Country Profiles - German Federal Statistical Office
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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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International Business - Online Course Modules
Hartmut Buettner @ February 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Interactive educational tools about International Business for use in the classroom or in executive training are available on the globalEDGEâ„¢ web site of the Michigan State University URL: http://globaledge.msu.edu/…
The modules include audio, a case study or anecdotes, a glossary of terms, quiz questions, and a list of references when applicable.
The modules are grouped into the [...]
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Bribe Payers Index 2008
Hartmut Buettner @ February 7, 2009 # One Comment
Transparency International (TI) looks at the so-called supply side of corruption with its Bribe Payers Index (BPI) 2008 (pdf-file, 24 pages, 244 KB). It ranks 22 of the world’s most economically influential countries in it according to the likelihood of their firms to bribe abroad.
Companies from Beglium and Canada are least likely to bribe when [...]
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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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Asia News Network
Hartmut Buettner @ December 12, 2008 # One Comment
The Asia News Network (ANN) is a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, organized to provide avenues for cooperation and to optimize coverage of major news events in Asia by Asian media.
The Asian countries are represented by one English daily newspaper each[1]:
Bangladesh: The Daily Star
Brunei: The Brunei Times
Cambodia: The Cambodia [...]
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2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
Hartmut Buettner @ November 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, released in October 2008, presents information on 2000 companies from around the world reporting major investments in R&D. The set of companies it covers comprises the top 1000 R&D investors whose registered offices are in the EU and the top 1000 registered elsewhere.
Some of the findings presented in [...]
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Corruption Perception Index 2008 (CPI)
Hartmut Buettner @ November 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The global coalition against corruption Transparency International has issued its Corruption Perception Index 2008 in Berlin on 23 September.
The CPI measures the perceived degree of corruption in the public sector of a country. It is a composite index, which is based on different surveys and analyses. The CPI 2008 compares 180 countries (the same number [...]
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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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EU Gateway Programme (for Japan and Korea)
Hartmut Buettner @ September 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The EU Gateway Programme assists EU companies to enter the Japanese and Korean markets. The one week business missions includes coaching before, during and after the mission as well as during meetings with potential Japanese and Korean business partners.
The programme is open for EU companies from the following industrial sectors:
for Japan:
Construction and Building [...]
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