Lingnan University Library Sept 2013 Ivy Kan – Information Service Librarian / Tel: HOW TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

 use the online resources to find country information (such as country profiles, membership of regional trade agreements, political risk, etc.),industry Information & news for you group project  locate various indicators/indices for country comparisons  identify resources to assist in citing sources correctly 2 BY THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

 Country Profiles  Country Competitiveness  Industry Information and News  BUS108 Global Business Environment Guide  Citing Sources 3 OUTLINE

COUNTRY PROFILES  CIA World Factbook  BBC Country Profiles  GlobalEDGE Country Insights  GlobalEDGE: Global Resources Directory  Business Source Premier (BSP) 4

5 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Access: Provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies.

6 BBC COUNTRY PROFILES Access:

Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University. It is a knowledge web- portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities. Highlights:  Country Insights: A good source for country information in GlobalEDGE. Includes information on: Risk Assessment, Trade statistics, Rankings & Indices, etc.  Global Resource Directory: A directory of online resources on global business. 7 GLOBALEDGE Access:

8 GLOBALEDGE: COUNTRY INSIGHTS Access: Provides Statistics, history, politics and demographics for over 200 countries around the world.

 A directory of resources allows you to find international business and trade related resources.  Multi-Country (e.g. Country Watch ), Statistical Data Sources (e.g. DIBS, Asian Development Bank Statistics) and more…Country Watch DIBSAsian Development Bank Statistics 9 GLOBALEDGE: GLOBAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY Access:

Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (BUS108: Part A)here IN-CLASS QUIZ 10

BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (BSP) Provides countries reports, industry reports, market reports in addition to full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text from more than 1,100 peer-reviewed journals. Highlights:  Country Reports  Country Reports  By title, Subject & Description  Country name (e.g. Indonesia)  e.g. Indonesia Country Profile, Political Risk Yearbook: Indonesia Country Report, Indonesia Country Monitor, etc.  Company Profiles  Industry Profiles  Industry Profiles  Alphabetical  Industry name (e.g. mobile phone) 11

BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (BSP) 12 Access: Databases  Key Databases  Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost) n.asp?profile=bsi&defaultdb=buh

 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook  Printed version: [REF] HF1414.W67[REF] HF1414.W67  CD-ROM version: [REF] HF1414.W67[REF] HF1414.W67  Online version Online version  Doing Business: Benchmarking Business Regulations by World Bank 13 COUNTRY COMPETITIVENESS

14 World Competitiveness Yearbook Access:

15 Doing Business: Benchmarking Business Regulations by World Bank Access: are you still here

HKTDC: Provides HK Industry profiles, country profiles and more. Factiva : Provides searchable access to full-text information from over 35,000 online resources as well as tens of thousands of company reports and financial data. (No. of concurrent users = 5) 16 INDUSTRY INFORMATION AND NEWS

17 HKTDC Access: Industry Profiles: Under HKTDC Research  Product Industries Country Information: Under HKTDC Research  Developed Markets & Emerging Markets

18 FACTIVA Provides searchable access to full-text information from over 35,000 online resources as well as tens of thousands of company reports and financial data. (No. of concurrent users = 5) Access: Databases  Key Databases  Factiva Select Companies /Markets

19 Guess what… It’s Quiz Time again! Click here or type the following link to access here the Quiz (BUS108: Part B)

20 BUS108 GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT GUIDE Access:  Research  LU  Business  BUS108 Global Business Environment 

 In academic writing, whenever we use someone else’s works, ideas, theory, quotes, methods, data, etc. we must cite the original source.  If not, PLAGIARISM( 學術剽竊 )  The penalty, ZERO mark for the assignment  Citation styles are the rules that govern on how we format these citations.  There are many different citation styles set up by different academic bodies or publishers. The most commonly used ones include the APA style, MLA style and the Chicago style. 21 CITING SOURCES

A Book Boone, L. E. & Kurtz, D. L. (2006). Contemporary business. Australia : Thomson/South-Western. A Journal Article Cutler, D.M., Poterba, J.M. and Summers, L.H. (1990). Speculative dynamics and the role of feedback traders. American Economic Review, 80(2), CITATION EXAMPLES (APA)

 Bibliography & Plagiarism iting_quoting iting_quoting  RefWorks: efworks.com/refworks2/?r=authentication::init&groupcode=R WLingnanUL  Citation Builder (from NCSU Libraries):  Managing Bibliography in Microsoft Word: Microsoft Word  References  Insert Citation  Add New Source  Manage Sources  CITATION TOOLS

 Integrated Helpdesk at Information Commons (1/F, Library) / Tel:  Chat Reference Service 2pm-5pm, Mon-Fri  Ask A Librarian (Electronic Reference): librarian librarian  Research Consultation Service: consultation-service consultation-service 24 NEED HELP?

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