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International Business Subject Guide - Emphasis on Asia and the Pacific
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- Find Dissertations and Books
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- Industry and Market Information
- Cross-cultural Management
- Tariff and Trade Data
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- Business and Travel Etiquette
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- Taxation and Accounting
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Business, Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Desk
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Hamilton Library
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Honolulu, HI 96822
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
International Financial Statistics Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Historical financial and economic data for IMF member countries. Time series data from 1948. Includes data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.
Mergent Online (U.S. and international company data)
Licensed for UHM use only
Fully searchable database of approximately 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies and 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations (representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization). Provides real-time access to EDGAR® filings, dating back to 1993 and updated daily. Coverage includes: history, business, property, subsidiaries, officers, directors, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock, income statement, balance sheet, statements of cash flow, exchange and ticker symbol, address, telephone number, annual stock price ranges, trustees, registrar, transfer agent, stock splits, dividend payment history, up-to-the-minute news items on U.S. public companies, Wall Street consensus earnings estimates and more.
Find Articles and Journals
ABI/INFORM Global
Licensed for UHM use only
The premier business and management database providing extensive coverage of North America and the world. Search nearly 1,800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal.
Business Source Premier
Licensed for UHM use only
Full text for more than 2,300 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
Emerald Fulltext
Licensed for UHM use only
Emerald Fulltext covers the major management disciplines including, marketing, HR and organizational development, library & information management, quality and operations management. Coverage also includes accounting, education, science & technology, healthcare, and communications. Contains the full text of journal articles published from 1994 to date, in both HTML and PDF format. Abstracts are also provided for articles back to 1989.
F & S Index International
Domestic and international company, product, and industry information. Over 2,500 newspapers, trade journals, government documents, bank letters, prospectuses, and reports from around the world are surveyed regularly for business-related articles.
Hamilton Main Reference HC10 .F752
Financial Times
Free web access
Free registration for access to full-text articles and other business tools. "...combines agenda-setting editorial with relevant financial data and discussion groups, as well as a broad range of business tools including the largest search function on the internet. FT.com has more than 55 million monthly page views and over 2.7 million unique monthly visitors."
LexisNexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.
ProQuest Asian Business and Reference
Licensed for UHM use only
Find the latest business and financial news from the Eastern Hemisphere. Covers Asian business and financial information from key international publications including Far Eastern Economic Review, Asiaweek, and many more.
Regional Business News
Licensed for UHM use only
This full text newswire database incorporates business wires from all over the world. Included in this database are A&G Information, Africa News Service, Inter Press Service, Resource News International, South American Business, M2 Communications, PR Newswire, Business News Wire, Canadian Corporate News, News Bytes News Network, and Phillips Business Information Highlights.
Science Direct
Licensed for UHM use only
Includes Journal of World Business, Japan and the World Economy, International Business Review, and much more.
World News Connection
Licensed for UHM use only
A foreign news service provided by the National Technical Information Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It contains translations and English-language news and information gathered by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) from non-U.S. media sources in various regions of the world: Central Eurasia, China, East Asia, Near East and South Asia, East Europe, West Europe, the Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The UHM Library subscribes to many journals in both paper and electronic formats. Use a database or index to locate articles. To find a specific journal title in electronic format, search the library's list of electronic journals. Use Hawaii Voyager to find paper (and some electronic) formats for specific journal titles. If you do not find the journal you are looking for, please ask for further assistance at a reference desk.
Find Dissertations and Books
Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog
Use the online catalog to find books, journals, dissertations, videos, more.
Dissertations and Theses
Licensed for UHM use only
Dissertations & Theses (PQD&T) includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download.
New Books at UHM Library
Interface for identifying new books. Can be limited by keyword and date range.
Directories and Company Profiles
Corporate Affiliations.com
Licensed for UHM use only
"...provides current, accurate corporate linkage information and company profiles on nearly 200,000 of the most prominent global public and private parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions—down to the seventh level of corporate linkage." Includes corporate family trees, 700,000 corporate contacts, 110,000 board members, 150,000 brand names, 140,000 competitors, and merger/acquisition/out-of-business information back to 1976.
D&B Principal International Businesses
Hamilton Main Reference HF54.U5 P77
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries
Hamilton Main Reference HG4538 .A1 D5
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
Hamilton Main Reference HG4057 .A1 D51 1998
Directory of United States Importers/Exporters 
(CD-ROM in Hamilton Library)
This directory gives key company information on 55,000 top importers and exporters in the United States. The source of the information is the PIERS Database (Port Import Export Reporting Service) produced by the Journal of Commerce. Location: Hamilton Library, 1st Floor. Ask for assistance at the main reference desk.
Global 1000 BusinessWeek July issue
Hoover's Handbook of World Business
Hamilton Main Reference HG4009 .H66
International Directory of Company Histories
Hamilton Main Reference HD2721 .I63 1988
Kompass
1.8 million business-to-business companies listings. Free and fee access available. Only the very basic financials available to free users.
LexisNexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. Select Business tab.
Mergent Online (U.S. and international company data)
Licensed for UHM use only
Fully searchable database of approximately 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies and 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations (representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization). Provides real-time access to EDGAR® filings, dating back to 1993 and updated daily. Coverage includes: history, business, property, subsidiaries, officers, directors, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock, income statement, balance sheet, statements of cash flow, exchange and ticker symbol, address, telephone number, annual stock price ranges, trustees, registrar, transfer agent, stock splits, dividend payment history, up-to-the-minute news items on U.S. public companies, and more.
NTDB Global Trade Directory
Directory information searchable by company, product, 6-digit HS code.
Thomson World Bank Directory
Hamilton Main Reference HG1536 .P633
ASIA PACIFIC DIRECTORIES
American Business in Indonesia
Asia Reference HD2904 .D57
Asian Company Handbook
Asia Reference HF3820.5 .A48 A85
China Leading Companies
Asia Reference HF5260.A3 C45
Dun's Asia/Pacific Key Business Enterprises
Asia Reference HF5229 .A3 D86
Foreign Business Contacts in Korea
Asia Reference HF5258 .A3 F67
Japan Company Handbook
Asia Reference HC461 .J352
Japan Trade Directory
Newest volumes in Asia Reference HF3823 .J354
Kompass Malaysia
Asia Reference HF5239.M36 S8
Korean Business Directory
Asia Reference HF3861 .K8 K6
Korea Company Yearbook
Asia Reference HC466 .B872
Major Companies of the Far East and Australasia
Asia Reference HD4295.8 .M34
Standard Trade & Industry Directory of Indonesia
Asia Reference HF3803 .S73
Times Business Directory of Singapore
Asia Reference HF3800.6.Z8 S577
Many other company directories are available in the reference collections on the 1st and 4th (Asia) floors. Please consult the library catalog, visit the reference desks, or browse the reference stacks in the HF 3000's and 4000's.
Financials and Investment Reports
Irasia.com (Investor Relations Asia Pacific)
Select Listed Companies to search a database of companies listed on different stock exchanges.
LexisNexis Academic
Licensed for UHM use only
Business and financial information including accounting, auditing and taxation; federal, state and international legal materials.
Mergent Online (U.S. and international company data)
Licensed for UHM use only
Fully searchable database of approximately 15,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ companies and 20,000 non-U.S. based corporations (representing 95% of the non-U.S. global market capitalization). Provides real-time access to EDGAR® filings, dating back to 1993 and updated daily. Coverage includes: history, business, property, subsidiaries, officers, directors, long-term debt, bond ratings, capital stock, income statement, balance sheet, statements of cash flow, exchange and ticker symbol, address, telephone number, annual stock price ranges, trustees, registrar, transfer agent, stock splits, dividend payment history, up-to-the-minute news items on U.S. public companies, and more.
Reuters Business & Finance
Very robust site for business news, market data and company financials.
Thomson ONE Banker - subscription canceled effective March 31, 2008.
For U.S. public company financials, filings, prices, see Mergent Online, Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage, Morningstar, LexisNexis Academic
For international company financials, see Mergent Online, LexisNexis Academic
For analysts' research, earnings estimates, and ratings, see Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage, Morningstar, LexisNexis Academic
Demographics and Statistics
Asian Development Bank Annual Report
In addition to reporting on ADB's operations and activities of the Special Funds of ADB, the report also contains chapters on economic developments and, occasionally, special themes of particular interest or topicality.
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
International Financial Statistics Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Historical financial and economic data for IMF member countries. Time series data from 1948. Includes data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts.
Key Indicators of Developing Asian and Pacific Countries
Includes 30 regional tables of socio-economic and financial indicators for 45 developing member countries and 45 country tables, with 18-year time-series on population, labor force and employment, national accounts, production, energy, price indices, money and banking, government finance, external trade, balance of payments, international reserves, exchange rates, external indebtedness.
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (UN)
Also available in paper format
Hamilton Main Reference HC411 .U4 A23
Global Competitiveness Report
Hamilton Main Reference HF1414 .G559
Global Data Locator
Hamilton Main Reference HA36 .K87 1997
International Data Base (U.S. Census Bureau)
"...offers a variety of demographic indicators for 224 countries and areas of the world. The IDB has provided access to demographic data for over 25 years to governments, academics, other organizations, and the public. It is funded by organizations that sponsor the research of the Census Bureau's International Programs Center."
International Marketing Data and Statistics
Hamilton Main Reference HA42 .I56
LexisNexis Statistical Universe
Licensed for UHM use only
Easy access to statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations with advanced PowerTables™ functionality.
Statistical Yearbook (United Nations)
(Most current edition kept at the Hamilton Main Reference Desk)
UNData (replaces UN Common Database 2008)
Free web access
"...find official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system, as well as estimates and projections. The domains covered are agriculture, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism."
World Market Share Reporter
Hamilton Main Reference HF5410 .W67
World Development Indicators
Available on CD-ROM in Government Documents Department, Sinclair Library.
Call number: IBRD W 891 D 49/2 [yr.] CD-ROM
See also:
Journal and Newspaper Articles (e.g. keyword or subject search for "market shares")
Industry Association web sites
Country and Regional Overviews
Global
EIU Online
Licensed for UHM use only
Includes Country Profiles, Country Reports, Country Commerce, Country Finance, Business Asia, Business China, and much more.
Exporters' Encyclopaedia (Dun & Bradstreet)
Hamilton Main Reference HF54 .E82
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
World Economic and Social Survey (United Nations)
"...provides objective analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues, and discusses the positive and negative impact of corresponding policies."
World Economic Outlook (International Monetary Fund)
"...packed with country specific facts, figures, and worldwide projections that present the outlook for growth, inflation, trade, and other economic developments in a clear, practical format."
Asia and Pacific Region
See also:
Country Information - Business Climates and Statistics (UHM Library Guide)
Industry and Market Information
Country Monitor now available in EIU Online
Licensed for UHM use only
"Each week, Country Monitor analyses the latest global economic and political events and highlights those with the greatest implications for business."
Export.gov Market Research
Access the U.S. Commercial Service
Market Research Library containing more than 100,000 industry and country-specific market reports, authored by our specialists working in overseas posts.Registration required.
Exporters' Encyclopaedia (Dun & Bradstreet)
Hamilton Main Reference HF54 .E82
Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Licensed for UHM use only
Euromonitor International's GMID is an integrated product for business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes hard-to-find demographic, economic and marketing statistics, as well as lifestyle and market analysis.
NOTE: This resource is restricted for use by UH Manoa students, faculty and staff. You will be prompted to log in to your Library account before proceeding to the resource. Once you have connected to GMID, you will need to create a personal account with Euromonitor. Your personal Euromonitor account will be used each time you access GMID.
Main Economic Indicators
Hamilton Main Reference HC10 .O681
STAT-USA
Licensed for UHM use only
"GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the Department of Agriculture. GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads. Historical trade leads are available for up to three months. Historical TOPS leads are provided for up to two years. The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports and other programs. The International Trade Library is a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade. All are full text searchable, as well as key word searchable by country or product."
World Market Share Reporter
Hamilton Main Reference HF5410 .W67
See also:
Journal and Newspaper Articles
Cross-cultural Management
International encyclopedia of business and management, 8 volumes
Hamilton Main Reference HF1001 .I53 2002
Regional encyclopedia of business and management, 4 volumes
Hamilton Main Reference HF1001 .R44 2000
Tariff and Trade Data
Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook
Government Documents Department IMF D62
Document Library, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Includes National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers that surveys significant foreign barriers to U.S. exports. "The report provides, where feasible, quantitative estimates of the impact of these foreign practices on the value of U.S. exports."
Exporters' Encyclopaedia (Dun & Bradstreet)
Hamilton Main Reference HF54 .E82
Foreign Trade Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
"...HTSA provides the applicable tariff rates and statistical categories for all merchandise imported into the United States; it is based on the international Harmonized System, the global system of nomenclature that is used to describe most world trade in goods."
International Trade Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce. Includes links to trade statistics and key policy initiatives.
International Trade and Tariff Data
World Trade Organization. Interactive access to the most up-to-date WTO trade statistics. Access to International Trade Statistics including detailed analysis and tables for leading traders, trade by sector and product, regional trade, LDCs, etc.
International trade statistics yearbook
(Current edition kept at the Reference Desk)
STAT-USA GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) and NTDB (National Trade Data Bank)
Licensed for UHM use only
"GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers daily trade leads from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS), as well as the Department of Agriculture. GLOBUS also offers daily procurement activity from the Defense Logistics Agency, the United Nations, and the Commerce Business Daily leads. Historical trade leads are available for up to three months. Historical TOPS leads are provided for up to two years. The NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides access to Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports and other programs. The International Trade Library is a comprehensive collection of over 40,000 documents related to international trade. All are full text searchable, as well as key word searchable by country or product."
Trade Policy Reviews
World Trade Organization. "...detailed chapters examining the trade policies and practices of the Member[s] and describing trade policymaking institutions and the macroeconomic situation."
UN Comtrade (United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database)
Licensed for UHM use only
Official source for imports, exports, re-imports and re-exports for 90% of world trade. Data for over 140 reporter countries detailed by commodity and partner country.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Access to news, policy briefs, statistics and digital library of UNCTAD publications.
USITC: United States International Trade Commission
"...independent, quasijudicial Federal agency with broad investigative responsibilities on matters of trade." Includes news releases, ongoing investigations, industry analyses, etc.
Web Resources for International Trade
Federation of International Trade Associations
World Development Indicators
Available on CD-ROM in Government Documents Department, Sinclair Library.
Call number: IBRD W 891 D 49/2 [yr.] CD-ROM
Stock Markets and Indices
International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market
Hamilton Main Reference HG4551 .I528 1999
Reuters World Indices
15 minute delayed updates on 50 indices from U.S., Europe, Asia/Pacific and Africa/Middle East.
Stock and Commodity Exchanges
International list of exchanges maintained by Rutgers University Libraries.
Associations, Organizations, Research
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Searchable site includes committee and working group publications.
Asian Development Bank
News, statistics, projects, publications.
Bank of Japan
English version of the central bank's economic and financial data and trends.
East West Center
"...education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States."
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
See reports and publications of this UN agency.
Encyclopedia of Associations
22,000 organizations, representing many trade and industry groups.
Hamilton Main Reference HS17 .G3
(Most current edition is kept at the Reference Desk)
National Bureau of Asian Research - Links to Research Organizations
"...over 300 links to institutes and centers worldwide that conduct policy-relevant research on Asia."
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD
US-ASEAN Business Council
"...committed to promoting U.S. competitiveness in the most dynamic global growth market: ASEAN." Site includes country overviews, statistics and news feeds.
World Bank Group
"Working papers, abstracts, evaluations and datasets for on-going and completed World Bank research projects..."
Also search Google or Yahoo! to identify organizations and associations.
Business and Travel Etiquette
Executive Planet.com
Business culture, customs and etiquette
Exporters' Encyclopaedia (Dun & Bradstreet)
Hamilton Main Reference HF54 .E82
Gestures : the do's and taboos of body language around the world
Hamilton Main Reference BF637 .N66 A88 1998
Also search Hawaii Voyager for "business etiquitte"
Government Agencies
US International Trade Administration
US International Trade Commission
Taxation and Accounting
Corporate Taxes, Worldwide Summaries
Hamilton Main Reference HD2753.A3 C67
Financial reporting in the Pacific Asia region
Asia HF5616 .P16 F56 1997
IAS Plus
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu provides newsfeed with stories about International Accounting Standards, and much more.
International Accounting Standards Board
Independent accounting standard-setter based in London, UK.
International Federation of Accountants
"Through its independent standard-setting boards, IFAC develops international standards on ethics, auditing and assurance, education, and public sector accounting standards. It also issues guidance to support professional accountants in business, small and medium practices, and developing nations."
TRANSACC: Transnational Accounting. Palgrave.
Hamilton Main Reference HF5626 .T72 2001
News, Gateways and Portals
AsiaOne.com
"...free-access, one-stop information mall which serves users’ news, business and lifestyle needs."
GlobalEDGE Resource Desk
formerly "MSU-CIBER's International Business Resources Index"
International Business Resources on the WWW. This directory of reviewed sites is maintained at Michigan State University's Center for International Business Education and Research.
VIBES
Virtual International Business and Economics Sources. "...provides over 3,000 links to Internet sources of international business and economic information that are in English and available free of charge."
WebJapan
Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "...provides highly reliable information on Japan across many different genres including culture, sightseeing, society, history and nature."
World Chambers Network
Portal for Chambers of Commerce international trade information.
Hawaii State Public Library System Resources
Access to several outstanding databases is available at your nearest public library or remotely with valid HSPLS card. Hawaii State Public Library System home page.
Business and related databases include:
- Business and Company Resource Center
- American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory
- Brands and Their Companies
- Business Rankings Annual, 2000 through Present
- Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.
- Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State, and Local Organizations
- Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations
- Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries
- Encyclopedia of Global Industries
- Graham and Whiteside Major Company Series
- International Directory of Company Histories
- Market Share Reporter
- Notable Corporate Chronologies
- Publishers Directory
- Telecommunications Directory
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
- Ward's Business Directory of Private and Public Companies in Canada and Mexico
- World Market Share Reporter
- ReferenceUSA International
- TableBase (via RDS Business Reference Suite)
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Business Plans Handbook, v1-11
- Encyclopedia of American Industries
- International Directory of Business Biographies
- and many more
Public Library card information
Last modified: June 17, 2008 (David Flynn david.flynn@hawaii.edu)