Cross Cultural Management (22:620:648)

Locate the EIU.com Country Commerce report for your country. You will find information on labor law, wages and fringe benefits, working hours, tax rates, and the employment of foreigners. (Rutgers-restricted Access)

Consult the Background Notes for your country from the U.S. State Department.

Look for the appropriate Country Commercial Guide in the Market Research Library compiled by U.S. Federal Government agencies. [Username: rul; Password: Business1]

Some of the other U.S. Government sources are:

• Country-Specific Tariff and Tax Information (Export.gov)
• National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (US Trade Representative)
• World Wide Offices (International Trade Administration, Export.gov)

General information on countries of the world are also available from other governments and intergovernmental sources, as well as from multinational firms offering business services:

Foreign Governments

• Country Info from the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service
• Research Your Market from the New Zealand Government
• Export Markets - Countries with profiles of more than 90 nations, for Australian exporters
• Exporting Country Guides from the British Government
• Market Information from the Danish Government, for selected countries ("Marked") and industry sectors ("Sektor") - free registration required

International and Intergovernmental Organizations

• Countries and Economies (World Bank)
• Doing Business: Measuring Business Regulations for a business environment summary (World Bank)
• Enterprise Surveys: Country Reports for an investment climate snapshot (World Bank)
• Financial Access Survey (International Monetary Fund)
• Global Gender Gap Report (World Economic Forum)
• Global Peace Index (Institute for Economics and Peace)
• Investment Climate Assessments (World Bank)
• Labour Force Surveys (International Labour Organization)
• The Little Data Book on External Debt 2012 (World Bank)
• The Little Data Book on Financial Development 2014 (World Bank)
• The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2014 (World Bank)
• The Little Data Book on Private Sector Development 2015 (World Bank)
• The Little Green Data Book 2015 (World Bank)
• World Happiness Report (UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network)
• World Tariff Profiles (World Trade Organization)

Commercial Firms

• Country Brand Index (FutureBrand; registration required)
• Country Economic Reports & GDP Data (Global Finance)
• Country Summaries with information about work authorization guidelines, from Fragomen Worldwide
• Doing Business In ... and Tax Guides from PKF International
• Doing Business In ... guides for about 40 countries, from the accounting firm of HLB International
• Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index from A.T. Kearney
• Grant Thornton's Global Dynamism Index
• Global Food Security Index from the Economist Intelligence Unit
• Global Services Location Index from A.T. Kearney
• Guides to Doing Business from member law firms of Lex Mundi
• Inclusive Internet Index from EIU.com
• Incorporation Comparison Chart for companies in several countries, from Trident Trust
• List of Countries by Corporate Tax Rate from Trading Economics which provides much country-level data
• KPMG's Taxation of International Executives covers taxation and immigration issues for dozens of countries
• Tax Guides and Highlights from Deloitte
• Transforming World Atlas from Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Worldwide Tax Summaries from PWC

Other Sources

• CountryEconomy.com
• Deloitte International Tax Source jurisdictions
• Doing Business Law Library (World Bank)
• Environmental Performance Index (Yale University and Columbia University)
• Global Information Technology Report (World Economic Forum)
• Information Technology Landscape in Nations Around the World (American University - now a little dated)
• Legatum Prosperity Index (Legatum Institute)