Library Guides: International Business and Marketing: Web Resources

International Company Filings

Most countries have agencies similar to the SEC in the United States that regulates company registrations and gie access to filings. Here you can find links to resources that list worldwide registries.

Company House
The UK's Company House website lists worldwide registries along with British government websites, European Union websites and other useful resources.
Official Company Registers
List of worldwide registries with additional resources for international business research.

International Business Resources

globalEDGE
Trademarked portal from the Center for International Business Center at Michigan State University. The website provides a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.
International Monetary Fund
This website is a good source for global financial and economic data.
Transparency International
This organization aims to create a world free of corruption. You can find reports, surveys and information about corruption by topic or by country.
OECD
The Organization for Economic and Co-operation and Development offers macroeconomic ad trade data. Some reports are available for free.
Country Commercial Guides
Produced by Export.gov, a website managed by the U.S. International Trade Administration, Country Commercial Guides is a good starting point for finding information about exporting and doing a business overseas. The guides include market overviews, challenges, opportunities and entry strategies. The political environment, trade regulations, and the investment climate are analyzed as well.

International Trade

UN Comtrade
This web site provides access to information and data on International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) and the work of the International Merchandise Trade Statistics Section (IMTSS) of the United Nations Statistics Division.
World Trade Organization
Official website of the WTO. The site can be searched by trade topic, official documents, statistics, and reports.
International trade and market access data
The WTO database provides access to trade and tariff data.
International chamber of commerce
"ICC provides a forum for businesses and other organizations to examine and better comprehend the nature and significance of the major shifts taking place in the world economy." The website offers dispute resolution services to help solve difficulties in international business, tools to enter foreign markets, and codes and rule for international trade.
U.S. International Trade Commission Dataweb
The U.S ITC dataweb section offers online access to import and export data compiled from official data retrieved from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
TradeStats Express
TradeStats Express displays the latest annual U.S. merchandise trade statistics.