Balvarez2's List: International Business

Global business knowledge portal connecting international business professionals to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. globalEDGE is a gateway to specialized international business research knowledge on countries, cross-border business transactions, and cross-cultural management.

World Bank Data and World Development Indicators Includes Africa development indicators, global development finance, and the global economic monitor.

U.S. International Trade Commission for Import Data. Offers online access to lots of import and export data, which often comes up during an international business reference situation.

quick, top-level import and export data.

ITC provides direct access to import and export trade statistics by country, by product, by service from 2001 until 2013. The International Trade Centre (ITC) is the joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations and their trade statistics section contains import and export data by country and by products or services, among other data.

Linked from the top of their web page or under their "Lists" section, the Global 500 is the international version of Fortune's standard "500" list which only focuses on America's largest corporations.

A quick way to identify local papers in various countries which may come in handy later on in your search.

free country statistics from official sources. Searchable by country, region, or topic.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is a big source of global macroeconomic and trade data. Some reports and data are available for free. Click on the Statistics link on their main page to see a list of all the categories of statistics they cover

IMF Home page with links to News, About the IMF, Fund Rates, IMF Publications, What's New, Standards and Codes, Country Information and featured topics

Issues covered for each country include communication styles, displays of emotion, dress, punctuality, and formality, stereotypes, preferred managerial qualities, conflict in the workplace, etc. Produced by the Candadian government.

These profiles come from the Energy Information Administration, a division of the Department of Energy focused on gathering statistics. Information on oil, gas and other energy issues by country and by international region is highlighted.

State Department's Country Background Notes

From Export.gov, the United States government's portal to exporting and trade services, this site provides some market reports on a number of industries in various countries and also includes information on exporting in general and other trade issues.

Reports on IMF member countries focusing primarily on economic issues and country risk.

For Asia, Europe and UK company filings.

For Canadian company filings and quick company profiles.

lists worldwide registries

for Canadian companies