Penn State University Libraries - IB 303 International Business Operations

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Political Risk Yearbook

• Lengthy analysis of a country's political and economic climate and risks, the Political Risk Yearbook is unique in that it provides forecasts on likely political and economic developments.
• Each Country Report focuses specifically on political and business information: finding developing markets, determining currency movements, preparing for capital investments, or making judgments about corporate security.
• Note: Beware of printing large files

Countries and Their Cultures

• A four-volume online encyclopedia that focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country.
• Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information.

Access World News (NewsBank): 

• Full-text newspapers from around the country and the world. Use to find competitive, political-legal, economic, technological, and sociocultural information, especially in a specific area of the country/world.

Business Source Premier:

• Essential article database for business research, providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals

• Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM, and supply chain management