Your Europe - Business
Hartmut Buettner @ November 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Your Europe – Business is a multilingual practical information and online government services for companies looking for business in another EU country. It is provided jointly by the European Commission and national authorities.
Website Contents:
Starting in business
Setting up a new business
Taking over a new business
Managing a business
Keeping the accounts
Paying taxes
Managing staff
Submitting statistics
Handling financial difficulties
Doing business [...]
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Country Profiles - German Federal Statistical Office
Hartmut Buettner @ May 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Federal Statistical Office regularly publishes country profiles (7 pages as PDF-files) for the G-20 advanced industrial and emerging countries based on official international statistics. They give an overview of the main statistical indicators including economy and finance, demography, social conditions and the environment.
The latest editions are those of the Republic of Korea 2009 (South [...]
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National Portal of India
Hartmut Buettner @ February 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The objective behind the National Portal of the Indian Government is to provide a single point of access to the information and services being provided by the Indian Government and an one stop source of information about India and its various facets. This includes links to other Indian Government Portals/websites.
The portal is divided into [...]
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Germany Trade and Invest
Hartmut Buettner @ January 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The new German foreign trade and inward investment agency „Germany Trade and Invest“ was formed on January 1th, 2009 following the merger of the German Office for Foreign Trade (bfai) and the Invest in Germany GmbH.
The agency is supposed to promote Germany as a location for industrial and technological investments and to identify investors [...]
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International Business Web-Portal: globalEDGEâ„¢
Hartmut Buettner @ December 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
globalEDGEâ„¢[1] is a knowledge web-portal for international business professionals from around the world. According to their information the site offers:
Global Resources: more than 5,000 online resources, e.g. Database of International Business Statistics (DIBS), Market Potential Index (MPI) and glossary
Countries: executive memos, statistics, historical, economic, and political conditions on 199 countries around the world
US States: [...]
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FDI.net encourages the flow of FDI to developing countries
Hartmut Buettner @ December 10, 2008 # No Comment Yet
According to their own information FDI.net is a unique web portal that offers free, on-demand country analysis and information on all things related to foreign direct investment in 175 countries. The site combines business and public resources with World Bank Group analysis to provide users with a single entry point for the full-spectrum of information [...]
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World Investment Report 2008 (WIR08)
Hartmut Buettner @ November 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The World Investment Report 2008 (WIR08) published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) analyses the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) and has a special focus on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in infrastructure development.
As in previous years, WIR08 presents the latest data on FDI and traces global and [...]
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World Investment Directory
Hartmut Buettner @ November 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The World Investment Directory of the UNCTAD[1] provides detailed information about foreign direct investments (FDI) in many countries.
The following information about FDI can searched and downloaded by country/economy as pdf-files from URL: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/…
Country Fact Sheets for 188 economies
Each sheet contains the most recent data on FDI flows and stocks, mergers and acquisitions, largest TNCs and [...]
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