Links to International Business Resources

This page contains links to various WWW sites which may contain useful information related to International Business. This page will be especially useful for your group project. You are encouraged to explore various links in search of the most relevant and useful information.

Also provide are a set of links to various search engines that you can use to locate information resources. You are encouraged to use these to find other WWW sites not found on this list. If you locate a useful site not on this list, please let me know so that we can include it and make it available to others in the class. Happy surfing!

Class Specific Sources	Country Information
Indexes of IB Links	Government Sources
Trade Organizations	International Organizations
Finding Company Sites	Geography Sites
Publications	Search Engines

Class Specific Information Sources

Class	Date	Topics
1.	Aug 27 (Thr)	Introduction, Course Procedure, and WEB site Tutorial
2.	Sep 1 (Tue)	Ch 1: International Business: An Overview
3.	Sep 3 (Thr)	Ch 1: International Business: An Overview (cont'd)
4.	Sep 8 (Tue)	Ch 2: The Cultural Environments Facing Business
5.	Sep 10 (Thr)	Ch 2: The Cultural Environments Facing Business (cont'd)
6.	Sep 15 (Tue)	Ch 3: The Political & Legal Environments Facing Business
7.	Sep 17 (Thr)	Ch 4: The Economic Environment
8.	Sep 22 (Tue)	Ch 4: The Economic Environment(cont'd)
9.	Sep 24 (Thr)	Ch 5: International Trade Theory
10.	Sep 29 (Tue)	Ch 5: International Trade Theory(cont'd)
11.	Oct 1 (Thr)	Ch 6: Governmental Influence on Trade
12.	Oct 6 (Tue)	Ch 6: Governmental Influence on Trade (cont'd)
13.	Oct 8 (Thr)	EXAM #1
14.	Oct 13 (Tue)	Ch 7: Economic Integration and Cooperative Agreements
15.	Oct 15 (Thr)	Ch 7: Economic Integration and Cooperative Agreements (cont'd)
16.	Oct 20 (Tue)	Ch 8: Foreign Direct Investment
17.	Oct 22 (Thr)	Ch 9: Foreign Exchange
18.	Oct 27 (Tue)	Ch 10: The Determination of Exchange Rates
19.	Oct 29 (Thr)	Ch 10: The Determination of Exchange Rates (cont'd)
20.	Nov 3 (Tue)	Ch 11: The Impact of the Multinational Enterprise
21.	Nov 5 (Thr)	Ch 12: International Business Negotiations and Diplomacy
22.	Nov 10 (Tue)	EXAM #2
23.	Nov 12 (Thr)	Ch 13: Coutry Evaluation and Selection
24.	Nov 17 (Tue)	Ch 13: Coutry Evaluation and Selection (cont'd)
25.	Nov 19 (Thr)	Ch 14: Collaborative Strategies
26.	Nov 24 (Tue)	Ch 15: Control Strategies
27.	Dec 1 (Thr)	Ch 18: Global Operations Management and Sourcing Strategies
28.	Dec 3 (Tue)	Ch 21: International Human Resource Management
29.	Dec 8 (Thr)	Ch 21: International Human Resource Management (cont'd)
30.		EXAM #3 (see SJSU Final Examination Schedule)

Suggestions for improvement and feedback on problems will be appreciated.

Credits

Country Information

Business Practices in Various Countries
gopher://gopher.umsl.edu:70/11/library/govdocs/ibpa/ibpg

Country information including radio programs (!)
http://www.globalmanagement.com/rock7.html

Country Reports on Economic Policy & Trade Practices
gopher://gopher.umsl.edu:70/11/library/govdocs/crpt

Country Risk Gradings
http://www.efic.gov.au

Political and Economic Risk in Asian Nations
http://www.asiarisk.com

Country Risk and Economic Analysis
http://www.businessmonitor.co.uk/index.html

Excite City.Net
http://www.city.net/

CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html

International and Area Studies
http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/country.html

Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Yahoo-Regional:Countries
http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/

Indexes of IB Links

CIBER: International Business Resources on the WWW
http://ciber.bus.msu.edu/busres.htm

Internet Resources for International Economics & Business
http://dylee.keel.econ.ship.edu/INTNTL/int_home.htm

Yahoo: Business and Economy: International Economy
http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/International_Economy/

Yahoo: Business and Economy: Trade
http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Trade/

Government Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/govweb.html

Resources for International Business Research
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/busi/intbus.html

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
http://www.pitt.edu/~ian/ianres.html

International Business Directory
http://international.byu.edu/ibd/directory.htm

A Business Researcher's Interests: International Business & Technology Information
http://www.brint.com/International.htm

Business Resources on the Web: International Business
http://www.idbsu.edu/cyclops/busintl.htm

Virtual International Business and Economic Sources
http://www1.uncc.edu/lis/library/reference/intbus/

Virtual Library on International Development
http://w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf

Global Business Center
http://www.lib.csufresno.edu/GlobalBusinessCenter/

International Business Resources Page
http://sunsite.unc.edu/reference/moss/business/

Resources for International Business Research
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/busi/intbus.html

Government Sources

US Department of Commerce: International Trade Administration
http://www.ita.doc.gov/

National Trade Databank: From US Department of Commerce: STAT-USA
http://www.stat-usa.gov/

US Department of Commerce: Global Export Market Information System
http://www.itaiep.doc.gov/

United States Trade Representative's Homepage
http://www.ustr.gov/

U.S. Trade and Development Agency
http://www.tda.gov/

US Agency for International Development
http://www.info.usaid.gov/

United States International Trade Commission
http://www.usitc.gov/

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

U.S. Department of State
http://www.state.gov/

U.S. Federal Government Agencies
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html

Trade Organizations

The Global Trade Point Network
http://www2.tpusa.com/gtpn/

International Trade Resource And Data Exchange (From TradePoint USA)
http://www.i-trade.com/

The World Index of Chambers of Commerce & Industry
http://www.worldchambers.com/chambers.html

Export Process Assistant
http://citm.cob.ohio-state.edu:1111/expadocs/

International Business Kiosk
http://www.webcom.com/one/world/

Tradecompass
http://www.tradecompass.com/

TradePort
http://www.tradeport.org/

International Organizations

The Electronic Embassy
http://www.embassy.org/

The United Nations
http://www.un.org/

The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/

UN Information Services
http://www.undcp.org/unlinks.html

International Monetary Fund Home Page
http://www.imf.org/

World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org/Welcome.html

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/

ASEANWEB
http://www.asean.or.id/

Europa
http://europa.eu.int/

Yahoo - Government:Countries
http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Countries/

Finding Company Sites

Yahoo!:Business and Economy:Companies
http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/
Index of corporate Web sites organized by Industry from Yahoo

Geography Sites

Excite City.Net
http://www.city.net/
Links to information on various countries from City.Net.

Excite City.Net Top Maps
http://www.city.net/indexes/top_maps.html
An extensive collection of maps of countries and cities from City.Net.

Xerox PARC Map Viewer
http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map
An interactive map which lets you select any part of the world and zoom in to any degree. Each map image is created on demand from a geographic database.

The Perry-Casta�eda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
An extensive collection of maps from The General Libraries - The University of Texas at Austin.

Yahoo! - Science:Geography:Maps:Regional:Countries
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/Maps/Regional/Countries/
A collction of links to country maps from Yahoo.

Map-Related Web Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/map_sites.html
An extensive index of map related Web sites from the University of Texas at Austin.

Atlas of the World
http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~NATLAS/atlas/index.html
A collection of maps from the System Test, Validation & Integration (STV&I) branch of the Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT) System Support Center (ASSC).

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Geography
http://www.icomos.org/WWW_VL_Geography.html
Index of geography resources on the Web