Company and Industry Information from the U.S. Government
Country Profiles
- CIA World Factbook
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- BBC Country Profiles
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Company and Industry Information Databases
- Business Source CompleteThis component of BSC provides detailed company information for more than 1.1 million of the world’s largest public and private companies including: financials, subsidiaries, products, employees and industry information.
- IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowDickinson Library's subscription includes: Access to 700+ United State Industry Reports (NAICS); State Industry Reports for all U.S. states, State Economic Profiles; Specialized U.S. Industry Reports; U.S. Industry iExpert Industry Summary Reports; a Local Data Tool; a Trade Exposure Tool; and an inflation tracker tool.
- KPMG Competitive AlternativesContains KPMG's guide for comparing business locations and industry profiles in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
- MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new windowAccess up to date information on businesses, industries, and countries for business research. Coverage: current. Full text.
- Nexis UniNexis Uni provides access to hundreds of newspapers from around the world, plus a wealth of legal, business, medical, and reference information. Content types include news; cases; statutes & legislation; law reviews & journals; administrative codes & regulations; company and financial data (SEC Filings, company profiles, etc.); and government, legal, and business directories. Coverage: Varies but generally 1980s to current, contains primary sources.
- PrivCo Private Company Data This link opens in a new windowAccess business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded, United States corporations, including family-owned or owner-operated firms that have no financial data available elsewhere, as well as fast-growing venture capital and private equity-backed startups, and international unlisted companies. Focus is on companies that are earning at least $1 million in annual revenue or have at least $1 million in venture capital backing. New company profiles, funding rounds and deals being added weekly. Search individual companies or build company lists and download/export data by industry, size, location, and more. Coverage: current. Full text.
Market / Industry Data
- Balance of Payments (IMF)Contains balance of payments and international investment position (IIP) data of individual countries, jurisdictions, and other reporting entities, and regional and world totals for major components of the balance of payments.
- DataBank (The World Bank)An analysis and visualization tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and save, embed, and share them. Contains World Development Indicators, Education Statistics, Gender Statistics, and more.
- Doing Business ProjectProvides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.
- Emerging Markets CenterBrowse or compare the world's fastest growing economies in both mature and emerging markets, according to data and reports compiled by Earnst & Young.
- Enterprise Surveys (The World Bank)Provides the world"s most comprehensive company-level data in emerging markets and developing economies. Business data are available on 130,000 firms in 135 countries.
- Export.gov: Market Research LibraryThe Market Research includes information about product’s potential in a given market, the best prospects for success, and the market’s business practices.
- Global EDGEA knowledge portal created by the International Business Center and the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. It contains statistical data, historical information, economic information, political conditions for nearly every country in the world.
- International Financial Statistics (IMF)Covers about 200 countries and areas. Topics include commodity prices, fund position, industrial production, international liquidity, labor statistics, and more. Indicators include exchange rates, interest rates, prices, production, labor, national accounts, population, and more.
- International Statistical Agencies (U.S. Census)A list of statistical agencies of main countries and territories in the world. Links are provided.
- Private Participation in Infrastructure Database (The World Bank)Identifies and disseminates information on private participation in infrastructure projects in low and middle-income countries.
- The World Bank Data & ResearchProvided by the World Bank Group: Includes benchmark statistical documents such as the latest edition of World Development Indicators (WDI) as well as statistical profiles of countries.
- World Investment Report (UNCTAD)The World Investment Report focuses on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide, at the regional and country levels and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development.