MGT463H5: Managing Global Organizations

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Scholarly psychological journal articles, conference papers, citations, and abstracts covering all areas of psychology, the behavioural sciences, and other related disciplines, including industrial and organizational psychology.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.

Citations and abstracts of scholarly journals, dissertations, books, and conference papers in the social and behavioural sciences.

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Current Country Reports from the Economist Intelligence Unit, with coverage of Politics, Economy, Risk, Regulation, Business Environment, Industries and related Data on over 200 countries.

OECD iLibrary is OECD’s Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. The database hosts all content so users can find and cite tables and databases as easily as articles or chapters. OECD iLibrary contains all the publications and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF) since 1998.
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Also known as Euromonitor. Offers reports, briefings, and statistics for consumer-facing industries. Includes market share statistics by brand and company, country reports, and consumer demographics at a country level.

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Links to resources for doing business internationally

ILOSTAT is the official data portal from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Provides cultural profiles for 32 countries and six regions around the world. Each profile typically include sections on cultural dynamics, religion, appearance, behaviour, communication and additional resources. Scroll to the middle of the page to select a country or region.

UNdata provides access to UN statistics covering a wide range of themes including agriculture, crime, education, employment, energy, environment, health, HIV/AIDS, human hevelopment, industry, information and communication technology, population, refugees, tourism, and trade.

The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.