Web links

For those who want to delve further into the idea of an economy or the business
environment as a complex system:

Brian Arthur Papers, Santa Fe Institute: http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~wbarthur/

For an example of a fourth sector organization:
Fourth Sector Strategies: http://www.fourthsectorstrategies.com
For statistical information on the world economy and major countries:
IMF World Economic Outlook: www.imf.org/external/index.htm
For international competitiveness country rankings:
IMD World Competitiveness Centre: http://www.imd.org/wcc/
World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report: http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-
competitiveness

Useful sources on globalization:

A. T. Kearney Global Cities Index and other reports: http://www.atkearney.com/research-studies

KOF Index of Globalization: http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/
On the changing world order:
Goldman Sachs: BRICs and Beyond: http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/archive/archive-
pdfs/brics-book/brics-full-book.pdf
PwC Economics: World in 2050: The BRICs and Beyond: Prospects, Challenges and
Opportunities: http://www.pwc.com/en_GX/gx/world-2050/assets/pwc-world-in-2050-report-
january-2013.pdf

For information on countries:

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Country Studies (Library of Congress) (http://countrystudies.us)
On the institutions of global governance:
International Monetary Fund: www.imf.org/external/index.htm
United Nations: http://www.un.org
World Bank: www.worldbank.org
World Trade Organization: www.wto.org

For statistics and other information on countries, trade, investment, and other
international business activities:
International Monetary Fund: www.imf.org/external/index.htm
OECD: www.oecd.org
UNCTAD: www.unctad.org
United Nations: www.un.org
UN Statistics Division: unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
World Bank: www.worldbank.org
World Trade Organization: www.wto.org

For country surveys:

BBC Country Profiles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook
Doing Business (World Bank): www.doingbusiness.org
The Economist country reports: www.economist.com/topics
Financial Times: www.ft.com/home/uk
For information on some of the major regional economic groupings:
APEC: www.apec.org
ASEAN: http://www.aseansec.org/
European Union: europa.eu
NAFTA: www.nafta-sec-alena.org
For financial information on multinational enterprises:
Forbes company rankings: http://www.forbes.com/lists
Fortune Global 500: money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/
For information on the fairtrade and trade justice movements:
Fairtrade UK: http://www.fairtrade.org.uk
Fairtrade International: www.fairtrade.net
Trade Justice Movement: www.tjm.org.uk
For reports and academic papers on international business issues:
Harvard University Centre for International Development: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid
Peterson Institute for International Economics (http://www.iie.com)
For data and other information on countries:
BBC Country Profiles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
The Economist country reports: www.economist.com/topics
On fiscal and monetary policy:
Institute for Fiscal Studies: http://www.ifs.org.uk/
European Central bank: http://www.ecb.europa.eu
Reports on countries or groups of countries:
Eurostat: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
International Monetary Fund: http://www.imf.org
OECD: http://www.oecd.org
UNCTAD: http://www.unctad.org
World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org

Information on regional policy in the EU and UK:

EU regional policy: http://europa.eu./pol/reg/index_en.htm
UK regional policy: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/
32076/cm7961-local-growth-white-paper.pdf
Regions in a global context:
UN world macro geographical regions: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm
Guides to a wide range of data sources on regional issues:
EconData.Net: http://www.econdata.net
WebEc Regional Economics: http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecr.html

For various perspectives on markets and competition (and other economic issues):

The Adam Smith Institute: www.adamsmith.org

The Brookings Institution: www.brookings.edu
The Cato Institute: www.cato.org
The Fraser Institute: www.fraserinstitute.org
The Institute of Economic Affairs: www.iea.org.uk
Max Planck Institute of Economics: http://www.econ.mpg.de/english/
The National Institute for Economic and Social Research: www.niesr.ac.uk
For information on competition policy:
EU competition policy: europa.eu/pol/comp/index_en.htm
UK Competition Commission: www.competition-commission.org.uk
UK Office of Fair Trading: www.oft.gov.uk
US Federal Trade Commission: www.ftc.gov/bc/antitrust/index.shtm

For country risk analysis:

Business Environmental Risk Intelligence: http://www.beri.com

Eurasia Group: http://www.eurasiagroup.net
OECD country risk classification: http://www.oecd.org/tad/xcred/crc.htm
For risk analysis more generally:
Risk Management (academic journal): http://www.palgrave-journals.com/rm/index.html
Risk World: http://www.riskworld.com

A wealth of information on countries can be found at the following websites:

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

IMF country information: http://www.imf.org/external/country/
IMF data and statistics: http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm
OECD country reports: http://www.oecd.org/
OECD country statistical profiles: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/country-statistical-
profiles-key-tables-from-oecd_20752288
Pearson Education Infoplease: Countries of the World: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
World Health Organization (WHO) country information: http://www.who.int/countries/en/
UN member countries: http://www.un.org/en/members/
UNCTAD country investment profiles: http://unctad.org/en/Pages/Publications/Investment-country-
profiles.aspx
Information on Europe:
EU member countries: http://europa.eu/about-eu/countries/
EU institutions and policies: http://europa.eu
UN Economic Commission for Europe: http://www.unece.org/