BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

The Economist - Another good resource for IB worthy of investigation.
http://www.economist.com/

Country Statistics

• http://www.abs.gov.au/
• http://www.dfat.gov.au/
• http://www.ausaid.gov.au/
• http://www.austrade.gov.au/
• http://www.austrade.gov.au/IOOM/
• http://www.imaint.com.au/newpage11.htm
• http://www.worldbank.org/
• http://www.wto.org/
• http://www.fita.org/webindex/index.html
• http://www.imf.org/
• http://www.odci.gov/

CNN - Many good stories on CNN, CNN Money, CNN Asia.
http://edition.cnn.com/

World Fact Book - The CIA producers the World Fact Book with descriptions about each country. Worth a look.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

FAO - FAO has some interesting info on country profiles etc
http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm

IB links
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/feb99/lanza.htm

Harvard Business Review
http://afr.com/articles/2004/02/09/1076175059377.html

Business Strategy Resources

• General information on countries/regions/continents; history, business and finance information www.nationsonline.org
• Economic overview per country (with mention on welfare) www.countryreports.org
• Country study on economy and government; elements of governmental system www.lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
• Information on worldwide governments www.gksoft.com/govt/en/world.html
• Hofstede's own website to access current thoughts on culture http://spitswww.uvt.nl/web/iric/hofstede/page3.htm
• CIA World Fact Book http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
• World Investment Report 2002 http://r0.unctad.org/en/subsites/dite/fdistats_files/Annextables/Annextab02.pdf
• Corruption Index: http://www.transparency.org/cpi/2002/cpi2002.en.html
• World Population Statistics [sorted by Country]: http://www.mongabay.com/data/population_projections.xls
• Country Risk Analysis: Malaysia: http://www.econ.pncbank.com/malaysia.htm
• World Trade Organization www.WTO.org
• Financial Times www.ft.com
• CEO Express www.ceoexpress.com
• Economic overview per country (with mention on welfare) www.countryreports.org
• Country study on economy and government; elements of governmental system www.lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

• Australian Financial Review http://afr.com/articles/2004/02/09/1076175059377.html
• The Economist http://www.economist.com/
• http://www.abs.gov.au/
• http://www.dfat.gov.au/
• http://www.ausaid.gov.au/
• http://www.austrade.gov.au/
• http://www.austrade.gov.au/IOOM/
• http://www.imaint.com.au/newpage11.htm
• http://www.worldbank.org/
• http://www.wto.org/
• http://www.fita.org/webindex/index.html
• http://www.imf.org/
• http://www.odci.gov/
• McKinsey http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/home.asp
• CNN http://edition.cnn.com/
• World Fact Book http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
• FAO http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm
• 80 IB links http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/feb99/lanza.htm.

International Marketing Resources

• Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade http://www.dfat.gov.au/
• CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
• Country and Regional Market Information http://www.trade.gov/
• Global Competitiveness Report http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/CAT/scr.cfm
• Business in Asia - Online Resources http://www.business-in-asia.com/us_trade.htm
• United Nations http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
• International Data Base (IDB) http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
• Library of Congress Country Studies http://usatc.doc.gov/
• World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org/wto/statis/stat.htm
• U. S. Business Advisor - Country Research http://www.business.gov/busadv
• US State Department http://www.state.gov/www/regions/background_info_countries.html
• International Business Exchange (IBEX) http://www.unibex.com
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) http://www.imf.org
• International Trade Administration http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov
• The International Trade Resource and Data Exchange (I-Trade) http://www.i-trade.com
• Global Online Marketing Resources http://www.glreach.com/
• Organization of American States http://www.oas.org
• Society for International Development http://www.waw/be/sid

Project Management Resources

• Association for Project Management (UK) : http://www.apm.org.uk/
• Australia Institute of Project Management : http://www.aipm.com.au/html/ncspm.cfm
• International Project Management Association: http://www.ipma.ch/
• PMForum: http://www.pmforum.org/
• Project Management Institute (US): http://www.pmi.org/

Organizations

• Academy of Business Education: http://www.abe.villanova.edu/
• Academy of International Business: http://www.aibworld.net/
• Academy of Legal Studies in Business: http://www.alsb.org/
• Academy of Management: http://www.aom.pace.edu/
• Administrative Sciences Academy of Canada: http://asac-ifsam2000.uqam.ca/
• Asia Academy of Management: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/baf/asia-aom/
• Eastern Academy of Management: http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/eam/welcome.html
• Institute of Management & Administration: http://www.ioma.com/
• International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management: http://callisto.si.usherb.ca:8080/ifsam/index1.htm
• Sigma Iota Epsilon Management Fraternity: http://www.fsu.edu/~sie/
• Society for Case Research: http://cbaweb.cba.uni.edu/jpec/scrinfo.htm
• Society for Human Resource Management: http://www.shrm.org/
• Southern Management Association: http://freeman.sob.tulane.edu/smaweb/
• Southwest Case Research Association: http://www.mgt.smsu.edu/swcra/
• Southwest Academy of Management: http://www.shsu.edu/~mgt_swam/
• Strategic Management Society: http://www.smsweb.org/
• Western Academy of Management: http://cobe.idbsu.edu/wam/index.htm
• World Association for Case Research Association: http://www.wacra.org/

Academic Journals

• Academy of Management Journal: http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~pcoets/div/araomj.htm
• Academy of Management Review: http://www.aom.pace.edu/amr/
• Administrative Science Quarterly: http://www.gsm.cornell.edu/ASQ/asqtoc.html
• Human Relations: http://www.tavinstitute.org/hrindex.htm
• Journal of Management : http://www.nd.edu/~jom/
• Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology : http://cherubino.catchword.com/vl=-53444439/cl=7/nw=1/rpsv/catchword/bpsoc/09631798/contp1.htm
• Journal of Organizational Behavior : http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0894-3796/
• Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes : http://www.academicpress.com/www/journal/ob.htm

Organizational Development

• Organization Development Network : http://www.odnet.org/
• Society for Organizational Learning : http://www.sol-ne.org/
• The Organization Development Institute : http://members.aol.com/odinst/index.htm

Teams and Team Building

• Self-Directed Work Teams : http://users.ids.net/~brim/
• Center for the Study of Work Teams : http://www.workteams.unt.edu/
• High Performance Team: http://rampages.onramp.net/~bodwell/home.htm

Management

• Academy of Management Online : http://www.aom.pace.edu/
• The Management Library (has hundreds of management journals) : http://www.anbar.com/MCB/ANBAR.html
• Center for Quality of Management : http://www.cqm.org/

Leadership

• National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs : http://www.inform.umd.edu/CampusInfo/Departments/OCP/NCLP/
• Kravis Leadership Institute (Claremont McKenna College) : http://research.mckenna.edu/kli/
• Center for Leadership Studies (SUNY--Binghamton) : http://cls.binghamton.edu/
• Jepson School of Leadership Studies (University of Richmond) : http://www.urich.edu/~jepson/
• Center for Creative Leadership : http://www.ccl.org/
• Take the Leadership Challenge (a simulation exercise) : http://www.perc.net/Background.HTML
• Other Links to Leadership Resources and Programs : http://www.inform.umd.edu/CampusInfo/
  Departments/OCP/NCLP/links.html