ICT. Information, Communication Technology, New Media. Research Guide

Bond Ratings definitions

Thanks Lisa Cordes

Mutual Fund Honor Roll. Forbes.

brief profiles.

China - Internet Development Statistics 2013

84 pages. CNNIC.  CHINA INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER.

Russia: Education Sector Report 2013

U.S. Commercial Service : And get on this alert service for free country commercial guides and global market research.
http://buyusainfo.net/

America's 100 Most Trustworthy Companies - Forbes

SWOT Analysis

Detailed description of SWOT analysis.  QUICK MBA.
Premium databases w/ SWOT -- Osiris, Business Source Complete, Business Source Premier (Datamonitor)

Industries in 2013. EIU. Global.

Economist Intelligence Unit.  6 Key Industry sectors. Stats.  23 pages.
Sign up to receive these free reports by email.

Retail 2022 . Global. EIU

"Markets of the Future."  Economist Intelligence Unit.  Free registration required.
And scroll down to access detailed analyses for 200 countries.  14 pages.

Digital Public Library of America

From libraries, museums, archives.  (Thanks, BestBiz Newsletter)

GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ::

"...an annual assessment of the entrepreneurial activity, aspirations and attitudes of individuals across a wide range of countries. " London B School.

CUSIP definition

CUSIP stands for Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures. A CUSIP number identifies most securities, including: stocks of all registered U.S. and Canadian companies, and U.S. government and municipal bonds. The CUSIP system—owned by the American Bankers Association and operated by Standard & Poor’s—facilitates the clearing and settlement process of securities.
(Thanks, Patricia Kuhl)

2012 BCG e-Intensity Index .Global

Boston Consulting Group/   Documents Widening Digital Divide

the 2013 BCG Global Challengers

Boston Consulting Group.    100 companies from rapidly developing economies.

Emerging Consumer Survey 2013

Credit Suisse.  34 pages.

2012 advertising expenditure forecasts. Global

 Zenith Optimedia.  by region, medium, sector & more.  No individual company data.

State of the News Media. Annual

Pew Research Center.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations

OATD – Free download.  (thanks, Abdullateef Bello)

Music Industry Shipment & Revenue Stats. US

3 pages.  Full report requires subscription.  

RIAA.  Recording Industry Assoc. of America.

Indonesia - consumer spending

McKinsey Quarterly -  2013 - 2030.  Sign up to receive these free reports online.

"In one of the world’s fastest-growing consumer markets, focusing on regional preferences is the key."

Foundation Center

990 finder.  990 Tax Forms  Individual Grant makers stats.

South Korean consumer expenditures

 McKinsey & Company

CEIC database search aid

(Also get free trial   http://www.ceicdata.com/)

NREL: Energy Analysis - Technology and Program Market Data

Nat'l Renewable Energy Lab.  Market data for renewable energy technologies and programs.
Latest data is 2011.

Renewable Energy Businesses in the World

Directory.  Search : location, product type, business type, business name.

Auto Sales - Markets Data Center - WSJ US

Wall St. J.  Market share by manufacturer + more.

The State of America's Libraries, 2013

ALA.  Stats & analysis for all types except corporate libraries.

OECD - what'snew

Sign up for this free email service.  Publishing - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Automotive Industry research guide

 Use Firefox, not Chrome.  Don't know about IE.

UN Resources A to Z -

 United Nations Research Guides and Resources at Dag Hammarskj�ld Library:
(Thanks Mike Yared)

top-21-countries ranked. for investment destinations. 2012 -2014

UNCTAD.  UN

World Investment & Political Risk. World Bank.

Trends & Corporate Perspectives.  Sovereign Default & Expropriation.  about 80 pages.

Information Week - top 250 Leading US company users of IT

Annual.  For subsequent years, search on informationweek.com/
Ranked, w/ brief profiles.  The whole 500 is available free as a alphabetical list only.
Or get the whole report free via an annoying invasive registration.

JODI Database. Oil, Gas

Access the JODI Database.  Joint Organisations Data Initiative Oil (JODI Oil)
collection of monthly oil statistics from each organisation's member countries. Last 15 months. 
42 key oil data points. Hit Download for historical stats.
Exhaustive stats. Includes Liquid Petroleum Gas, export/import, production + much more.
New - not all countries show complete data yet.

OECD Economic Surveys. global

Org for Economic Cooperation & Development.  They're all here.  1961 - current. about 70 countries.
Free on the "Read" button.Sign up for OECD releases.

ICT database. Compare countries.

Int'l Telecommunication Union.

Manufacturing the future. Global.

 The next era of global growth and innovation | McKinsey & Company
R&D, Employment + more.  170 pages. Extensive bibliography.
Sign up for these McKinsey free reports.

Health care market in China

 McKinsey Quarterly.      brief

A list of countries by region. World Bank

The regions exclude high income economies.

East Asia and Pacific

Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Korea, Dem. Rep., Lao People’s
Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fed. Sts.,
Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa,
Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Europe and Central Asia

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania,
Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan

Latin America and the Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
Suriname, Uruguay, República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Middle East and North Africa

Algeria, Djibouti, Arab Republic of Egypt, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq,
Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, West Bank
and Gaza, Republic of Yemen

South Asia

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka

Sub-Saharan Africa

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon,
The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia,
Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Business Plans and Profiles Index,

A collection of business plan guides + a sample.   Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Data book on Financial Development 2013

227 pages.  World Bank.  Financial stats for world, region, country, income level.

Telecom stats- Global. ITU

International Telecommunication Union .  historical data - current.  Fixed, Mobile, Internet.

International Trade Update.

International Trade Administration. US  Import / Export by industry - product, country.

India - Internet Impact.

Stats & Analysis. Compares to other countries.  Mckinsey,

Congress.gov

links to Congressional Record,  Legislation 2001 - current.  Find a rep, senator.
by Library of Congress.   will eventually incorporate all the information on THOMAS.gov.

Online Spending. China. McKinsey

China's e-tail revolution.  Comsumer retail online stats/   76 pages.

Textiles and Apparel. US Imports & Exports

ITA.  Office of Textiles & Apparel.  by category, country, value, units.

Railroad statistics. US

Ass'n of American Railroads.  Annual.

CCJ Top 250 | Commercial Carriers. Trucking

Free on request.   Commercial Carrier Journal

S&P Dow Jones Indices

Free registation req.  S&P Global Indices Monthly Update.