchagent.com/snippy/)

SurfSaver Tinderbox

(http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/index.html)

Spurl.net

HTTrack ContentSaver

Collecting, organizing,publishing, and sharing withease Onfolio

Traction Software

firstRain

Relegence FirstTrack(http://www.enow.com)

InMagic Gatherer & Profiler(http://www.inmagic.com)

Furl.net Principles of ECM(http://www.aiim.org)
http://www.researchagent.com/snippy/http://www.researchagent.com/snippy/http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/index.htmlhttp://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/index.htmlhttp://www.enow.com/http://www.inmagic.com/http://www.aiim.org/http://www.aiim.org/http://www.inmagic.com/http://www.enow.com/http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/index.htmlhttp://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/index.htmlhttp://www.researchagent.com/snippy/http://www.researchagent.com/snippy/


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Making sense of that which youretrieve

Discover & harvest usingintelligent bots BrightPlanet

Envisional

Intelligent navigation Endeca

InQuira

Siderean

Text extraction &

analytics Cymfony

IBMs Webfountain

Content mining Data, text, & Web

Netowl

Email messagesPrivacy& ownership issues

Languistics

Island Duck (for customerfeedback)

Google your email withInterwingle (http://zoe.nu)

Googles Gmail(http://gmail.google.com)
http://zoe.nu/http://gmail.google.com/http://gmail.google.com/http://zoe.nu/


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Different technologies, approaches,& purposes

Data transformation

Retrievalware & textcategorization(Convera)

Intelligent tagging(ClearForest)

CAI (nStein)

Automatedsummarization

SurfWax

Decision support

Knowledge.Works(http://www.cipher-sys.com)

Predictive modeling &scoring

Intelligent Results
http://www.cipher-sys.com/http://www.cipher-sys.com/http://www.cipher-sys.com/http://www.cipher-sys.com/http://www.cipher-sys.com/


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Reality vs. opinion

Sci/tech proceedings and conference presentations Government releases

Communism Revisions Floating ideas through unnamed sources

Advocacy groups as part of the grassroots community movement Bias often unstated; sometimes unclear

Newspapers Corrections Editions Ombudsmen

News vs. opinions Mixing editorial content with news (http://www.opinion-pages.org/international.htm)

Separating editorials from news Editorial analysis within a political campaign
http://www.opinion-pages.org/international.htmhttp://www.opinion-pages.org/international.htmhttp://www.opinion-pages.org/international.htmhttp://www.opinion-pages.org/international.htmhttp://www.opinion-pages.org/international.htm


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Opinion tracking

Polling

Services/Organizations

Topics

New tools for polling

Ease of online voting & sharing results

Consumerism


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Thinking logically for quality

Pay attention to extensions Basic information & freshness

Alexa

Bookmarklets

Follow the links (forward & back-

chaining) Fagan Finder

Bookmarklets

Visualization tools Semagix

WebBrain Anacubis

Grokker(http://www.groxis.com/service/grok/)

Kartoo

Touchgraph

Excellent region-specific business sites

Emerging nations andmarkets

Reputable world tradesites

Expanded news sites

Interested parties withname recognition Management

consultants

Accounting firms

Commercial &

investment banks


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Web site evaluation criteria

Source credibility

Purpose

Coverage and scope

Date of creation

Quality

Output options Documentation Customer support

Value-to-cost ratio Privacy Site map


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Look for academic curricula & support

Course syllabi Published articles & working

papers (past & ongoing research) Dissertations/theses Case studies University-based research centers

Databases Self-archiving

(http://opcit.eprints.org/explorearchives.shtml)

Economics

(http://repec.org) Open Access Repositories http://www.opendoar.org/ http://repositories.cdlib.org/esc

holarship/

Subject-specific libraries (e.g.,business) Bibliographies & pathfinders

BizEd(http://www.bized.ac.uk/learn/learn.htm)

Subject FinderBusinessStudies(http://www.subjectfinder.com/category/business.asp?q=Business+Studies&s=Search&mode=all)

Scholarly Societies ProjectBusiness, Economics &Mathematics(http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/genbuseconmath_soc.html/)

Very Large Database(http://www.vldb.org/)
http://opcit.eprints.org/explorearchives.shtmlhttp://opcit.eprints.org/explorearchives.shtmlhttp://repec.org/http://www.opendoar.org/http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/http://www.bized.ac.uk/learn/learn.htmhttp://www.bized.ac.uk/learn/learn.htmhttp://www.subjectfinder.com/category/business.asp?q=Business+Studies&s=Search&mode=allhttp://www.subjectfinder.com/category/business.asp?q=Business+Studies&s=Search&mode=allhttp://www.subjectfinder.com/category/business.asp?q=Business+Studies&s=Search&mode=allhttp://www.subjectfinder.com/category/business.asp?q=Business+Studies&s=Search&mode=allhttp://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/genbuseconmath_soc.htmlhttp://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/genbuseconmath_soc.htmlhttp://www.scholarly-societies.org/http://www.vldb.org/http://www.vldb.org/http://www.scholarly-societies.org/http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/genbuseconmath_soc.htmlhttp://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/genbuseconmath_soc.htmlhttp://www.subjectfinder.com/category/business.asp?q=Business+Studies&s=Search&mode=allhttp://www.subjectfinder.com/category/business.asp?q=Business+Studies&s=Search&mode=allhttp://www.subjectfinder.com/category/business.asp?q=Business+Studies&s=Search&mode=allhttp://www.bized.ac.uk/learn/learn.htmhttp://www.bized.ac.uk/learn/learn.htmhttp://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/http://www.opendoar.org/http://repec.org/http://opcit.eprints.org/explorearchives.shtmlhttp://opcit.eprints.org/explorearchives.shtml


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Three categories of research

Market

Industry

Company

Background

General business climate

Risks

Trade issues, barriers,

statistics Population, demographics &

social/lifestyle issues

Health, education & religion

Ethics & values Technology & infrastructure

Legal/regulatoryenvironment


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Market

Industry

Company

Statistics

Legal & regulatoryissues

Technology Trends & forecasts

Current activity

Structure


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Market

Industry

Company

Background data(Corporatedescription)

Financialperformance

Products and services

Markets (andcustomers) served

Operations

Employee data


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Caveats at the market-level

Countryclassification

Geographic region

Type of economy

Stage of economicdevelopment

Politicalorganization

Comparing countrydata

Tips

Problems


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Competition at the country level Global Competitiveness Program

(http://www.weforum.org) Competitive Institute

(http://www.competitiveness.org) International Budget Project

(http://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/sites/dev_econ.htm)

Competitive Indicators (World Bank) World Competitive Yearbook (IMD - Lausanne)

Competition PolicyUK(http://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics.htm) Berkeley Roundtable on the International

Economy (http://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/) Globalization

(http://www.enterweb.org/whatnew.htm) Index of Economic Freedom - Country Guides

(http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm)

Competitive Alternatives - KPMG's guide tointernational business costs(http://www.competitivealternatives.com/default.html)

Doing Business Guides Deloitte/EIU (www.deloitte.com/tax) World Bank Benchmarking Business

Regulations(http://www.doingbusiness.org/)

http://rru.worldbank.org/DoingBusiness Commercial Guides (US Department of

Commerce)

International Business Reports for CorporateIntranets! http://www.worldbiz.com/library.html

http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfm Country Briefings

(http://www.countrybriefings.com/) EIU Online Store (http://store.eiu.com/)World

Investment Service Country Commercial Guides

(http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfm)

Economist Country Briefings(http://www.economist.com/countries/)

Library of Congress Country studies

(http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/bdtoc.html) Portals to the world

(http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html) Country profiles

(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html) &http://countrystudies.us/ &

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html&http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/csquery.html

EarthTrends Country Profiles(http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5)

Country Watch (http://www.countrywatch.com/) World Economic Forum Country Guides

(http://www.weforum.org/site/knowledgenavigator.nsf/Content/KB+Country+Profiles)

InfoShop at the World Bank(http://web.worldbank.org/wbsite/external/publication
http://www.weforum.org/http://www.competitiveness.org/http://www.competitiveness.org/http://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/sites/dev_econ.htmhttp://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/sites/dev_econ.htmhttp://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/sites/dev_econ.htmhttp://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics.htmhttp://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/http://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/http://www.enterweb.org/whatnew.htmhttp://www.enterweb.org/whatnew.htmhttp://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfmhttp://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfmhttp://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfmhttp://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfmhttp://www.competitivealternatives.com/default.htmlhttp://www.competitivealternatives.com/default.htmlhttp://www.competitivealternatives.com/default.htmlhttp://www.deloitte.com/taxhttp://www.doingbusiness.org/http://rru.worldbank.org/DoingBusinesshttp://www.worldbiz.com/library.htmlhttp://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://www.countrybriefings.com/http://store.eiu.com/http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://www.economist.com/countries/http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/bdtoc.htmlhttp://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/bdtoc.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.htmlhttp://countrystudies.us/http://countrystudies.us/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.htmlhttp://countrystudies.us/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/csquery.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/csquery.htmlhttp://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://www.countrywatch.com/http://web.worldbank.org/wbsite/external/publicationhttp://web.worldbank.org/wbsite/external/publicationhttp://web.worldbank.org/wbsite/external/publicationhttp://web.worldbank.org/wbsite/external/publicationhttp://www.countrywatch.com/http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/csquery.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.htmlhttp://countrystudies.us/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.htmlhttp://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/bdtoc.htmlhttp://www.economist.com/countries/http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://store.eiu.com/http://www.countrybriefings.com/http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/ccg.cfmhttp://www.worldbiz.com/library.htmlhttp://rru.worldbank.org/DoingBusinesshttp://www.doingbusiness.org/http://www.deloitte.com/taxhttp://www.competitivealternatives.com/default.htmlhttp://www.competitivealternatives.com/default.htmlhttp://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfmhttp://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfmhttp://www.enterweb.org/whatnew.htmhttp://brie.berkeley.edu/~briewww/http://www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics.htmhttp://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/sites/dev_econ.htmhttp://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/sites/dev_econ.htmhttp://www.competitiveness.org/http://www.weforum.org/


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Emerging nations and markets

International agencies Institute of International Finance Emerging MarketsResearch (http://www.iif.com/emr/index.quagga)

World Economic Forum (http://www.weforum.org/)

Regional organizations North-South Institute (http://www.nsi-

ins.ca/ensi/index.html) Transitions Online

(http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1

&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=76) Governments

Canadian International Development Agency(http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/webresources.htm)

Background Notes (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn)

Commercial databases Directory of Development Organizations

(http://www.devdir.org/)

S & P Emerging Markets ISI Emerging Markets - Internet Securities

(http://www.securities.com) World Marketing Data and Statistics

(http://www.euromonitor.com/womdas.aspx)

Libraries Virtual Library on International Development

(www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htm)

Licensing Digital Information

(http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/develop.shtml)

InfoNation(http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp)

International Data Base(http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html )

Emerging Markets(http://www.emergingmarkets.org)

Snapdata (http://www.snapdata.com/) Fund Research

Emerging Portfolio http://www.gipinc.com)

Investment Banks Pangaea Partners

(http://www.pangaeapartners.com/) Commercial Banks

Wachovia/First Union(http://www.wachovia.com/corp_inst/page/0,,13_54_3987_1068,00.html)

International Country StudiesExceptional

links(http://library.websteruniv.edu/country.html) http://grove.ship.edu/econ/develop Igostats (http://www.igostats.com/)Free

trial
http://www.iif.com/emr/index.quaggahttp://www.weforum.org/http://www.nsi-ins.ca/ensi/index.htmlhttp://www.nsi-ins.ca/ensi/index.htmlhttp://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=76http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=76http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/webresources.htmhttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgnhttp://www.devdir.org/http://www.securities.com/http://www.euromonitor.com/womdas.aspxhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/develop.shtmlhttp://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asphttp://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asphttp://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asphttp://www.weforum.org/http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.htmlhttp://www.emergingmarkets.org/http://www.snapdata.com/http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=76http://www.gipinc.com/http://www.pangaeapartners.com/http://www.wachovia.com/corp_inst/page/0,,13_54_3987_1068,00.htmlhttp://www.wachovia.com/corp_inst/page/0,,13_54_3987_1068,00.htmlhttp://www.wachovia.com/corp_inst/page/0,,13_54_3987_1068,00.htmlhttp://library.websteruniv.edu/country.htmlhttp://library.websteruniv.edu/country.htmlhttp://grove.ship.edu/econ/develophttp://www.igostats.com/http://www.igostats.com/http://grove.ship.edu/econ/develophttp://library.websteruniv.edu/country.htmlhttp://www.wachovia.com/corp_inst/page/0,,13_54_3987_1068,00.htmlhttp://www.wachovia.com/corp_inst/page/0,,13_54_3987_1068,00.htmlhttp://www.pangaeapartners.com/http://www.gipinc.com/http://www.snapdata.com/http://www.emergingmarkets.org/http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.htmlhttp://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asphttp://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asphttp://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/develop.shtmlhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.euromonitor.com/womdas.aspxhttp://www.securities.com/http://www.devdir.org/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgnhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/webresources.htmhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/webresources.htmhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/webresources.htmhttp://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=76http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=76http://www.nsi-ins.ca/ensi/index.htmlhttp://www.nsi-ins.ca/ensi/index.htmlhttp://www.nsi-ins.ca/ensi/index.htmlhttp://www.weforum.org/http://www.iif.com/emr/index.quagga


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Emerging nations and markets

Libraries Virtual Library on International Development

(www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htm)

Finding International Statistics Online(http://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.html)

GlobalEdge Country Insights(http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp)

VIBES (http://library.uncc.edu/vibes/) Everything InternationalCompany & Industry

Data(http://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/industry.html)

Resources for International Business &Marketing(http://www.csuchico.edu/%7Ewd6/classes/intlmktg2.htm)

Research GuidesBaker Library(http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#3) Least developed country report

(http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3073&lang=1)

Investment Promotion NetworkDirect ForeignInvestment (http://www.ipanet.net/infores )

Development Gateway(http://home.developmentgateway.org/)

ABCNews.coms Country Profiles Oxford Economics htt ://www.oef.com/

(http://www.gale.com/reference/archive/200002/abc22gif.html) Economics, Business, and Environment

Country Profiles(http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5)

Economist Country Briefings(http://www.economist.com/countries/)

Eldis Statistics Guide(http://www.eldis.org/statistics/index.htm) Finding International Statistics Online

(http://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.html)

Global Knowledge for Development(http://notes.edc.org/GLG/GKD/repo.nsf/search)

Global Gateway(http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html)

Resources for International EconomicDevelopment(http://grove.ship.edu/econ/develop/)

OneWorldNationsOnline(http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/)

UNIDO(http://www.unido.org/data/regions.cfm?area=

Problems with comparing
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asphttp://library.uncc.edu/vibes/http://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/industry.htmlhttp://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/industry.htmlhttp://www.csuchico.edu/~wd6/classes/intlmktg2.htmhttp://www.csuchico.edu/~wd6/classes/intlmktg2.htmhttp://www.csuchico.edu/~wd6/classes/intlmktg2.htmhttp://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3073&lang=1http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3073&lang=1http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3073&lang=1http://www.ipanet.net/inforeshttp://home.developmentgateway.org/http://www.oef.com/http://www.gale.com/reference/archive/200002/abc22gif.htmlhttp://www.gale.com/reference/archive/200002/abc22gif.htmlhttp://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://www.economist.com/countries/http://www.eldis.org/statistics/index.htmhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://notes.edc.org/GLG/GKD/repo.nsf/searchhttp://notes.edc.org/GLG/GKD/repo.nsf/searchhttp://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.htmlhttp://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.htmlhttp://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.htmlhttp://grove.ship.edu/econ/develop/http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/http://www.unido.org/data/regions.cfm?area=GLOhttp://www.unido.org/data/regions.cfm?area=GLOhttp://www.unido.org/data/regions.cfm?area=GLOhttp://www.unido.org/data/regions.cfm?area=GLOhttp://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/http://grove.ship.edu/econ/develop/http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.htmlhttp://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.htmlhttp://notes.edc.org/GLG/GKD/repo.nsf/searchhttp://notes.edc.org/GLG/GKD/repo.nsf/searchhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://www.eldis.org/statistics/index.htmhttp://www.economist.com/countries/http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.php?theme=5http://www.gale.com/reference/archive/200002/abc22gif.htmlhttp://www.gale.com/reference/archive/200002/abc22gif.htmlhttp://www.oef.com/http://home.developmentgateway.org/http://www.ipanet.net/inforeshttp://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3073&lang=1http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3073&lang=1http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/http://www.csuchico.edu/~wd6/classes/intlmktg2.htmhttp://www.csuchico.edu/~wd6/classes/intlmktg2.htmhttp://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/industry.htmlhttp://library.uncc.edu/vibes/http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asphttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://www.lib.umd.edu/MCK/GUIDES/intstat.htmlhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htmhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htm


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Problems with comparingcountry data

Base years Methods of estimating

Methods of data collection

Extent of coverage*

Precision of definition

Scope of territory

Margins of error

Currency conversion

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The more accurate the statistics, thegreater the time lag

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Economic and trade data

National accounts

Measures of inflation

Labor statistics Financial statistics

Risk

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Try international agencies, other

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Economic data collection issues

Measuring NationalAccounts

Effect of inflation

Measures of inflation Use GDP deflator for

macro analysis

Use PPI or CPI, as

appropriate Political environment

Exchange rates

Purchasing PowerParity Index (PPP)tries to factor in the

undergroundeconomy and otherintangibles

For a truer cost of

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Labor

Issues

Employment &unemployment statistics

Labor laws & regulations

Temporary help,outsourcing, & offshoring

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoring

Outsourcing Institute(http://www.outsourcing.com/)

Sources

InternationalOrganizations

Governments

Labor unions

Think tanks

Advocacy groups
http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoringhttp://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoringhttp://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoringhttp://www.outsourcing.com/http://www.outsourcing.com/http://www.outsourcing.com/http://www.outsourcing.com/http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoringhttp://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoringhttp://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoring


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External factors affecting country

Internal groupings (points of power)

Political parties (in and out of power)

Other important groups

Internal factors

Specific projects

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Place of final destination

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Trade data & opportunities LexMercatoria (http://lexmercatoria.net/) Revised Guide to International Trade Law

Sources on the Internet(http://www.llrx.com/features/trade3.htm)

International Trade Statistics(http://www.intracen.org/tradstat/) Harmonized tariff schedule

(http://www.itds.treas.gov/) Agency for International Trade Information &

Cooperation(http://www.acici.org/aitic/index.html)

GATT Digital Library through 1994(http://gatt.stanford.edu/page/home)

WTO & GATT Research(http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.html)

Free Trade Area of America (http://www.ftaa-alca.org/Alca_e.asp)

Summit of the Americas(http://www.americasnet.net/)

International Chamber of Commerce(http://www.iccwbo.org/)

US Chamber of Commerce

(http://www.uschamber.com/International/default.htm)

Federation for International TradeOrganizations (http://www.fita.org/) isthe source for international importexport trade leads, events, and links to8,000 international trade (export import)related Websites

International Business Resource Center(http://www.ibrc.business.ku.edu/)

Bridge Between NAICS and SIC(http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97brdg/) http://www.melissadata.com/LookUps/si

c.asp Conversion to NAICS

(http://stats.bls.gov/ces/cesnais.htm) Industry trade data

(http://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.html#FromN

ACE) Concordance NAICSNACE

(http://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htm)

T d d t & t iti
http://lexmercatoria.net/http://www.llrx.com/features/trade3.htmhttp://www.intracen.org/tradstat/http://www.itds.treas.gov/http://www.acici.org/aitic/index.htmlhttp://gatt.stanford.edu/page/homehttp://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.htmlhttp://www.ftaa-alca.org/Alca_e.asphttp://www.ftaa-alca.org/Alca_e.asphttp://www.americasnet.net/http://www.iccwbo.org/http://www.uschamber.com/International/default.htmhttp://www.uschamber.com/International/default.htmhttp://www.fita.org/http://www.ibrc.business.ku.edu/http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97brdg/http://www.melissadata.com/LookUps/sic.asphttp://www.melissadata.com/LookUps/sic.asphttp://stats.bls.gov/ces/cesnais.htmhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Standard/concordances/naics2002-to-nacerev1-1.htmhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://www.macalester.edu/research/economics/PAGE/HAVEMAN/Trade.Resources/TradeConcordances.htmlhttp://stats.bls.gov/ces/cesnais.htmhttp://www.melissadata.com/LookUps/sic.asphttp://www.melissadata.com/LookUps/sic.asphttp://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97brdg/http://www.ibrc.business.ku.edu/http://www.fita.org/http://www.uschamber.com/International/default.htmhttp://www.uschamber.com/International/default.htmhttp://www.iccwbo.org/http://www.americasnet.net/http://www.ftaa-alca.org/Alca_e.asphttp://www.ftaa-alca.org/Alca_e.asphttp://www.ftaa-alca.org/Alca_e.asphttp://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.htmlhttp://gatt.stanford.edu/page/homehttp://www.acici.org/aitic/index.htmlhttp://www.itds.treas.gov/http://www.intracen.org/tradstat/http://www.llrx.com/features/trade3.htmhttp://lexmercatoria.net/


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Trade data & opportunities

Trade Statistics Overview (http://docs.lib.duke.edu/maps/guides/trade_overview.html) Danish Exporters (http://www.krak.dk/scripts/danishexporters/danishexporters_forside.asp) BizEurope Global Trade Center Trade Leads (www.tradezone.com) UK Trade & Investment (https://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/appmanager/ukti/splash) UK Trade Info Data & Prices (http://www.uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=tradedata) Holland Exports (http://www.hollandexports.com/) Indian Exporters Directory (http://www.infodriveindia.com/)

Doing Business Abroad (http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/MarketReportsAndServices.jsp) & TradeData Online (http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html)

International Business Forum (www.ibf.com) Manhattan International Development Corporation

(http://www.manhattanidc.org/marketplace/resources/default.cfm?clientID=11002&typeID=3) TradeExpress International Directory (www.trade-express.com) the most complete product

directory for volume buyers to find suppliers, exporters and OEM manufacturers. Tradematch (www.tradematch.co.uk) provides international trade opportunities through new

markets, partners and customers overseas Inform Katalog & Export (http://www.inform.cz/inp/main.html ) database of profitable and exportcompanies ready to offer their products and services on Czech and international market

World Trade Markets (www.wtm.com) SEARCH system to cater for the capturing, disseminationand searching of Trade Point Trade Leads (ETO's-Electronic Trade Opportunities) throughout theworld

Statistical Tradeflow Database (http://mkaccdb.eu.int/cgi-bin/stb/stat/comext.pl?action=search) UN Trade Statistics Database (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/) & Crosswalk

(http://www.unspsc.org/) Market Access & Compliance (http://trade.gov/mac/)

Web help for firms seeking
http://docs.lib.duke.edu/maps/guides/trade_overview.htmlhttp://www.krak.dk/scripts/danishexporters/danishexporters_forside.asphttp://www.tradezone.com/https://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/appmanager/ukti/splashhttp://www.uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=tradedatahttp://www.hollandexports.com/http://www.infodriveindia.com/http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.htmlhttp://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.htmlhttp://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/MarketReportsAndServices.jsphttp://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.htmlhttp://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.htmlhttp://www.ibf.com/http://www.manhattanidc.org/marketplace/resources/default.cfm?clientID=11002&typeID=3http://www.trade-express.com/http://www.tradematch.co.uk/http://www.inform.cz/inp/main.htmlhttp://www.wtm.com/http://mkaccdb.eu.int/cgi-bin/stb/stat/comext.pl?action=searchhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/http://www.unspsc.org/http://trade.gov/mac/http://trade.gov/mac/http://www.unspsc.org/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/http://mkaccdb.eu.int/cgi-bin/stb/stat/comext.pl?action=searchhttp://mkaccdb.eu.int/cgi-bin/stb/stat/comext.pl?action=searchhttp://mkaccdb.eu.int/cgi-bin/stb/stat/comext.pl?action=searchhttp://www.wtm.com/http://www.inform.cz/inp/main.htmlhttp://www.tradematch.co.uk/http://www.trade-express.com/http://www.trade-express.com/http://www.trade-express.com/http://www.manhattanidc.org/marketplace/resources/default.cfm?clientID=11002&typeID=3http://www.ibf.com/http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.htmlhttp://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/MarketReportsAndServices.jsphttp://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/MarketReportsAndServices.jsphttp://www.infoexport.gc.ca/ie-en/MarketReportsAndServices.jsphttp://www.infodriveindia.com/http://www.hollandexports.com/http://www.uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=tradedatahttps://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/appmanager/ukti/splashhttp://www.tradezone.com/http://www.krak.dk/scripts/danishexporters/danishexporters_forside.asphttp://docs.lib.duke.edu/maps/guides/trade_overview.html


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Web help for firms seekingoverseas trade

International Trade Administration (US Department of Commerce) www.ita.doc.gov US ITC Tariff & Trade Database (http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/tariff.asp) US International Trade Statistics are available from the Foreign Trade Division, US

Census Bureau (www.census.gov/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www) National Trade Data Bank (www.stat-usa.gov) Export USA Publications (www.exportusa.com) U.S. Customs Rulings (http://rulings.customs.gov/)

Export.gov & BuyUSA.gov Market Access & Compliance (http://www.mac.doc.gov/) TradeNet Online (http://www.tradenet.com/) Outsourcing & Offshoring (http://www.outsourcingoffshore.us/) Port Connecticut (http://portconnecticut.com/webring.html) TradersCity Index (http://www.traderscity.com/board/) Export Services China (http://www.exportservices.be/china.htm)

Foreign Trade Information System (http://www.sice.oas.org/) Cato Center for Trade Policy (http://www.freetrade.org/) Dialog TradeStat (http://www.tradstat.com/) TradeStats Express State Data

(http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24)

http://www.buyusainfo.net/ Virtual World Trade Reference Room (http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-

room.html)

Demographic data & data
http://www.ita.doc.gov/http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/tariff.asphttp://www.stat-usa.gov/http://rulings.customs.gov/http://www.mac.doc.gov/http://www.tradenet.com/http://www.outsourcingoffshore.us/http://portconnecticut.com/webring.htmlhttp://www.traderscity.com/board/http://www.exportservices.be/china.htmhttp://www.sice.oas.org/http://www.freetrade.org/http://www.tradstat.com/http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://www.buyusainfo.net/http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-room.htmlhttp://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-room.htmlhttp://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-room.htmlhttp://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-room.htmlhttp://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-room.htmlhttp://www.buyusainfo.net/http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://tse.export.gov/SEDHome.aspx?UniqueURL=d4mlwl45qujiisqmbqjcn5ry-2005-2-1-12-52-24http://www.tradstat.com/http://www.freetrade.org/http://www.sice.oas.org/http://www.exportservices.be/china.htmhttp://www.traderscity.com/board/http://portconnecticut.com/webring.htmlhttp://www.outsourcingoffshore.us/http://www.tradenet.com/http://www.mac.doc.gov/http://rulings.customs.gov/http://www.stat-usa.gov/http://www.stat-usa.gov/http://www.stat-usa.gov/http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/tariff.asphttp://www.ita.doc.gov/


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Demographic data & datacollection issues

Population

Age distribution

Urban & rural

Income (& incomedistribution)

Per capita

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International agencies & NGOs Government sources (national & local levels) Associations & not-for-profit organizations Market, industry, & company research reports

Conferences, events, & exhibitions Universities, research centers & think tanks

Identification Collections

Case studies Experts Libraries: Public, academic & virtual libraries with

excellent business collections, research guides, orlinks

Press

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International (and regional)agencies and NGOs

United Nations (http://www.un.org) UN System

(http://www.unsystem.org) Agencies within the UN

Office of the High Commissioneron Human Rights

(http://www.unhchr.ch/) Commissions

Links to agencies(http://www.unece.org/stats/links.htm

UN Economic & Social

Commission of Asia & the Pacific(http://www.unescap.org)

Specific publications

Government Gazettes Online(http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/gazettes/index.htm)

EuroStat (part of Europa site)

World Bank Group(http://www.worldbank.org) International Monetary Fund

(http://www.imf.org) Regional Development Banks (ADB,

EBRD, CDV) Regional Conferences and Cooperatives

OAS, OECD, ASEAN, PAHO European Union(http://www.europa.eu.int) Directorates General

(http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs_en.htm)

Aid agencies, rescue missions,humanitarian efforts

Official Government Servers(http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/)

Statistical agencies(http://www.ssb.no/english/links)

US Census Bureau Statistical AgenciesInternational(http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_i

nt.html)

Global and regional
http://www.un.org/http://www.unsystem.org/http://www.unhchr.ch/http://www.unece.org/stats/links.htmhttp://www.unece.org/stats/links.htmhttp://www.unescap.org/http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/gazettes/index.htmhttp://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/gazettes/index.htmhttp://www.worldbank.org/http://www.worldbank.org/http://www.imf.org/http://www.europa.eu.int/http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs_en.htmhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs_en.htmhttp://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/http://www.ssb.no/english/linkshttp://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.htmlhttp://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.htmlhttp://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.htmlhttp://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.htmlhttp://www.ssb.no/english/linkshttp://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs_en.htmhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs_en.htmhttp://www.europa.eu.int/http://www.imf.org/http://www.worldbank.org/http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/gazettes/index.htmhttp://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/gazettes/index.htmhttp://www.unescap.org/http://www.unece.org/stats/links.htmhttp://www.unece.org/stats/links.htmhttp://www.unhchr.ch/http://www.unsystem.org/http://www.un.org/


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Global and regionalresources

Economist Intelligence Units EIUs latest (www.eiu.com) Central European Business Daily (www.cebd.com) NewsBase (http://www.newsbase.com/) Transitions Online

(http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=161)

East Europe and Russia News(http://khan.interaccess.com/intelweb/eeurope.html) Central Europe Online (http://www.einnews.com/centraleurope/) Corruption Perceptions Index (http://www.transparency.de) CIA World Factbook Country Information with sample country report

(http://www.countryreports.org/) EmbassyWorld.com BBC News Country Profiles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm) Foreign Government Resources on the Web

(http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html) Local Economic Development Initiatives (http://www.ledis.co.uk/)

Associations & not-for-profit
http://www.cebd.com/http://www.newsbase.com/http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=161http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=161http://www.einnews.com/centraleurope/http://www.transparency.de/http://www.countryreports.org/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stmhttp://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.htmlhttp://www.ledis.co.uk/http://www.ledis.co.uk/http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stmhttp://www.countryreports.org/http://www.transparency.de/http://www.einnews.com/centraleurope/http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=161http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/home.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=4&NrIssue=161http://www.newsbase.com/http://www.cebd.com/


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Associations & not-for-profitagencies

Trade associations International

Regional

Single country

Advocacy groups National level

Cross-bordercooperation

Local communitygroups

Topic-specific

News Membership lists

Online magazines &

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Who issues market & industry researchreports (and how do I locate them)?

International agencies,governments, & NGOs

Government agencies

Associations

Research organizations &

think tanks NIRAs World Directory of ThinkTanks(http://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.html)

US (http://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/lec/lec-179.html)

Collections PolicyFile

Index of Urban Documents(http://www.urbdocs.com)

ResourceShelfs DocuTicker

(http://www.docuticker.com/)

Management consultants Accounting firms

Securities analysts Investment banks

Commercial banks

BestCalls.com & CallStreet.com Research from multiple

institutions Thomsons Research Bank

Investext(http://research.thomsonib.co

m/) Individual firms

Stock trading/data sites

Sci/tech
http://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/lec/lec-179.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/lec/lec-179.htmlhttp://www.urbdocs.com/http://www.docuticker.com/http://research.thomsonib.com/http://research.thomsonib.com/http://research.thomsonib.com/http://research.thomsonib.com/http://www.docuticker.com/http://www.urbdocs.com/http://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/lec/lec-179.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/lec/lec-179.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/lec/lec-179.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/lec/lec-179.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/lec/lec-179.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.htmlhttp://www.nira.go.jp/linke/tt-link/index.html


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Sci/tech research is different

R & D NTIS

Federal R & D (http://www.osti.gov/fedrnd/)

Battelle

http://www.saibooks.com/rnd.html

Conference proceedings

Interdok

Quality/Benchmarking Best Practices American Productivity & Quality Center(http://www.apqc.org)

American Society for Quality(http://www.asq.org)

Baldridge National Quality Program(http://www.quality.nist.gov/)

British Quality Foundation (http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/)

EFQM.org Institute of Quality Assurance

(http://www.iqa.org) Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers

(http://www.juse.or.jp/e/index.html) Online Quality Resource Guide

(http://deming.eng.clemson.edu/onlineq.html) Qualitymag.com Best Manufacturing Practices

(http://www.bmpcoe.org/index.html)

Standards ISO

(http://www.iso.org/iso/en/isoonline.frontpage)

American National Standards Institute(http://www.ansi.org/)

Standards Australia(http://www.standardsaustralia.com/)

British Standards Online

(http://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/server/index.jsp) HIS/Global (http://global.ihs.com/)

TechSavvy.com

IFAC.org (accountancy) Standardization resources

(http://thinkstandards.net/resources.html)

ASTM Standards Worldwide

(http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystore)

Techstreet.com (Thomson)
http://www.osti.gov/fedrnd/http://www.saibooks.com/rnd.htmlhttp://www.apqc.org/http://www.asq.org/http://www.quality.nist.gov/http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/http://www.iqa.org/http://www.juse.or.jp/e/index.htmlhttp://deming.eng.clemson.edu/onlineq.htmlhttp://www.bmpcoe.org/index.htmlhttp://www.iso.org/iso/en/isoonline.frontpagehttp://www.iso.org/iso/en/isoonline.frontpagehttp://www.iso.org/iso/en/isoonline.frontpagehttp://www.ansi.org/http://www.ansi.org/http://www.standardsaustralia.com/http://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/server/index.jsphttp://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/server/index.jsphttp://global.ihs.com/http://thinkstandards.net/resources.htmlhttp://thinkstandards.net/resources.htmlhttp://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystorehttp://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystorehttp://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystorehttp://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystorehttp://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystorehttp://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystorehttp://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystorehttp://thinkstandards.net/resources.htmlhttp://thinkstandards.net/resources.htmlhttp://global.ihs.com/http://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/server/index.jsphttp://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/server/index.jsphttp://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/server/index.jsphttp://www.standardsaustralia.com/http://www.ansi.org/http://www.iso.org/iso/en/isoonline.frontpagehttp://www.iso.org/iso/en/isoonline.frontpagehttp://www.bmpcoe.org/index.htmlhttp://deming.eng.clemson.edu/onlineq.htmlhttp://www.juse.or.jp/e/index.htmlhttp://www.iqa.org/http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/http://www.quality-foundation.co.uk/http://www.quality.nist.gov/http://www.asq.org/http://www.apqc.org/http://www.saibooks.com/rnd.htmlhttp://www.osti.gov/fedrnd/


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Patents & trademarks

Official government sites Intellectual Property Digital Library(http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/index.jsp)

European Patent Office(http://www.european-patent-office.org/onlinelinks/)

UK Patent Office(http://www.patent.gov.uk/)

Japan Patent Office(http://www.jpo.go.jp/)

Canada(http://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html)

http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.html

US

(http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/catalog/products/cassis.htm) http://www.uspto.gov/patft/ Patent Classification homepage

(http://www.uspto.gov/go/classification/)

Reputable databases http://www.llrx.com/columns/rou

ndup21.htm

Micropat.com

http://www.questel.orbit.com/index.htm

http://www.thomsonpatentstore.net/derwent/index_ipr.html

IFI Claims Patent Database(http://www.ificlaims.com/)

Commercial patent search

services Patent attorneys

FreshPatents.com

PatentLawLinks.com

Patent Pending Blogs

(http://patentpending.blogs.com/)

Industry & company specific case studies
http://patentpending.blogs.com/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/index.jsphttp://www.european-patent-office.org/onlinelinks/http://www.european-patent-office.org/onlinelinks/http://www.patent.gov.uk/http://www.patent.gov.uk/http://www.jpo.go.jp/http://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.htmlhttp://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.htmlhttp://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.htmlhttp://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/catalog/products/cassis.htmhttp://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/catalog/products/cassis.htmhttp://www.uspto.gov/patft/http://www.uspto.gov/go/classification/http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup21.htmhttp://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup21.htmhttp://www.questel.orbit.com/index.htmhttp://www.questel.orbit.com/index.htmhttp://www.thomsonpatentstore.net/derwent/index_ipr.htmlhttp://www.thomsonpatentstore.net/derwent/index_ipr.htmlhttp://www.ificlaims.com/http://patentpending.blogs.com/http://patentpending.blogs.com/http://www.ificlaims.com/http://www.thomsonpatentstore.net/derwent/index_ipr.htmlhttp://www.thomsonpatentstore.net/derwent/index_ipr.htmlhttp://www.questel.orbit.com/index.htmhttp://www.questel.orbit.com/index.htmhttp://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup21.htmhttp://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup21.htmhttp://www.uspto.gov/go/classification/http://www.uspto.gov/patft/http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/catalog/products/cassis.htmhttp://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/catalog/products/cassis.htmhttp://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.htmlhttp://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.htmlhttp://patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.htmlhttp://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.htmlhttp://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.htmlhttp://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.htmlhttp://strategis.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.htmlhttp://www.jpo.go.jp/http://www.patent.gov.uk/http://www.european-patent-office.org/onlinelinks/http://www.european-patent-office.org/onlinelinks/http://www.european-patent-office.org/onlinelinks/http://www.european-patent-office.org/onlinelinks/http://www.european-patent-office.org/onlinelinks/http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/index.jsp


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Industry & company-specific case studies,& management discussions

Darden Case Collection (http://www.darden.edu/) Thunderbird Case Series (http://www.t-

bird.edu/faculty_research/case_series/index.htm) Harvard Business Schoolcase studies

(http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/products/cases/collections.html) and(http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu)

INSEAD (http://www.insead.fr/facultyresearch/) COLIS/European Case Clearing House database

(http://www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk) CasePlace.org Babson College Case Collection

(http://www3.babson.edu/Publications/Cases/Catalog/) IMD Case Studies (http://www02.imd.ch/research/publications/) Knowledge@Wharton(http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu) HSB Working Knowledge (http://hbswk.hbs.edu/) Business Case Analysis (http://www.solutionmatrix.com/) Knowledge@Wharton(http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)

Conferences events &
http://www.darden.edu/collection/index.htmhttp://www.t-bird.edu/faculty_research/case_series/index.htmhttp://www.t-bird.edu/faculty_research/case_series/index.htmhttp://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/products/cases/collections.htmlhttp://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/http://www.insead.fr/facultyresearch/http://www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk/http://www3.babson.edu/Publications/Cases/Catalog/http://www02.imd.ch/research/publications/http://www.ssb.no/english/linkshttp://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/http://hbswk.hbs.edu/http://www.solutionmatrix.com/mailto:Knowledge@Whartonhttp://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/mailto:Knowledge@Whartonhttp://www.solutionmatrix.com/http://hbswk.hbs.edu/http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/http://www.ssb.no/english/linkshttp://www02.imd.ch/research/publications/http://www3.babson.edu/Publications/Cases/Catalog/http://www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk/http://www.insead.fr/facultyresearch/http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/products/cases/collections.htmlhttp://www.t-bird.edu/faculty_research/case_series/index.htmhttp://www.t-bird.edu/faculty_research/case_series/index.htmhttp://www.t-bird.edu/faculty_research/case_series/index.htmhttp://www.darden.edu/collection/index.htm


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Conferences, events, &exhibitions

Program Topics Speakers

Exhibitors Schedule Alerts

Conference Alerts(http://www.conferencealerts.com)

Exhibition halls in major cities Trade show organizers Country-specific Industry-specific

Finance (http://www.financial-conferences.com/)

Kalends from Reuters(http://www.kalends.com/dotcom/thisweek.htm)

Business technology(http://www.techvenue.com/)

Sites with conference calendars Associations

Journals/newsletters

Individual publishers(http://www.wkap.nl/home/confsched/)

Academic institutions

International Association of Fairs &Exhibitions(http://www.fairsandexpos.com)

All Conferences(http://www.allconferences.com)

Meetingsnet(http://meetingsnet.com)

ExpoWorld(http://www.expoworld.net)

Papers Invited(http://www.papersinvited.com/search/Search.asp)
http://www.papersinvited.com/search/Search.asphttp://www.conferencealerts.com/http://www.financial-conferences.com/http://www.financial-conferences.com/http://www.kalends.com/dotcom/thisweek.htmhttp://www.kalends.com/dotcom/thisweek.htmhttp://www.kalends.com/dotcom/thisweek.htmhttp://www.techvenue.com/http://www.wkap.nl/home/confsched/http://www.fairsandexpos.com/http://www.allconferences.com/http://meetingsnet.com/http://www.expoworld.net/http://www.papersinvited.com/search/Search.asphttp://www.papersinvited.com/search/Search.asphttp://www.papersinvited.com/search/Search.asphttp://www.papersinvited.com/search/Search.asphttp://www.expoworld.net/http://meetingsnet.com/http://www.allconferences.com/http://www.fairsandexpos.com/http://www.wkap.nl/home/confsched/http://www.techvenue.com/http://www.kalends.com/dotcom/thisweek.htmhttp://www.kalends.com/dotcom/thisweek.htmhttp://www.financial-conferences.com/http://www.financial-conferences.com/http://www.financial-conferences.com/http://www.conferencealerts.com/


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Academic business libraries

Resouces on international Business(http://caxton.emich.edu/guide/guide.php?id=191)

Academic Library Business Pages(http://www.lib.washington.edu/business/abl.html)

Business History(http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/res/bush

is/) Guide for Researching Business Topics

(http://business.library.wisc.edu/Research_Guides/index.html)

Guide to Company Information Using Onlythe Internet(http://www.ithaca.edu/library/biblio/companynet.htm)

International Business ResourceConnection(http://www.ibrc.bschool.ukans.edu/country_resources/country_resources.htm)

Virtual International Business & EconomicSources(http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68)

International Business Internet Links(http://www.tarleton.edu/~library/internatvus_il.html) InfoMine (http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-

bin/search?category=busecon) MSU-Ciber

(http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp) International/Country Studies

(http://library.websteruniv.edu/country.html)

Internet ResourcesUC at Berkeley(http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/bbg18.html) Rutgers University Research Guides

(http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtml) Company Research (http://tinyurl.com/m6cg) International Business (http://tinyurl.com/m6cj)

Simon Fraser University Research Guides

(http://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/business.htm#3) &(http://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/intlmkt.htm)

University LibrariesUniversity at AlbanySUNY(http://library.albany.edu/subject/business.html)

Penn World Tables(http://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/pwt/index.html)
http://caxton.emich.edu/guide/guide.php?id=191http://caxton.emich.edu/guide/guide.php?id=191http://www.lib.washington.edu/business/abl.htmlhttp://www.lib.washington.edu/business/abl.htmlhttp://www.lib.washington.edu/business/abl.htmlhttp://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/res/bushis/http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/res/bushis/http://business.library.wisc.edu/Research_Guides/index.htmlhttp://business.library.wisc.edu/Research_Guides/index.htmlhttp://www.ithaca.edu/library/biblio/companynet.htmhttp://www.ithaca.edu/library/biblio/companynet.htmhttp://www.ibrc.bschool.ukans.edu/country_resources/country_resources.htmhttp://www.ibrc.bschool.ukans.edu/country_resources/country_resources.htmhttp://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68http://www.tarleton.edu/~library/internatvus_il.htmlhttp://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=buseconhttp://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=buseconhttp://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asphttp://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asphttp://library.websteruniv.edu/country.htmlhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/bbg18.htmlhttp://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtmlhttp://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtmlhttp://tinyurl.com/m6cghttp://tinyurl.com/m6cjhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/business.htmhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/business.htmhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/business.htmhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/intlmkt.htmhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/intlmkt.htmhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/intlmkt.htmhttp://library.albany.edu/subject/business.htmlhttp://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/pwt/index.htmlhttp://datacentre.chass.utoronto.ca/pwt/index.htmlhttp://library.albany.edu/subject/business.htmlhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/intlmkt.htmhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/intlmkt.htmhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/business.htmhttp://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/subjectguides/bus/business.htmhttp://tinyurl.com/m6cjhttp://tinyurl.com/m6cghttp://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtmlhttp://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/business.shtmlhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/bbg18.htmlhttp://library.websteruniv.edu/country.htmlhttp://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asphttp://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=buseconhttp://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=buseconhttp://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=buseconhttp://www.tarleton.edu/~library/internatvus_il.htmlhttp://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68http://www.ibrc.bschool.ukans.edu/country_resources/country_resources.htmhttp://www.ibrc.bschool.ukans.edu/country_resources/country_resources.htmhttp://www.ithaca.edu/library/biblio/companynet.htmhttp://www.ithaca.edu/library/biblio/companynet.htmhttp://business.library.wisc.edu/Research_Guides/index.htmlhttp://business.library.wisc.edu/Research_Guides/index.htmlhttp://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/res/bushis/http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/res/bushis/http://www.lib.washington.edu/business/abl.htmlhttp://www.lib.washington.edu/business/abl.htmlhttp://caxton.emich.edu/guide/guide.php?id=191http://caxton.emich.edu/guide/guide.php?id=191


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Virtual libraries

Wall Street Executive Library(http://www.executivelibrary.com)

Krislyns Strictly Business Sites(http://www.strictlybusinesssites.com/)

Phil Bradleys Company & Business Information(http://www.philb.com/bizlink1.htm)out of date

Martindales Reference Desk(http://www.martindalecenter.com/)

Washington Researchers International Information(http://www.washingtonresearchers.com/public/InternetGuide/InternetGuide.html)

Library Spot (http://www.libraryspot.com)

Virtual Pet Industry Research Desk

(http://www.virtualpet.com/industry)

What journalists uncover (and
http://www.executivelibrary.com/http://www.strictlybusinesssites.com/http://www.philb.com/bizlink1.htmhttp://www.martindalecenter.com/http://www.washingtonresearchers.com/public/InternetGuide/InternetGuide.htmlhttp://www.washingtonresearchers.com/public/InternetGuide/InternetGuide.htmlhttp://www.libraryspot.com/http://www.virtualpet.com/industryhttp://www.virtualpet.com/industryhttp://www.libraryspot.com/http://www.washingtonresearchers.com/public/InternetGuide/InternetGuide.htmlhttp://www.washingtonresearchers.com/public/InternetGuide/InternetGuide.htmlhttp://www.martindalecenter.com/http://www.philb.com/bizlink1.htmhttp://www.strictlybusinesssites.com/http://www.executivelibrary.com/


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What journalists uncover (andwhere they publish)

Wire services General news + business wires Company News Group

European Corporate PressReleases(http://www.companynewsgroup.com/)

Traditional broadcasters & newsprograms

Newspapers Magazines Business journals

Management

Trade journals (magazines &newsletters)

Scholarly journals Open Access

Traditional database options &the Invisible Web Database producers Database vendors Content aggregators

Commercial sites with

business data & links e-zines Newsgroups, bulletin boards,

chats & blogs Scholarly discussions Bloggator.com/business

Personalized news services Clipping services Current awareness alerts Corporate reputation monitors
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Wire services

Individual Web sites

Search engine indexingand directory services http://dir.yahoo.com/business_

and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.html

Personalized newsservices

Business Web siteswith feeds & links

Traditional online

databases

BusinessWire.com

USNewswire.com

AP

Reuters PRNewswire

Canadian Press

News Service(http://www.cp.org/)

A di & id
http://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.htmlhttp://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.htmlhttp://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.htmlhttp://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.htmlhttp://www.cp.org/http://www.cp.org/http://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.htmlhttp://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.htmlhttp://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.htmlhttp://dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/companies/news_and_media/news_services/press_releases.html


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Audio & video

American Rhetoric Online SpeechBank(http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm)

Federal News Service(http://www.fnsg.com/)

CNN(http://www.cnn.com/video/netshow/) Online NewsHour

(http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/) OnDemandGlobal Voices

(http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/i

ndex.php?CurrentLetter=1) Salon Audio

(http://dir.salon.com/topics/audio)

Shadow TV(http://www.shadowtv.com/monitoring_2.html)

Singingfish(http://www.singingfish.com/)

MediaChannel DocuSeek(http://www.docuseek.com/wc.dll?docprocess~startsearch)

Television News Archives(http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/)

Gary Price Speech &Transcript Center(http://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htm)

Think global act local
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htmhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htmhttp://www.fnsg.com/http://www.cnn.com/video/netshow/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/index.php?CurrentLetter=1/http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/index.php?CurrentLetter=1/http://dir.salon.com/topics/audio/http://www.shadowtv.com/monitoring_2.htmlhttp://www.shadowtv.com/monitoring_2.htmlhttp://www.singingfish.com/http://www.docuseek.com/wc.dll?docprocess~startsearchhttp://www.docuseek.com/wc.dll?docprocess~startsearchhttp://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/index.php?CurrentLetter=1/http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/http://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htmhttp://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htmhttp://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htmhttp://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htmhttp://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/http://www.docuseek.com/wc.dll?docprocess~startsearchhttp://www.docuseek.com/wc.dll?docprocess~startsearchhttp://www.singingfish.com/http://www.shadowtv.com/monitoring_2.htmlhttp://www.shadowtv.com/monitoring_2.htmlhttp://dir.salon.com/topics/audio/http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/index.php?CurrentLetter=1/http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/index.php?CurrentLetter=1/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/http://www.cnn.com/video/netshow/http://www.fnsg.com/http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htmhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm


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Think global, act local

Television/radio networks BBC Online (www.bbc.co.uk) BBC World News

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/) BBC News Programmes

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/default.stm)

BBC Radio On Demand(http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/index.shtml)

BBC News Advanced Search(http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/advquery/query.htm)

BBC Monitoring(http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk/)

Specific news programs on thosenetworks Joint ventures

MSNBC business video(http://www.cnbcdowjones.com/)

Blinx.tv Feedroom

Transcripts News & Information via Streaming

Audio & Video(http://www.freepint.com/gary/audio.htm)

NewsIQ

Links to stations

Live Radio & Television fromAround the World (http://broadcast-live.com/)

Web Radio Online (http://www.web-radio.com/in_list.cfm)

World Radio Network(http://www.wrn.org/)

Radio Locator

vTuner NewsSearchPortal WorldLinkTV World News Network

(http://www.wn.com) World News Business

(http://www.businessjournal.com/)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/http://news.bbc.co.uk/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/default.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/default.stmhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/index.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/index.shtmlhttp://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/advquery/query.htmhttp://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/advquery/query.htmhttp://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk/http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk/http://www.cnbcdowjones.com/gateway/index.aspxhttp://www.cnbcdowjones.com/gateway/index.aspxhttp://www.freepint.com/gary/audio.htmhttp://www.freepint.com/gary/audio.htmhttp://broadcast-live.com/http://broadcast-live.com/http://www.web-radio.com/in_list.cfmhttp:

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