Lingnan University LibrarySep 2014

Ivy Kan – Information Service LibrarianEmail: ivykan@ln.edu.hk / Tel: 2616-8570

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts1

HOW TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ON THE GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

use the online resources to find country information (country profiles, 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.

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BY THE END OF THIS WORKSHOP, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

Country ProfilesCountry CompetitivenessIndustry Information and NewsBUS108 Global Business Environment Guide

Citing Sources

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AGENDA

COUNTRY PROFILES

CIA World Factbook BBC Country ProfilesGlobalEDGE: Country Insights GlobalEDGE: Global Resources Directory Business Source Premier (BSP)

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Provides national-level information on countries, territories, and dependencies.

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CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Access: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

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BBC COUNTRY PROFILES

Access: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/

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.

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GLOBALEDGE

Access: http://globaledge.msu.edu/

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GLOBALEDGE: COUNTRY INSIGHTS

Access: http://globaledge.msu.edu/Global-Insights

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.

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GLOBALEDGE: GLOBAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY

Access: http://globaledge.msu.edu/global-resources

Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (BUS108: Part A)http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz

IN-CLASS QUIZ

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BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (BSP) An extensive business research database offering information in nearly every area of business using both scholarly and popular sources. This database contains 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 ProfilesIndustry Profiles

Industry Profiles Alphabetical Industry name (e.g. mobile phone)11

BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER (BSP)

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Access: Databases Key Databases Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=bsi&defaultdb=buh

IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook Printed version: [REF]  HF1414 .W67 CD-ROM version: [REF]  HF1414 .W67 Online versionDoing Business: Benchmarking Business Regulations by World Bank

http://www.doingbusiness.org

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COUNTRY COMPETITIVENESS

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World Competitiveness Yearbook

Access:http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=https://www.worldcompetitiveness.com/online

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Doing Business: Benchmarking Business Regulations by World Bank

Access: http://www.doingbusiness.org

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)

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INDUSTRY INFORMATION AND NEWS

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HKTDC

Access: http://www.tdctrade.com/

• Industry Profiles: Under HKTDC Research Product Industries • Country Information: Under HKTDC Research Developed Markets &

Emerging Markets

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FACTIVAProvides 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

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Guess what…It’s Quiz Time again!

Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (BUS108: Part B)

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz

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BUS108 GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT GUIDE

Access:Research Guides @ LU Business BUS108 Global Business Environment http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bus108

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.You need to cite the sources properly by using one of the

recognized citation styles.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.

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CITING SOURCES

A BookBoone, L. E. & Kurtz, D. L. (2006). Contemporary business. Australia: Thomson/South-Western.

A Journal ArticleCutler, D.M., Poterba, J.M. and Summers, L.H. (1990). Speculative dynamics and the role of feedback traders. American Economic Review, 80(2), 63-68.

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CITATION EXAMPLES (APA)

Bibliography & Plagiarism http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism/citing_quoting

RefWorks:http://proxy1.library.ln.edu.hk:2048/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/?r=authentication::init&groupcode=RWLingnanUL

Managing Bibliography in Microsoft Word: ReferencesInsert Citation Add New Source Manage

Sources http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism/citation_msword

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CITATION TOOLS

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