A Guide to International Marketing
Research
in Regenstein Library
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Demographic
DataFinder (Population Reference Bureau)
Global
Market Information Database
Marketing and economic data from Euromonitor - country data,
consumer lifestyles, consumer market sizes, forecasts, companies
& brands, major market profiles.
Index to international statistics : IIS.
Congressional Information Service.
Washington, DC, Congressional Information
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
Z6464.I6I5
InfoNation
Most recent statistics for Member States of the United Nations.
Includes a broad range of data.
InvestText
Plus
Provides investment research reports and industry analysis. In
order to obtain a report on an industry either use the drop down
menu within the Industry Search box or use the Keyword Search box
and enter in your industry and the name of a country - such as
"beer and Japan".
Mintel
Reports
Market research reports. Primarily covers U.S. and European
industries. One-time registration required.
OneSource Global
Business Browser GSB restricted
First time users click here to
register.
Your best bet is to select
Industry Profiler or
Topic Search. Within Industry Profiler there does not tend to
be many foriegn Industry Overviews but there is a lot of
international Market Share Data. Also note the option to restrict
your seach to "Tables Only" within the Topic Search section. Also
note that Topic Search does not default to searching for
company/industry research reports but that it is an option.
Panorama of European Business.
Commission of the European Communities
Luxembourg : Office for Official Publication
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HC241.2.P313
SourceOECD
Orginazation for Economic Cooperation and Development. SourceOECD
comprises three sections: Studies (books and reports) by Theme,
Periodicals and Statistics.
STAT-USA
For overviews of countries and also of markets outside of the
United States go into the Globus & NTDB
section of STAT-USA.
Statistical
Universe
Search "Statistical Sources" for an index to over 100,000
statistical publications.
United
Nations Common Database
Similar to World
Development Indicators, UNSTATS provides selected series from 30
specialized international data sources for all available countries
and areas. It has the ability to download the data into an Excel
spreadsheet.
Asian development outlook : ADO.
Asian Development Bank
[Manila] : Asian Development Bank,
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HC411.A17
Asia yearbook.
[Hongkong]
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HC411.A1F22
Doing Business in....
Price Waterhouse
Latest year in RR, older edtions located in the bookstacks.
Search the Library's catalog. Highlight the Title
Alphabetical Browse index and enter doing business in [name of
country].
The Europa world year book.
Europa Publications Limited.
London, England : Europa Publications Limited,
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
D2.E93
Foreign Governments
Links to national government Web sites.
International Financial
Statistics (IMF)
There is also a monthly edition in hard copy:
v. 1- Jan. 1948-to date
Unbound issues held in Regenstein, Periodicals Reading Room, Floor
2, East Side.
Bound volumes in the bookstacks:
HG3881.I63.
International financial statistics
yearbook.
International Monetary Fund
Washington, International Monetary Fund.
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HG3881.I632
International Government Organizations
Links to many international government homepages including the
IMF, UN and World Bank.
Social indicators of development.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank,
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HC59.69.S63
Statistical Yearbooks
Search in the Univeristy of Chicago Library catalog. Highlight the
Subject Alphabetical Browse index and enter [country name]
statistics handbooks.
Trends in developing economies.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Washington, D.C. : World Bank,
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HC59.69.T74
United Nations Common Database
World
Development Indicators Online
World development indicators [CD-ROM]
World Bank. International Economics Dept. Development Data
Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
The latest edition is in the Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
(workstation A-11)
Mixed Media, JRL Rm.160
CDRomHC59.W62
World development report.
World Bank
[New York] Oxford University Press.
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HC59.7.
World outlook.
Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain)
London, The Economist Intelligence
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HC59.A2W9
Year book of labour statistics = Annuaire des
statistiques du travail
International Labour Office
Geneva : International Labour Office,
Regenstein Reading Room, floor 1
HD4826.I6
ABI/Inform
Features abstracting, indexing and often the ASCII full-text to
more than 1000 academic management, marketing and general business
journals.
Business
Source Premier
Similar to ABI/Inform; you may want to search both databases.
Factiva
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
Makes available the full-text of a wide variety of periodicals,
newspapers, newswire services, broadcasts, etc.