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Tools that Provide Country Information

· Leader Behavior and Culture Dimensions GLOBE

· Hofstede's Culture Compass

· Use this to compare two countries using Hofstede's cultural dimensions

· International Business Culture

· Use this to find info on etiquette, manners and communication help for dealing with other cultures.

· United Nations Country Statistics - Conference on Trade and Development

· Use this to find total imports and exports, major trading partners, and other general trade information by country

· World Bank Open Data

· IMF Country Information

· CIA Factbook

· Transparency International

· State Department Country Reports

· FOOD by Culture

Tools to Assess Political Economic Legal Environment

· Political Environment:

· Collectivistic vs. Individualistic: https://geert-hofstede.com/countries.html

· Democratic vs. Totalitarian (or Pseudo-democratic):

· Pick your country and scroll down to "government" and "political parties":

· CIA: http://www.cia.gov

· Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017

· Political Freedom: https://freedomhouse.org/

· Economic Environment:

· Market, Command, or Mixed Economy

· FDI Confidence https://www.atkearney.com/gbpc/foreign-direct-investment-confidence-index

· CIA Factbook - pick your country and scroll to "Economy" www.cia.gov

· "Economy"

· Economic Development:

· Market Potential Index: http://globaledge.msu.edu/mpi

· Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 2012 the Economic Development tab

· World Bank Doing Business With: www.doingbusiness.org

· Legal Environment:

· Civil, Common or Theocratic Law: www.cia.gov

· Theocratic: Worldmark Encyclopedia - pick your country and scroll to religion:

· Jurisdiction: Are they a member of CIGS (UN Convention on Contracts for the Sales of Goods)? If so, it's possibly a safer bet because there are uniform rules that are widely understood.

· Corruption Perceptions: https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016

· Property Rights: http://internationalpropertyrightsindex.org/

· Intellectual Property Protections: http://www.iprcenter.gov/

Other Tools

· Accenture Industries Research

· Deloitte Tax and Investment Guides

· Supply Chain Source Map

· Company Annual Reports

· PWC Research Insights

· Newspapers Around the World

· USTR 2017 National Trade Estimate Report

· ITA Office of Industry Analysis

· International Trade Administration

· UNCTAD World Investment Report

· UNCTAD Statistics

· World Bank Doing Business

· Measuring Business Regulations

· Worldmapper

· Patents by Country

· R&D by Industry

· R&D Spend by Country

· Research Professionals by Country