LibGuides: Strategic Market Planning in Latin America: Getting Started

Resources for International Business Research

Start with these databases for scholarly and trade information; for export/import trends and other industry-specific data, look at the "Agricultural Resources" tab.In addition to scholarly journal articles, you can find country and company reports, SWOT analyses and other market information.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly database providing a collection of bibliographic and full-text content in all disciplines of business.

Additional full-text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.; Citations, abstracts, and full-text; Abstracts: 1886 - present; Full-text: 1990 - present
Fuente Académica This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary full-text index of Spanish and Portuguese-language scholarly journals covering all major subject areas in humanities, social sciences, sciences, and law.

Citations and abstracts with full-text; 1920s - present
ABI-Inform This link opens in a new window
Scholarly, popular and trade journal articles and reports across a range of company, industry and market sources, with a focus on business and economics.

Citations and full-text; 1980s - present; varies by title

These resources include country information, data and research reports from a wide variety of sources.

Emerging Markets Information Service This link opens in a new window
Current country and company information from more than 500 sources for emerging markets in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Arranged by country, this resource includes country profiles; macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and analysis; reports on financial markets, companies, and industries; exchange rates; analyst reports; and business news.; Reports and statistics
Statista This link opens in a new window
Aggregates statistical data on hundreds of international industries from thousands of sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, scientific journals, and government databases.
eMarketer This link opens in a new window
Provides updated grasp-and-go market data, statistics and analysis on the Internet, e-business, online marketing, media and emerging technologies.

Contains two main segments:; 1. Market research on E-business, E-commerce, and Online Marketing. Each report combines eMarketer's original analysis with aggregated data from leading market research firms, such as IDC, Gartner, Forrester, Yankee Group, government, non-profit and academic sources.; 2. The eStat portion of this database has statistics and graphs on Internet-related topics. Documents in the eStat Database are accessible by Basic and Advanced Search and browse able by subject and data.; Reports and statistics
Passport GMID This link opens in a new window
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Provides key business intelligence on countries, industries and consumers.

Provides users with historical statistics and forecasts, analysis of consumers' lifestyles, information sources, brand and company information, plus full-text market analysis.; Analysis & statistical reports; Users are required to read and accept the Terms and Conditions in order to access this resource.