International Business & Trade

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks

A Short Course In International Trade Documentation : The Documents Of Exporting, Importing, Transportation And Banking (50 Country Document Requirements). HF1379 .H56 2002
A Tour Of International Trade HF1379 .N45 2000
American Export Register Reference Room HF3010 .A6
American Wholesalers And Distributors Directory. Reference Room HF5421 .A615
Basic Guide To Exporting Reference Room HF1416.5 .B37 1994
Basic Guide To Importing Reference Room HF3035 .B373 1995
compiled by U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury. 3rd ed
Business : the Ultimate Resource HD38.15 .B878 2002
Essays, brief guides to business processes, outlines of great business and economics books, biographies of business leaders, world business almanac.
Dictionary Of International Trade : Handbook Of The Global Trade Community Includes 12 Key Appendices Reference Room HF1373 .H55 2000
Directory of international direct and e-marketing: a country-by-country sourcebook of providers, legislation and data Reference Room HF5415.126 .H36 2003
Doing Business In Mexico HF3238.U5 E54 1997
Doing Business Internationally: The Guide to Cross-Cultural Success Reference Room HD31 .B7235 2003 and Circulating copy
Doing Business With Africa Reference Room DT1 .A37
Export-Import Theory, Practices, And Procedures HF1414.4 .S49 2000
Foreign Trade Of The United States : Including State And Metro Area Export Data. Reference Room HF3003 .F6
Handbook Of North American Industry : NAFTA And The Economies Of Its Member Nations Reference Room HF1746 .H36
ICC Guide To Incoterms 2000 : Understanding And Practical Use Reference Room K1029.6 .R36 1999
What and when to use them in. Incoterms are standardized, copyrighted names created by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for use in sales contracts. This guide will help you understand what FOB, CFA, and DAF really mean
North American Industry Classification System : United States, 2002. RESERVE at Circulation Des HB2581 ..S7 2002
Sources of industrial leadership : studies of seven industries. HD45 .S627 1999
World economy : historical statistics Rerference Room HF1359 .M333 2003
Statistics from 1820 to 2001.
World Market Share Reporter Reference Room HF 5410 .W67
World Trade Almanac Reference Room HF1371 .W67

Additional Print Sources

Culture's consequences. international differences in work related values GN502 .H63 1984
In the know in China : an indispensable cross-cultural guide to working and living abroad DS727 .P47 2001
Part of a series that includes Japan, Germany, the USA, and Mexico and Central America. Each book comes with a CD-ROM for language instruction in Mandarin Chinese, German, English, or Spanish.
Managing cultural differences HD69.I7 H355
Working across cultures HM1211 .H66 2004
Living and working abroad, with an extensive bibliography.

Unless indicated otherwise, all of the above print resources are located at the O'Toole Library, Jersey City Campus.

Selected Internet Resources

Asia Business Today sponsored by the Asia Society and CitiGroup Foundation, this site links to news and Asian business resources
Asian Development (ADO) An annual and in depth report on developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank.
AskAlex A directory of 1.8 million UK companies, searchable by name, product, or location.
Basic Guide to Exporting From the the U.S. Department of Commerce with the assistance of Unz & Co., Inc.
Business English Online useful both for non-native speakers and those who need multilingual business dictionaries, glossaries, form letters, and other business resources.
Business Ethics (1) links to articles and publications, case studies, corporate codes of ethics, professional organizations and associations, and resources and centers, compiled by Sharon Stoerger.
Business Ethics (2) Links to business ethics sources, includuing some international codes of ethics, compiled by Christine Hamilton-Pennell for Central Colorado Library System
CBS MarketWatch Global Markets European, Asian, North and South American markets, and ADR's, from CBS MarketWatch. Delayed prices and extensive charting are provided for each exchange.
Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons: United States, Europe, and Asia Comparative figures from the U.S. Department of Labor
China Statistical Data Monthly statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, China
China Vitae Searchable biographies of over 2500 current Chinese political, business, and academic leaders. You can search by name, institution, keyword or place.
CIA World Fact Book Historical, political and economic information on countries of the world.
Command Comparison Chart for Factiva, ABI/Inform and Lexis-Nexis From the Baker Library of Harvard Business School
Company Extensions Definitions of terms used in the US and abroad for incorporation and limited liability: find out what Ltd, PLC, AmB, GmbH, SA mean.
CompetitiveAlternatives.com. Presented by KPMG LLP's Strategic Relocation and Expansion Services practice, this site allows you to compare the costs of doing business in various US and international locations and industries. If you wanted to move your back-office operations, for example, you would find that Canada is less expensive the back-office operations are in the US are much lower than in Germany or Japan. Interactive tables give a quick view and PDF reports provide greater detail.
Core Business Journals A subject list of major business journals, linked to the databases in which they are carried.
Core Competencies for Business Reference: International Business Excellent site from the Business Reference and Services Section of the American Library Association. Question and answer format introduces key terms and key sources for locating information.
Corporateinformation This is a metasite that provides annotated links to other sites that have data on public and private companies. You can select links to sites in the US, Europe, Asia, or Latin America. It also provides explanations of foreign corporate terms and abbreviations. Search by country and you can start with a list of the top ten companies and links to regional guides.
Country Background Notes Country Backgound Notes are prepared annually by U.S. embassies. At this site at the State Department you will find the current guide and links to previous guides. Not all guides are updated each year, so you may need to download the country information you need from their archive.
Country Commercial Guides The Guides "are prepared by US Embassy Staff once a year and contain information on the business and economic situation of foreign countries and the political climate as it affects U.S. business. Each CCG contains the same chapters, and an appendix, which include topics such as marketing, trade regulations, investment climate, and business travel." This site lets you search the Guides and other market research reports.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) Search customs rulings from the recently renamed Customs and Border Protection agency of the Department of Homeland Security.
Dialogue with Business a "one stop shop" for information from the European Community on doing business with the European Union.
Doing Business The World Bank Group's Doing Business database "provides indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain business investment, productivity, and growth." Topics covered include:Credit Markets, Entry Regulations, Bankruptcy, Contract Enforcement, and Labor Regulations.
Dynamic Document Creation This page at Strategis, sponsored by Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Commerce lets you select specific items from either the CIA World Factbook, International Business Practices Documents, Market Research Reports, or Country Commercial Guides and prepare a custom report. This is a great boon if you need only a brief, selected report and do not need the entire Guide or Report.
Economic Research Service (ERS) Briefing Rooms These research reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture cover various products (corn, hogs) or countries that are major export/import partners (China, Brazil). An excellent source for trade data and agricultural research.
Economist Country Briefings News,background information and economic data from the Economist magazine.
EURIDILE - Le Registre National du Commerce et des Sociétés - RNCS Official directory of over 3.2 million French companies. Provides basic information for free and financial data for a fee.
Euromoney World Link International finance. Registration is required
Europages Europages lets you search by company name, product, or industry group and returns matching lists of companies with addresses and, in some cases, gross sales or workforce size. It provides links to company web pages and catalogs if the company has signed on to be listed in Europages.
European Economic Outlook from PriceWaterhouseCooper.
European Trade Associations Links to European tade association federations and their members. A keyword search is available using the "Coneccs" link on the page.
Eurostat European Union economic and social data, some of it updated daily
Expedia Quick Maps for US, Canada, Mexico, Europe; topographic maps of the world.
Export.Gov Market Research The Country Commercial Guides can be found here, along with Country & Industry Market Reports, Agricultural Market Research, Video Market Reports,Project Feasibility Studies, Broad Country Information, Country-specific Quick Reference, Trade Agreements & Statistics, and NIS and Central Europe Reports
FedEx Global Trade Manager PDF forms and documents for international trade, country guides, and much useful information on trade and shipping.Free registration is required.
Forbes Global 2000 The top 2000 international companies. Forbes also has list called the International 500, showing the 500 largest companies based outside the US.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Text of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Antibribery Provisions
Fortune Global 500 The world's largest corporations, by revenue.
FXConverter This currency converter from OANDA.Com lets you convert 164 currencies, provides current and historical exchange rates back to 1990, and lets you print a wallet-sized conversion card for traveling.
globalEDGE Growing out of what was Michigan State University's Center for International Business Education and Research, this is probably the best directory of resources for international business and trade on the Internet and the source of many of the links on this page.
Going Global Career Guides This series of guides to finding jobs abroad presents a cultural proflile of each country, job search resources, visa and financial advice, and employment trends. Guides are available for the US, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, China, Hong Kong, Brazil, Belgium and many others. The guides are available as part of ABI/INFORM. This link will take you to ABI and show the cultural advice sections of several countries. You can do your own search in ABI for "Going Global Career Guides" and country name.
handbook for International Trade From the Journal of Commerce, this site shows you the necessary Export Documents for each country, and as directories of steamship lines and agents, associations, and a glossary of terms.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics, 1998 Basic comparative tables and figures from the Central Intelligence Agency.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated Current tafiff schedules from the United States International Trade Commission
Hemispheric Database of the Free Trade Area of the Americas Detailed trade statistics for the Americas and the Caribbean.
ILO - The International Labour Organization Information on international labor standards, databases of labor statistics, and links to resources in labor law, education and training
InfoNation This United Nations site allows you to select two or more countries and compare social, demographic and economic data.
Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb From the The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC):" Data are available for years 1989 through 2001 on a monthly, quarterly, annual, or year-to-date basis and can be retrieved in a number of classification systems, including the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), or the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Material is available on U.S. trade under special tariff preference programs or by country or country group. Pre-defined reports are also available by geographic region, partner country, and production sharing provisions (under which goods are exported for processing abroad and later returned to the United States). Current information on U.S. tariffs, which is maintained and published by the ITC as one of its statutory responsibilities, can be accessed via the DataWeb, where it can also be linked to relevant and current trade data."
International Data Base Demographic data from 227 countries compiled by the US Census Bureau. The data go back to 1950 and have projections to 2050.
International Monetary Fund Country Page full-text reports from the IMF
International Trade / Import-export Portal Maintained by the Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA), this site offers searchable Trade Leads, the FITA/EUROPAGES directory of over 500,000 European import/export companies, links to US trade directories, and over 4,000 links to international trade sites.
International Trade Terms From the U.S. Government's International Trade Data System (ITDS.
IPAnet "IPAnet provides an extensive searchable database of over 12,000 Web-based documents which include research on economies and product markets, investment-related laws and treaties, as well as specific investment opportunities"
KellySearch The Kelly Directories list "150,000 UK companies classified under 110,000 product headings."
Kompass locate "1.6 million companies 23 million key product and service references 3.2 million executive names 744 000 trade and brand names 50 000 Kompass classification codes in over 70 countries." SPC does not have a subscription for full acccess to this database, so you may only get brief listings.
Latinvestor News and information on business in Latin America.
Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center Links to over 1,800 calculators: the usual scientific, math, and financial calculators, but also calculators for dates, astrology, wine, odors, car pricing, traffic, event hosting... if you need to calculate something you will find it here.
Mbendi Informaton on African companies, industries, economic, business, and tax data on individual countries, import and export leads, and stock exchanges. An excellent site, full of information on Africa.
McKinsey Global Institute In-depth reports on offshoring, foreign investment, and other topics prepared by this major consulting company. Free registration is required.
METI Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (formerly MITI). Press releases, news and statistics.
MSI Doing Buiness In… MacIntyre Sträter International (MSI) guides have fast facts, an economic overview, and links to sites that deal with business culture, taxation, accounting, and business conditions.
Nation Master Over 300 statistical sets for countries of the world. It has some quirks and you may need to use the drop-down box for all countries if your target does not show up in the region you expect, but it does give basis statistics and their sources.
National Accounts Statistics database This United Nations database "contains a complete and consistent set of time series from 1970 onwards of main national accounts aggregates for all UN Members States and all other countries and areas in the world." For a print version see National Accounts Statistics. Analysis Of Main Aggregates. Yearbook Of National Accounts Statistics - Reference Room HC79.I5 U532
National Trade Databank (NTDB) Detailed foreign trade data from Stat-USA, the Federal government's Web site for economic information.The Library has four accounts and they are only available on the database workstations in the O'Toole Library. Click here for a password to access it from other computers.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Information on the NAICS, the replacement to the SIC codes that have been used to classify industries and services.
Out-Law.Com From Masons, a legal firm based in the UK, Out-Law provides information based on UK, EU, and Hong Kong laws on "IT, e-commerce, privacy, intellectual property, software, telecoms, security, cybercrime, tax, employment, companies."
POPLINE "the world's largest bibliographic database of family planning and related health and development issues"
Population Index "Population Index is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-2000."
Portals to the World This portal from the Library of Congress provides selected links to cultural, government, business, and educational sites for hundred of countries.
Salomon Smith Barney Guide to World Equity Markets financial information on 81 countries, updated annually.
SchedNet Air and sea schedules, rates, cargo tracking, logistic search service, links to agents, freight rates, shipping arrivals and departures, and shipping news are all available from this site.
STAT-USA current and historical economic and financial data and access to GLOBUS and the National Trade Databank (NTDB, all from the US Department of Commerce. The Library has four accounts and they are only available on the database workstations in the O'Toole Library. Click here for a password to access it from other computers.
Strategis Trade data from Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Thomas Global Register from Thomas Publishing provides information on "500,000 industrial suppliers, organized by 10,500 industrial product classifications, in 9 languages and from 26 countries." Registration is free but you have to agree to accept e-mail ads in return.
Thomas Register of European Manufacturers (TREM) list over 140,000 industrial suppliers in Austria, Finland, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
Time and Date.Com Find out the current time anywhere in the world, use a time zone meeting planner to schedule international conference calls, create local calendars.
Times 100 UK Case studies and marketing theory, featuring 100 major companies in the UK.
Trade Agreements Database & Archive Database of 164 bilateral and regional free trade and customs union agreements at Dartmouth College
Trade Association Directory A directory of trade associations in the United Kingdom
Trade Partners the UK government site for import/export information.
Trade Statistics from the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Tradepoint This site from the World Trade Point Federation, created by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is still developing and the amount and quality of information varies as each trade point contributes its pages. However, the individual country pages (under Market Point) do have much useful information.
Tradeport a non-profit organization that offers many other tools for foreign trade, including the Country Commercial Guides and other market research reports in their Country Library. This site has not been updated in some time but still has useful information.
U.S. Imports/Exports History: 1992-1996 seachable trade statistics from from the Census Bureau and the Government Information Sharing Project at Oregon State University Information Services.
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Trade and other data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. International Transactions Accounts Data Detailed, interactive tables from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics From the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, this handbook contains data on trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment, commodity prices, and TRAINS(Trade Analysis Information System) on trade controls. Free registration is required.
United Nations Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) Statistical data and reports on commodities, food stocks, production, imports and exports. Text is available in French, Spanish, or Arabic.
United States Department of Engergy Country Analysis Briefs excellent background on oil, gas, coal, and other energy production and consumption, along with major environmental issues.
United States Government Export Portal from the US Department of State has links to forms, tax information, the Basic Guide to Exporting and current news.
United States Trade Internet System searchable data from the US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) on US exports and imports of agricultural, fishery, and forestry products.
Universal Currency Converter This English/French/Sweedish site from Xenon Labs lets you convert foreign currency at current exchange rates
US-ASEAN Business Council Information on doing business with the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN):Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
Virtual International Business and Economic Sources (VIBES) from from UNC-Charlotte provides over 1,300 English-language links to international business resources. It does not include fee-based services.
World Bank Group--Development Data: Country data Excellent two-page summary statistics on economic development for each country, from the World Bank.
World Competitiveness On-line A scorecard measuring the competitiveness of countries based on domestic economy, internationalization, government, finance, infrastructure, management, science and technology, and people.
World Federation of Exchanges Statistics and studies of all of the world's major stock exchanges
World Tax Database "This data is compiled by the World Tax Database, a project of the Office of Tax Policy Research [University of Michigan Business School] that has been funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation"
worldinformation.com From a British trade publisher, this site offers a summary of statistical information and very useful links to news and government Web sites, and a directory of business contacts
Wright Research Stock market information on over 18,000 worldwide companies, along with a currency converter that converts tabular data.
Yale Global Online Sponsored by Yale University this is an online journal of news and views on globalism and its effect on economics, the environment, health, labor, politics, culture, trade, and other areas.

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