Content last reviewed:
- Mergent Online - Search by company name for information on companies.
- Factiva - Select Companies/Markets from menu bar at top of page. Key in a company name and explore contents on the left or scroll down to find business and geographic segments.
- Passport - Select Companies from the top tab and key in your company name. Select relevant segment and open the profile. Look in the table of contents for a SWOT analysis
- Business Source Complete - Search for articles on your company or limit to SWOT from filters listed below the search box.
- Nexis Uni - Find SWOT analyses and other company reports. As an example search to find a SWOT for Walmart the search terms entered would be: company(walmart) AND SWOT. Once on the search results page click Company and Finanacial in the menu located on the left side of the page.
- Look for a Country Report on Business Source Complete
- Select Country Reports from the menu on the right hand margin
- Key in a country name to the search box
- Look for a Country Profile or Country Review and open the most recent year
- Passport
- Use the tabs at the top of the page to find country reports on economies, industries, consumers
- EIU.com
- Provides historical economic indicators and forecasting data
- globalEdge
- Go to Global Insights and click on a country.
- Explore the links such as the Country Commercial Guide and Culture which provides links to information on business culture.
- Transparency International
- Includes the Corruption Perceptions Index
- World Economic Forum
- Explore the reports - the Global Competitiveness Report for country rankings, Global Risks Report and the Inclusive Development Index.
- World Factbook
- Country information and data from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- OECD iLibrary
- Great source of data and reports. Focuses predominantly on OECD countries. Does include some information on countries outside OECD.
- World Bank
- Hofstede Centre
- Provides country based cultural analysis, comparisons and scores
- Global Affairs Canada
- Find information by country including laws and culture
- Commisceo global
- OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab
- The Writing Centre - University of Wisconsin-Madison
- World Trade Organization - Explore the reports under Documents, Data & Resources
- WITS World Integrated Trade Solution from the World Bank
- Trade Profiles from the WTO - provides a series of key indicators on trade in goods and services for 197 economies.
Look for additional sources on the library's subject guide Trade Data & Statistics.
