The world's definitive scholarly business database, including articles from peer-reviewed journals, magazines, trade publications, and news sources. Company and industry profiles are also available. Citations available from 1880-present.
1. Search by company name.
2. Under Source Types, select "Country Report"
1. On the right-hand side, select the drop-down menu that says "Country"
2. Select your country.
Creat charts and download data from the ILO's estimates on employment around the world.
Chart the total labor force or labor force participation rates by age for the world or by country.
Build your own tables of country data on wages and hours, employment and unemployment, and labor costs with data from the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Chart labor costs, labor productivity, and other indicators for up to 38 countries, including emerging economies
identifies reports and publications by country
"contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report... Use this database to find data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF. Data are available from 1980 to the present, and projections are given for the next two years."
provides comparisons of GDP, inflation, & current account balance for up to five selected countries, geographic regions, or analytical groups at a time.
provides access to some data series from the IMF International Financial Statistics series
"OECD’s periodic reviews of member and non-member economies. Member country reviews are generally done on an 18 month cycle,while non-member reviews are done as agreed with the subject country. A minimum of 18 surveys are done each year. Each issue provides a comprehensive analysis of developments in the subject country, along with individual chapters covering key economic challenges being faced and recommendations for dealing with the challenges."
"the OECD’s twice-yearly analysis of the major economic trends and prospects for the next two years. Prepared by the OECD Economics Department, the Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of them on international developments."
Companies House has created a list of company registries located around the world. Please note that it is not a comprehensive list. The links are grouped by region.
This list of government corporate registration website was created and maintained by the Commercial Register of the Canton St. Gallen.
This World Bank site includes guides with information on business regulations and how to start a business in various countries. It does not cover all forms of businesses for a country, but it is a good starting point for identifying the general procedures and registries.
This is not a comprehensive worldwide list but focuses on Europe.
Read their annual Global Corruption Report. Use their Bribe Payers Index and Corruption Perceptions Index to rank countries by the degree to which corruption exists among public officials.
Does the government allow labor, capital and goods to move freely? The Wall Street Journal and the conservative Heritage Foundation measure ten variables and rank over 180 countries.
Annual comparative assessment of political rights and civil liberties in 192 countries.
An online collection of business laws and regulations. Links to official government sources of laws regarding labor, taxes, trade, property, banking, companies, civil procedure and bankruptcy. Part of the Doing Business project of the World Bank.
Information about the different legal systems in the world along with legal maps.
Links to official legislative, judicial and executive sources as well as legal guides and country information. Compiled by the Library of Congress.
Reports from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative outline foreign trade barriers in countries around the world. Reports cover a country's import policies, accounting, legal and other service barriers, investment barriers, and factors such as corruption that impede trade.
World Trade Organization reviews of the the trade policies and practices of its member countries. Find a a report by the WTO Secretariat and a policy statement from the country's government.
Search by country or topic for trade policy reports. Also find the text of U.S. trade agreements.
The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics database tracks cross-country movement of commodities. Annual trade data for over 184 countries.
Professor Geert Hofstede conducted one of the most comprehensive studies of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture. Six dimensions are used to measure the values that distinguished countries from each other.
Compare countries using Hofstede's six dimensions.
International Business Etiquette, Manners & Culture
--This site is maintained by the non-profit International Business Center.
--Not every country is covered; those that are can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the page.
