Industry Research

Country profiles can be found in the following databases in our library collection

•  = Users listed next to this icon have access on campus. (This will often say ALL indicating all users have access on campus. There are a few exceptions.) 
•  = Users listed next to this icon have access off campus.

Search tips:

• Use advanced search to filter by Country report under Publication type. In this database you will find:
• Country Profile reports by MarketLine which include PESTLE analysis
• Country Monitor reports by IHS Markit
• Country Review reports by CountryWatch
• Country Risk reports by BMI Research, but not available in full text

Search tips:

• Includes country economic forecasts and country industry forecasts by Oxford Economics

Search tips:

• Use Country insight tab

Search tips:

• Select Country info in Guided search, then the country of interest, and one of the choices under Choose a source.
• Go to Business under Discover topics – BMI Country Risk Report under Featured publications – click on the three dots – Get documents.

These are publicly available websites you can use to find country reports, data sets, news, etc. 

Bureau of Industry and Security

• Country analysis – statistical analysis of U.S. trade with various countries

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

• International Trade and Investment Country Facts

CIA 

• World Factbook

Deloitte

• Tax guides and country highlights

Global EDGE 

• Insights by country

HSBC 

• International Business Guides

Institute of Export and International Trade (UK)

• Doing Business Guides

International Monetary Fund 

• Country Information

International Trade Administration

• Market Diversification Tool - research potential export markets.

NationMaster 

• Country profiles

OECD 

• Data allows to browse by country
• Services Trade Restrictiveness Index – notes by country

PKF 

• “Doing Business in” series

PwC

• Worldwide Tax Summaries

The Observatory of Economic Complexity 

• Profiles -- Countries

The World Bank 

• Doing Business historical reports

Thomson Reuters 

• “Doing Business in” series

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 

• Country Profiles

Enter keywords in the field above to search more than twenty business-related periodicals.  

These resources were chosen because they are from respected organizations with a primary focus on business. Note that some of these sources, such as Harvard Business Review, have a limited access if you don’t have a subscription. If you are unable to open an article from the search results, search for the article title in the Alvin Sherman Library catalog.

For peer-reviewed journal articles, literature reviews, and primary source material, utilize the business databases on the Alvin Sherman Library website.