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Trade 》 International Chambers) run import/export clubs; international 
trade contacts and provide market research and online intelligence 
through a 150…country local network of chambers。 Their Link2Exports 
(link2exports。uk) website provides specific information on 
export markets by industry sector by country。 
。 panies House (wwwpanieshouse。gov。uk) is the official repository 
of all pany information in the UK。 Its WebCHeck service 
offers a free…of…charge searchable pany Names and Address Index 
covering 2 million panies either by name or unique pany 
registration number。 
。 Corporate Information (corporateinformation 》 TOOLS 》 
Research Links) is a business information site covering the main world 
economies; offering plenty of free information。 This link takes you to 
sources of business information in over 100 countries。 
。 Doing Business (doingbusiness): This is the World Bank’s 
database that provides objective measures of business regulations 
across 178 countries。 You can find out everything; from the rules on 
opening and closing a business to tax rates; employment laws; investor 
protection; enforcing contracts and much more。 There is a tool for 
paring countries to rank them by the criteria you consider most 
important。
296 Appendix 
。 Economics Network (economicsnetwork。ac。uk) is a heavyduty 
economics website supported by some 30 universities and business 
schools in the UK; providing links to free data (mainly macroeconomic) 
on the UK and international economies at this link ( 
economicsnetwork。ac。uk/links/data_free。htm)。 
。 FAME (Financial Analysis Made Easy) is a powerful database that 
contains information on 3。4 million panies in the UK and Ireland。 
You can pare each pany with detailed financials with its peer 
group based on its activity codes; and the so。。ware lets you search for 
panies that ply with your own criteria; bining as many 
conditions as you like。 FAME is available in business libraries and on 
CD from the publishers; who also offer free trial (bvdep/en/ 
panyInformationHome。html 》 pany data – national 》 FAME)。 
。 Free pany Reports & Accounts (fcreports) is an online 
service offering free instant downloads of financial reports from listed 
panies in the UK。 Annual reports; balance sheets; profit & loss 
statements and interim reports are available from one of the largest 
databases of listed panies in the UK。 
。 Global petitiveness Report (weforum/en/initiatives/gcp/ 
index。htm): Produced by the World Economic Forum and first published 
in 1979; it covers 131 major and emerging economies; providing an 
annual measure of a nation’s economic environment and its ability to 
achieve sustained growth。 
。 Google News (google); which you can tap into by selecting 
‘News’ on the horizontal menu at the top of the page under the Google 
banner。 Here you will find links to any newspaper article anywhere in 
the world covering a particular topic。 
。 Google Trends (google。uk》Labs》Google Trends) provides a 
snapshot on what the world is most interested in at any one moment。 
For example; if you are trying to find out if consumers really care about 
green issues (useful to know when seeing how to pitch a new product); 
entering that into the search pane produces a graph showing how 
interest measured by the number of searches is growing (or contracting) 
since January 2004 when they started collecting the data。 
。 Human Development Index (undp): HDI is published annually 
by the UN and ranks nations according to a posite index that 
measures 33 aspects of a country’s average achievements in three basic 
aspects of human development: longevity; knowledge; and a decent 
standard of living。 From the main menu choose ‘Human Development 
Statistics’ from the menu on the le。。 of the page。 
。 The Internet Public Library (ipl) is run by a consortium of 
US universities whose aim is to provide internet users help with finding 
information online。 There are extensive sections on business; puters; 
education; leisure and health。
Appendix 297 
。 Kelly’s (kellysearch。uk) lists information on 200;000 product 
and service categories across 200 countries。 Business contact details; 
basic product and service details and online catalogues are provided。 
。 Keynote (keynote。uk) operates in 18 countries; providing 
business ratios and trends for 140 industry sectors; giving enough 
information to assess accurately the financial health of each industry 
sector。 Using this service you can find out how profitable a business 
sector is and how successful the main panies operating in each 
sector are。 Executive summaries are free; but expect to pay between 
£250 and £500 for most reports。 
。 Lexis…Nexis (lexis…nexis) has literally dozens of databases 
covering every sector you can think of; but most useful for entrepreneurs 
researching petitors is pany Analyzer; which creates prehensive 
pany reports drawn from 36 separate sources; with up to 
250 documents per source。 So; when you get tired of scouring different 
databases to find out all there is to know about a petitor; customer 
or supplier; you could consider using pany Analyzer to access 
legal; business; financial and public records sources with a single 
search。 pany Analyzer provides access to accurate information 
about parent and subsidiary panies and their directors; to highlight 
potential conflicts of interest。 
。 Librarians’ Internet Index (h。。p://lii): The mission of Librarians’ 
Internet Index is to provide a well…organized point of access for reliable; 
trustworthy; librarian…selected websites。 To be included; the information 
must be freely available; have an identified and qualified site author 
and have current; accurate information about the topic concerned。 
。 LibrarySpot (libraryspot) is a free virtual library resource 
centre for just about anyone exploring the web for valuable 
research information。 Forbes selected LibrarySpot as the Best 
Reference Site on the Web and United States Today described it as ‘an 
awesome online library’。 
。 Microso。。 (h。。p://adlab。microso。。) is testing a product that can give 
you masses of data on market demographics (age; sex; ine etc); 
purchase intentions and a search funnel tool that helps you understand 
how your market searches the internet。 Using the demographics tool; 
you can find that 76 per cent of people showing an interest in baby 
clothes are female and; surprisingly; 24 per cent are male。 The peak age 
group is the 25–34…year…olds and the lowest is the under…18s followed 
by the over…50s。 
。 The National Statistics (statistics。gov。uk) website contains a vast 
range of official UK statistics and information about statistics; which 
can be accessed and downloaded free。 
。 NationMaster (nationmaster): This provides a pilation 
of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook; UN and 
298 Appendix 
OECD。 Using the tools on the website you can generate maps and 
graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease。 Its aim is to be the web’s onestop 
resource for country statistics on everything。 
。 Online Newspapers (onlinenewspapers): Newspapers and 
magazines are a source of considerable information on panies; 
markets and products in that sphere of interest。 Virtually every online 
newspaper in the world is listed here。 You can search straight from the 
homepage; either by continent or by country。 There is also a separate 
site for online magazines (onlinenewspapers/SiteMap/ 
magazines…sitemap。htm)。 
。 Realtor (realtor): This is the website of the US National 
Association of Realtors。 An MBA can use this site to work out the cost 
of living in 700 international cities across 162 different currencies。 
Invaluable; either when moving job or advertising appointments。 Select 
‘Moving’ from the menu bar at the top of the screen; and then from 
the ‘Moving Tools’ menu in the middle of the le。。…hand menu select 
‘Salary Calculator’。 Once in the Salary Calculator tool; select the term 
‘International Salary Calculator’ highlighted in blue at the bo。。om of 
the first paragraph。 
。 Thomas Global Register (thomasglobal) is an online directory 
in 11 languages with details of o

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