International Marketing
Vetted Websites
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globalEdgeProvides data on international business, market conditions, trade regulations, economic indicators, industry reports, supply chain, global competitiveness, and market entry strategies.
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CIA World Fact BookProvides broad overviews of national security, political systems, and geopolitical aspects. Data is often geared towards US interests and perspectives.
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UN Country ProfilesProvides statistics that are essential for understanding human development, healthcare, education, poverty, and sustainability issues. Find deeper statistics than CIA World Fact (such as fertility rate and employment by industry.)
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World BankBest for Emerging Markets – focuses on development economics, providing data on poverty, education, and health to understand the macroeconomic environment, development issues, social conditions, and the long-term economic outlook of countries, particularly those in emerging markets.
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EurostatEurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. Eurostat's data spans a wide range of topics, including economics, employment, trade, health, education, social conditions, environment, and demographics. Additionally, Eurostat tracks data for subnational regions, allowing for deeper insights into local-level economic and social trends.
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OECD Economic Surveyscomprehensive, evidence-based analyses of a country's economic performance and policy challenges. Includes economic growth, inflation, employment, public finance, labor market report, sustainable growth, climate change.
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IMF DataMapperUse their data and visual tools to analyze macroeconomic data, track global economic developments, and gain insights into the economic health of various nations
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The Culture Factor - Country Comparison ToolCompare countries across a range of cultural factors, including communication styles, business etiquette, and social norms including power distance, individualism vs. collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and more
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The Business Culture Complexity Index™Provides a table of which countries have "easier" business cultures. Provides links and sources at the bottom to learn about the rankings. See Discover Global Business Culture to find cultural information for many countries.
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Every CultureWorld Culture Encyclopedia
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globalEdgeFor cultural information, use the search box at the top to find your country. Click on "Country Insights" and on the left of that page, click on "Culture."
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B-Ready (World Bank)offers comprehensive, transparent data on worldwide business climates, replacing Doing Business. Download economy profiles or the full report to explore 1,200 indicators per economy.
You can download a specific economy profile using the drop-down menu under "Latest Report," or you can download the full report using the "Download Full Report" button. Please note that the current report only measures 50 economies, but future annual reports will bring the total to 180 economies by 2026. -
Doing BusinessThe 2020 Doing Business data for all 190 economies remains available. It provides business regulations for local firms in 190 economies from 2004 to 2020 focused on small and medium-sized companies. It has quantitative measures of regulations in areas such as starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, and enforcing contracts.
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US Dept. of Commerce Country Commercial GuidesThese guides are created to increase US businesses' ability to sell abroad.
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Business Risk Dashboard (Colface)Includes over 160 country evaluations that provide an estimate of the average credit risk on a country’s businesses. Assessments (or rankings) of country risk and business climate give an indication of a country’s potential influence on businesses’ financial commitments. Choose a country from the drop-down menus to view profiles that include macroeconomic indicators, a list of strengths and weaknesses and country commentary.
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) reports
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Global Entrepreneurship Reports (GEMS Reports)A collection of assessments of national entrepreneurial activity. Each report has the same type of statistics for ease in comparison
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GEMS Global ReportIf your country doesn't have its own report, there may be data in the Global Report. China is included in this report.
On the gemconsortium page, find Research in the toolbar at the top (torwards the right),
Under Research, select Economy Profiles
Click View Profile for your desired economy 
View the Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Attitudes. To see more, click on Reports on the View Reports button on the left. Reports may be in the country's national language. Look for English summaries, if available or use translation tools.
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New Businesses RegisteredData is not available on all countries, but you can also choose other data points by clicking on the down triangle in the search bar at the top. Select search by indicator. Merchandise trade as a percentage of GDP, total tax rate, etc. are some of the other choices. Also, Poverty, Nutrition, FInance, Climate Change, Then select country.