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How to Search for Information on the Global Business Environment

Learn how to search for information on the global business environment using reliable sources such as country profiles, industry information, and citation tools. Access databases, websites, and resources to find current news, statistics, and insights on over 200 countries. Improve your understanding of country competitiveness and benchmark business regulations. Citation tools and helpful resources are also provided.

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How to Search for Information on the Global Business Environment

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  1. How to Search for Information on the Global Business Environment Mar 2011 http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/classes/2011/spring/powerpoint/

  2. Outline • Country Profiles and Statistics • Country Competitiveness • Industry Information and News • Lingnan Wiki – BUS108 • Citation Tools

  3. CIA World Factbook Provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies. Access: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

  4. BBC Country Profiles Access: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/

  5. Provides current information on the business climate, news, history, political structure, economic landscape, and statistical data for 201 countries. Country Insights (from GlobalEDGE) Access: http://globaledge.msu.edu/countryInsights/

  6. Business Source Premier (BSP) Provides countries reports, political risk yearbooks, industry reports, market reports in addition to full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text from more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals. Access:http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbname=bspbsi

  7. ProQuest ABI/Inform (EIU Viewswire) Provides concise overview of the economic and social political profile of individual countries as well as the regulations relevant to trade and investments.

  8. A global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. The web site provides information on statistics, research, publications and other services offered by the WTO. World Trade Organization (WTO) Access: http://www.wto.org

  9. Contains archival data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government finance and national accounts of IMF member countries. International Financial Statistics Access:http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbname=ifsonline

  10. Country Competitiveness IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook Printed version: [REF]  HF1414 .W67 CD-ROM version: [REF]  HF1414 .W67 Online version: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ebwcy Doing Business: Benchmarking business regulations by World http://www.doingbusiness.org

  11. World Competitiveness Yearbook Access: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ebwcy

  12. Doing Business: Benchmarking business regulations by World Bank Access: http://www.doingbusiness.org

  13. Hong Kong Trade Development Council Access:http://www.tdctrade.com/

  14. Tablebase Contains tables of data relating to companies, products, industries, brands, markets, countries and demographics from around the world on 90 industries. Access: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbname=tablebase

  15. LexisNexis Academic Contains full-text news, business information, legal information from over 6,000 sources all over the world. Access: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbname=acaduniv

  16. Factiva Provides access to full-text information from over 9,000 news resources as well as tens of thousands of company reports and financial data. Access: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbname=factiva

  17. Lingnan Wiki Access: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/wiki/index.php/BUS108_Global_Business_Environment

  18. Citation Examples • A Book Boone, L. E. & Kurtz, D. L. (2006). Contemporary business 2006. Australia : Thomson/South-Western. • A Journal article Cutler, D.M., Poterba, J.M. and Summers, L.H. (1990), Speculative dynamics and the role of feedback traders. American Economic Review, 80(2), 63-68.

  19. Citation Tools • RefWorks: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/cgi-bin/luaccess?dbname=refworks • Citation Builder (from NCSU Libraries) http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/citationbuilder/ • Using APA Format (Purdue University). http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html • APA Citation Style (Concordia Libraries) http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/apa.php • Citation and Style http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/eresources/internet_resources/Research_Methods/

  20. Need Help? • Integrated Helpdesk at Information Commons (1/F, Library) • Ask A Librarian (Electronic Reference) http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/help/eref/ • refstaff@ln.edu.hk / 2616-8571

  21. Question? Thank You !

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