Background
Created and maintained by the Center for International Business
Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER),
globalEDGE™ is a knowledge
web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide
to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources
on global business activities.
People & Culture
CultureGrams
CultureGrams offers a unique perspective on the cultures of 181 countries.
This material is not found in other compilations.
Here’s
a sample report
Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: How to Do
Mind Your Manners: Managing Business Cultures in the New Global Europe
Multicultural Behavior and Global Business
Environments
Evaluates
growth prospects, assesses opportunities and examines
problems. Provides concise and lucid business-oriented
analysis of the latest economic and political indicators.
From the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Coverage of cross border employment in Italy by providing
the global career seeker with everything he/she needs
to know to make an informed decision.
This financial database includes country profiles with maps and statistics.
Analyzes investment risk factors for eight socio-economic regions of the world.
Contains abstracts of 18-month and 5-year forecasts of risks pertaining to financial
transfer, direct investment, and export markets. Covers over 100 countries.
Statesman’s Year-Book: Statistical
and Historical Annual of the States of the World (Annual)
Concise manual containing descriptive and statistical information on governments
throughout the world
Marketing & Demographics
Unless otherwise noted, these resources are in
English.
An integrated database providing key business intelligence on countries and markets. Euromonitor Passport Reference provides users with historical statistics (from 1977) and forecasts, analysis of consumers' lifestyles, information sources, plus full-text market analysis.
- Select NEWS category (on the left).
- Select Non-English Language News from
step 1drop-down menu "news category".
- Select Italian
Language News from step
2 drop-down menu "select a news source" (you will
be able to view what sources constitute this group).
- Enter search terms and select date range.
- Hit search button & view your articles.
This will search a number of Italian-language periodicals,
including Il Sole 24 Ore, Marketing
Oggi, Milano Finanza, and Mondo Economico.
NationMaster compiles data from such sources as the CIA World
Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World
Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD.
Generate maps and graphs comparing countries on a variety
of subjects.
Full-text and statistical business, economic and trade information
from over 50 federal agencies; produced by the Economics
and Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce. GLOBUS provides current and historical trade-related
releases, international market research, trade opportunities,
country analysis, and National Trade Data Bank
(NTDB) provides access
to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, and
Best Market reports.
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Create and export customized reports of annual trade data.
Databases within TradeStats Express are "Global Patterns
of U.S. Merchandise Trade," "Product Profiles of
U.S. Merchandise Trade with a Selected Market," Export "Product
Profile to a Selected Market," "State-by-State Exports
to a Selected Market," and "Global Patterns of a
State's Exports."
Data by country.
(there is no Italian
language option on this site)
Market Share Reporter
(also available electronically in Gale Directory Library) -
For industry sector analysis.
Company Research
The Italian stock exchange.
Locate information on listed companies here.
Business Source Complete features
Datamonitor company profiles on 10,000 of the world's largest companies.
An example profile
Background on thousands of public and private companies. Search by company name, or use "Build a List" to locate companies in Italy.
Database covers 1.8 million businesses in 75 countries. Search
by company name, product, executive, or trade name.
How
to search Kompass
Financials and background thousands of U.S. and non-U.S. public
companies, including annual reports. Searches can be limited
by country, or by stock exchange. Some annual reports are
available in Italian.
(Sutter's International Red Series)
This resource contains biographical profiles of Italy's most
representative people, and presents profiles of banks, institutions,
financial corporations and companies in all lines of business,
as well as the most representative institutions.
Finding Articles
To locate articles about your company in English go to Company Research.
For articles in Italian:
- Under the Search tab select "NEWS" category
- Select "Italian Language News Sources" from the drop-down menu for "Select Sources" (you will be able to view the sources that constitute this group).
- Enter search terms and select date range.
- Hit search button & view your articles.
Source list as of 02/13/08
Selected Italian language newspapers and magazines:
Il Sole 24 Ore
La Stampa - economia
Milano Finanza
Wall Street Italia
Search Engines -- all in Italian:
Google's Italian language search engine
Il Trovatore
Yahoo! Italia - Finanza
See also:
Resources for Languages
Resources for International Business
Resources for Business: MBA 6005 - Global Business Strategy
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Business Searching Interface (BSI)) - 