LibGuides: Business Office Technology (formerly named Office Administration and Technology): 3. International Business

3. International Business

Export.gov
"Export.gov brings together resources ... to assist American businesses in planning their international sales strategies and succeed in today’s global marketplace."

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International Trade Administration
"ITA's mission is to create prosperity by strengthening the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promoting trade and investment, and ensuring fair trade and compliance with trade laws and agreements. Trade.gov provides you access to ITA's valuable
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information and services regarding U.S. international trade policy.”
Business-In-Asia.com
"Runckel & Associates is an International Business Consulting Firm based in Portland, Oregon." Their web site provides information on doing business in Asia, with links to countries, companies, industries, etiquette and travel tips, and more.
Global Technology Forum
"This free website from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is designed to provide you with all the information and analysis you need to hone your business strategy for the global digital economy." Includes a blog, country links, best practice, white
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papers, global news analysis, "doing business in...," e-readiness rankings, and more.
International Monetary Fund
The site provides news, information on its member countries, data and statistics from the World Economic Outlook Databases, and full text publications, such as the World Economic Outlook, 2007, and more.
Latin American Network Information Center
(LANIC) is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin and has a mission "to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America." The information center is
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organized by country and by subject. You can click on Economy, then Business to get to regional and country sites dealing with commerce and news.
Library of Congress Research Division
"The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world." Note: These reports are not updated regularly
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and in some cases are a few years old. "This Web site also contains brief, more up-to-date Country Profiles on select countries." These profiles were formerly part of the Army Area Handbook Program.
MBendi AfroPaedia
"The MBendi website is widely used by the global community of corporate and political executives, managers and business professionals to find opportunities, business and finance partners and reference information." The site provides overviews of African
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countries, industries, and major companies, withlinks to stock exchanges and directories of products, services, conferences, and current projects. "MBendi Information Services (Pty) Ltd is a privately owned Internet business publishing company founded in 1995 and based in Cape Town, South Africa."
Trade.gov - Manufacturing and Services
A section of the U.S. International Trade Administration site, this section provides descriptions and statistics on U.S. and international industries and is "dedicated to enhancing the global competitiveness of U.S. industry, expanding its market access,
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and increasing its exports."
World Factbook
The Online Factbook, produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, is "currently updated every two weeks." The World Factbook provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies, including brief factual surveys of
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demographic, economic, geographic, and political conditions. Reference maps are available in .pdf and .jpg formats.
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