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Doing business in international markets, and business information specific to various countries or geographic regions of the world.

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Alta Plana: International Economics Gateway

http://www.altaplana.com/gate.html

Long list of links to online sites of interest to economists, including international organizations such as the U.N. International Trade Center and the World Trade Organization, national government pages for several dozen countries and corporate servers with international economic information.

Author: Seth Grimes (grimes@access.digex.net)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--International Business

AME Info

http://www.ameinfo.com/

A business directory providing access to 200,000 companies from 14 Middle East countries. Also includes company news and news from selected industries, exhibitions and events, travel guide, country facts and much more.

Author: AME - Arabian Modern Equipment Establishment (klaus@ameinfo.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Directories

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: Middle East

Asia-Pacific.com!

http://www.asia-pacific.com/

"Asia-Pacific.com! provides timely strategic business information on the Asia Pacific with access to data, experts, news, analysis, and other resources."

Author: Usha C. V. Haley (info@asia-pacific.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: Asia; Strategic Management

Business Netiquette International

http://www.bspage.com/1netiq/Netiq.html

An article providing advice on e-mail netiquette between businesses, especially cross-border and cross-culture communications.

Author: Frederick Pearce (f.pearce@earthli^nk.net)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Administration & Management

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: Communications; E-mail; Business Etiquette

CorporateInformation

http://www.corporateinformation.com/

"Focuses on providing access to Web-based information on companies throughout the world." Searchable by country, company name and industry. Gives recent news and fast facts for each country, links to sources of company information, a list of and definitions of extensions (such as Inc.) found after company names, and research reports for 15,000 companies. Profiles of some companies are also offered in French and Spanish. "A good starting point to find corporate information from around the world."

Author: George Regnery (regnery@wisi.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Finance--Corporate Finance

Business & Economics--Industry

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: Corporations; News; Research Reports; Company profiles

Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/

"This glossary will eventually attempt to cover all of the terms and concepts from international economics, including both international trade and international finance, at least at the introductory level... The glossary includes definitions, links to definitions, and wherever appropriate links to other sites and documents that may provide additional information."

Author: Alan V. Deardorff

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Commerce & Trade

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--International Business

The Electronic Embassy

http://www.embassy.org/

"The Electronic Embassy links the staffs and resources of the Washington D.C. embassy community to their constituencies in business and industry, education, the press and government." This searchable Web site includes the following sections: "Foreign embassies on the World Wide Web, and comprehensive information from the rest of the Washington D.C. community; International Business Center: Business and trade organizations, and companies providing goods and services of interest in a global marketplace; Help and Reference Center. In addition to cataloging embassy Web and other sites, the Electronic Embassy provides information in the following areas: Press & Culture, Education, Commerce & Trade, Consular, Travel & Tourism, Employment."

Author: TeleDiplomacy Inc.

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Entertainment & Leisure--Travel & Tourism

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--International Government & Intergovernmental Groups

Keywords: Embassies

ENTERWeb: The Enterprise Development Website

http://www.enterweb.org/

"An annotated meta-index and information clearinghouse on enterprise development, entrepreneurship, business, finance, international trade and the economy in this new age of cyberspace and globalization. The main focus is on micro, small and medium scale enterprises, cooperatives, community economic development, both in developed and developing countries. ENTERWeb lists and rates Internet resources in these areas, and complements search engines by providing shortcuts in identifying important sources of information. The primary objective of ENTERWeb is to provide to enterprise development practitioners, policy makers, academics and small business owners an annotated list of Internet resources giving substantive information on enterprise development topics including finance and credit, technology and technology transfer, management training, business centers and advisory services, entrepreneurship development and incubators, community economic development, credit unions and cooperatives, education and vocational training, marketing and trade, business networks and information resources, business law and cyberbusiness, enterprise development policies, economics, enterprise and environment, business news, women and enterprises, etc. In addition, ENTERWeb aims to provide business related information and links on a country by country basis, mostly for developing countries and emerging markets." In both English and French.

Author: Jean-Claude Lorin (jlorin@synapse.net)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Administration & Management--Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: Enterprise Development; Entrepreneurship; Business; Finance; International Trade

Euro Data Map

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/euro/euromap.htm

A resource for economic data, such as GDP growth, inflation rate, and budget deficit, of select European countries. "Drag your pointer over the labeled countries on the map to get economic data on each nation, and the status of their participation in monetary union." This site may not work with some browsers, though a text-only version of the information is also available.

Author: The Washington Post Company

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Regional & Country Information--Europe

The FTF Directory

http://www.ftf-tokyo.com/

"Worldwide directory of public videoconference sites, providing a resource for business and educational use to reduce travel time and improve international communication. Features only public-access facilities which can be hired in hundreds of cities globally."

Author: Face-To-Face Communications

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Directories

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: videoconferencing

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

http://www.iccwbo.org/

"The International Chamber of Commerce serves world business by promoting trade and investment and the free market system. Founded in 1919, the ICC is a non-governmental organization of thousands of companies and business associations in more than 140 countries. ICC national committees in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific andAfrica present ICC views to their governments and alert Paris headquarters to national business concerns." This site provides general information about the ICC, its services, committees, members, and publications.

Author:

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Commerce & Trade

Business & Economics--International Business

The International Economics Network

http://www.internationaleconomics.net/

"The International Economics Network is an annotated, selective portal for international economics and related disciplines, which includes daily updated links to research papers, news and commentaries in the field."

Author: Jamus Jerome Lim

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: Law; Politics; Development; Growth

The International Political Economy Network

http://csf.Colorado.EDU:80/ipe/

"An extensive collection of electronically retrievable documents related to the Global Political Economy." Contains geographic and thematic archives.

Author: The International Political Economy Network (gonick@csf.colorado.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Economics

Business & Economics--International Business

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--International Government & Intergovernmental Groups

Keywords: International; Politics

ISO Online

http://www.iso.ch/welcome.html

Information from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), including the ISO catalog of standards, ISO Technical Committees, ISO member bodies and meeting schedules. An ISO 9000 News Service is provided, along with a section, "What's New at ISO." There is also a list of links to online information from national standards bodies of about 20 countries.

Author: International Organization for Standardization (central@iso.ch)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Industry

Business & Economics--International Business

Science & Technology--Engineering

Keywords: ISO 9000; Standards

Japanese Industrial Standards

http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/ikeda/JIS/index.html

These documents are based on Industrial Standardization in Japan, 1994, published by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee.

Author: H. Ikeda

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Industry

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: Japanese Industrial Standards

Mark Bernkopf's Central Banking Resource Center

http://adams.patriot.net/~bernkopf/

Information about Central Banks of many different countries around the world, Ministries of Finance and Economics, Currency Boards, multilateral financial institutions, financial and economic conferences, bankers' institutes, history of Central Banks. Addresses and telephone numbers of these entities are provided as well as links to online resources which are available.

Author: Mark Bernkopf (markb@erols.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Banking

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: International Banking; Central Banks

MSU-CIBER Center for International Business Education and Research

http://ciber.bus.msu.edu/

Information on doing business internationally and links to other sites with similar information. Excerpts from Journal of International Marketing. Users can subscribe to a mailing list for discussion of International Marketing issues. Sections on exporting and operating in a global economy.

Author: Michigan State University

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Business & Economics--Marketing & Advertising

Keywords: Exporting; Importing; Global Economy

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/nafta-alena/menu-e.asp

Here you will find the full text of NAFTA, as well as an overview of the agreement and some related documents and information, such as reports, news releases, and speeches. This site is published the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and it is also available in French.

Author: United States

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Law, Government & Political Science--Political Science--Documents--Constitutions & Treaties in Force

Keywords: Trade; United States; North America; Economics

Strategis

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html

A website about Canadian business put out by the Minister of Industry. The site has sections on company information, international business, consumer information, technology, business support, human resources, small businesses, and more. Versions of the site are available in English or French.

Author: Industry Canada (hotline.service@ic.gc.ca)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Administration & Management--Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Business & Economics--Consumer Issues & Services

Business & Economics--International Business

U.S. International Trade Statistics

http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/foreign-trade/www/

The Foreign Trade Division formulates and develops overall plans and programs for the collection, processing, review, linkage with other economic data, and dissemination of statistical data regarding various aspects of the export and import trade of the United States and foreign trade shipping. Includes Schedule B Commodity Classification, Schedule C Country and Territory Designations, Schedule D U.S. Customs Districts and Schedule K Foreign Ports.

Author: United States. Bureau of the Census. Foreign Trade Division (ftdwebmaster@ccmail.census.gov)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Business & Economics--Statistics

Law, Government & Political Science--Government--US Federal Government--Executive--Agencies

Keywords: Foreign Trade; Statistics; Data

Virtual International Business and Economic Sources (VIBES)

http://libweb.uncc.edu/ref-bus/vibehome.htm

"Provides links to sources of international business information. These include links to full-text files (in English), statistical tables, and graphs on topics related to international business available on gophersites and websites. VIBES does not include telnet sites, fee-based services, or business directories."

Author: Jeanie M. Welch (ali00jmw@unccvm.uncc.edu)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: Resources

The World Bank Group

http://www.worldbank.org/

"The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, known as the World Bank, makes loans to developing countries that have a minimum level of creditworthiness. The World Bank raises most of its money on the world's financial markets. The interest rate charged on its loans is now just under 7 percent, and the maturity period is 15 to 20 years. Over its 50+-year history, the World Bank has lent some $277 billion to developing countries and economic institutions." In 1996 the World Bank began a special program to strengthen its partnerships with the private sector.Many links to other international financing organizations, including the International Monetary Fund, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and International Finance Corporation.

Author: The World Bank Group (comments@www.worldbank.org)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Banking

Business & Economics--Finance--Corporate Finance

Business & Economics--International Business

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Global Economy

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/business/global_economy/

Features current news stories related to the global economy. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.

Author: Yahoo! News (full_coverage@yahoo-inc.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: WTO and International Trade

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Business/Trade/

Features current news stories related to international trade and trade disputes. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.

Author: Yahoo! News (full_coverage@yahoo-inc.com)

Subjects:

Business & Economics--International Business

YELL, The Ultimate UK Guide on the Web

http://www.yell.co.uk/

Online yellow pages (addresses, phone numbers) for businesses located in the UK and a searchable classified directory of UK businesses with sites on the internet.

Author: BT Group plc

Subjects:

Business & Economics--Business Directories

Business & Economics--International Business

Keywords: UK; United Kingdom; Great Britain

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