10 Dec 2008

globalEDGE (TM)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, US.
Self-description:
"Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), globalEDGE (TM) is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. Partially funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI B grant, globalEDGE (TM) is your source for global business knowledge."
# SIte contents:
* Home [about the globalEDGE (TM) project]; * Resource Desk;
* Countries (the whole world, including: Asia and Middle East - Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, North, Korea, South, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen);
* States [of the USA]; * Industries; * Blog; * Academy; * Diagnostic Tools.
# Structure of the information for each listed country:
* Key Facts: (GDP (ppp) per capita, Inflation Rate, Population, Country Risk Ratings, Ease of Doing Business, Global Competitiveness);
* Introduction;
* Statistics [modelled on the CIA World Factbook - ed.];
* Economy (Economic Policy, Banking Sector, Exports and Trade, Oil and Minerals Sector, Investment);
* History;
* Government [modelled on the CIA World Factbook - ed.];
* Culture [business etiquette and culture];
* Risk;
* Corporations [major banks and businesses];
* Competitive Rankings: (Politics and Freedom: Press freedom index (Freedom House), Corruption: Corruption perceptions index (Transparency International), Country Risk Ratings, Global Competitiveness Report, Index of Economic Freedom, Foreign Policy Globalization Index, Ease of Doing Business Rankings, Tax Misery & Reform Index, E-readiness Rankings, Global Services Location Index);
* Resources [web sites];
* Headlines [news];
* gE network;
* Country Memo.

URL http://globaledge.msu.edu/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://globaledge.msu.edu/
Link reported by: "FITA's Really Useful Sites" (newsletter--at--fita.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000