International Business

Databases

• Academic Search Complete   
  Database containing academic journals, covering several disciplines.
• Business Source Premier
  Database containing business books, business journals, trade journals, company profiles, industry and country information. Publications like the Harvard Business Review and Forbes can be found in this database.
• Directory of Open Access Journals
  The Directory of Open Access Journals is a community-curated online guide offering access to indexed, open access publications of high quality.
• EBSCO E-book collection
  E-books on a wide range of (business) topics.
• Emerald Insight
  Academic, e-books and peer-reviewed journals from various disciplines, including marketing, food industry and health care.
• Google Scholar     
  Via Google Scholar you can search for academic articles. In Scholar you will find links to free Open Access articles as well as paid content.
• JSTOR
  Journal Storage. Holds journals from several scientific disciplines.
• Learning O'Reilly
  Learning O'Reilly is an English language learning platform aimed at providing ICT skills. It offers thousands of e-books and many video's, case studies and learning paths that allow you to monitor your progress.
• One Business  
  With One Business you search multiple business databases through one central interface. It contains articles as well as e-books, video's, (market) reports and various news sources.
• Pearson e-books (via Bookshelf)
  VitalSource Bookshelf is a virtual library that allows you to borrow Pearson e-books for a short period of time. To make use of the e-books in this  collection you have to create an account. See instructions
• SAGE Journals
  The "SAGE Premier" collection offers access to about a million scientific, peer-reviewed, publications on a wide range of subjects. Many are about Health Sciences, Sociology and Business Management.
• ScienceDirect
  Elsevier Database with articles and summaries from over 2000 academic magazines.
• START
  Search through the entire physical and (most of the) digital collection for (e)books, journals and articles. Also you can make reservations, extend you loan period and request material from other libraries.

External sources

• Europe Bank for Reconstruction and Development Publications
• European Investment Bank Publications

Databases

• Company.info   
  Database containing company information relating to Dutch organisations  and foreign organisations with Dutch branches. This information originates from the Dutch Chambers of Commerce and other sources. Includes the following: Annual results and ratios, Annual reports, Address and organisation details, Management details, Press reports, Details of the most important competitors and > 2,000 full text market reports.
• EMIS Professional
  Emerging Markets Information System. EMIS contains country analysis, company analysis, market analysis and news on emerging markets.
• MarketLine Advantage  
  Marketline provides market, branch and country reports – to be consulted by region or country – and often includes prognoses. In addition, this source includes SWOT, 5-forces and PESTLE analyses.
• One Business
  With One Business you search multiple business databases through one central interface. It contains articles as well as e-books, video's, (market) reports and various news sources.
• Statista
  Statista's Company DB provides insights into over 15 million companies.

External sources

• Annual Reports
  Boasting the most complete and up-to-date listings of annual reports on the internet, AnnualReports.com provides instant access to annual reports in their actual format in one single location.
• EDGAR
  The SEC’s EDGAR database provides free public access to company information (listed companies only), allowing you to  research a company’s financial information and operations by reviewing registration statements, prospectuses and periodic reports.
• Register of financial reporting (Authority for the Financial Markets – NL)
  Annual and semi-annual financial reports of listed companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and whose home Member State is the Netherlands. You can also search All AFM registers
• ResponsibilityReports
  Boasting the most complete and up-to-date listings of responsibility reports on the internet, ResponsibilityReports.com provides instant access to responsibility reports in their actual format in one single location.
• SEDAR (Canadian Securities Administrators)
  All Canadian public companies and investment funds are generally required to file their documents in the SEDAR system.

Databases

• Amplify
  Gives access to current innovations, trends and reports spread across a large number of industries, regions and media. Previously known as Trendwatching.
• Business Source Premier
  Database containing business books, business journals, trade journals, company profiles, industry and country information. Publications like the Harvard Business Review and Forbes can be found in this database.
• Company.info   
  Database containing company information relating to Dutch organisations  and foreign organisations with Dutch branches. This information originates from the Dutch Chambers of Commerce and other sources, includes the following: Annual results and ratios, Annual reports, Address and organisation details, Management details, Press reports, Details of the most important competitors and > 2,000 full text.
• Emerald Insight
  Academic, e-books and peer-reviewed journals from various disciplines, including marketing, food industry and health care.
• EMIS Professional
  Emerging Markets Information System. EMIS contains country analysis, company analysis, market analysis and news on emerging markets.
• Euromonitor Passport  Consumers
  Consumer trends and market indicators. Statistics and analyses can be consulted by region or consumer-market.
• Gartner Higher Education Reference
  Gartner Higher Education Reference offers (summaries of) reports and advice.
• Greenfile
  GreenFILE is a freely accessible database with info about all aspects of the influence of man on the environment.
• Legal Intelligence  
  European and Dutch legal and public sources.
• MarketLine Advantage  
  Marketline provides market, branch and country reports – to be consulted by region or country – and often includes prognoses. In addition, this source includes SWOT, 5-forces and PESTLE analyses.
• MarketLine Theme Reports
  Looks into topics or megatrends set to have far reaching impact on the world around us. E.g.: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Ukraine Conflict or Robotics
• One Business
  With One Business you search multiple business databases through one central interface. It contains articles as well as e-books, video's, (market) reports and various news sources.
• PressReader
  Current information in  over 40 languages from newspapers and magazines across the world.
• Statista
  Statistics on many topics, industries, and markets. Use the Source tab to track down more data. Statista is a good source to determine market size, company/brand market share and consumer behaviour and brand preference data. Statista can also be used to search for market data and statistics on advertising and media, including advertising spending globally.
• Stylus     
  Database containing information on recent developments on consumer and lifestyle trends.

External sources

• American Bankers Association
  Content (for a part) available through ABI Inform and Business Source Premier. Banking industry statistics USA available.
• American Marketing Association
  The American Marketing Association (AMA) strives to be the most relevant force and voice shaping marketing around the world, an essential community for marketers.
• Datareportal
  Datareportal offers data on consumer online adoption per country as well as a global overview. Next to data and insights on adoption of different devices it also provides data on buyer behaviour.
• Google Trends
  Google Trends is a useful tool that publishes aggregated search data. It has a myriad of uses for researchers, marketers, planners helping them understand audience search behaviour segmented by country, time and Google index.
• Hootsuite social media trends
  Note: (Some) information is available on the website. Full report can be downloaded for free After registration
• International Trade Centre
   ITC offers a wide range of resources and tools to provide up-to-date information and data on markets world-wide.
• Marketingsherpa.com 
  Marketing Sherpa, Inc. is a research firm publishing case studies, benchmark data, and how-to information for marketing, advertising and public relations professionals. In addition to in-depth interviews and surveys, they publish industry-wide data.
• TARIC The EU's TARIC database is a multilingual database covering all measures relating to tariff, commercial and agricultural legislation for import and export
• Tradeshow News Network
  TSNN is an online news source for the trade show industry.

Databases

• EMIS Professional
  Emerging Markets Information System. EMIS contains country analysis, company analysis, market analysis and news on emerging markets.
• Euromonitor Passport  Consumers
  Consumer trends and market indicators. Statistics and analyses can be consulted by region or consumer-market.
• Legal Intelligence
  European and Dutch legal and public sources.
• MarketLine Advantage  
  Marketline provides market, branch and country reports – to be consulted by region or country – and often includes prognoses. In addition, this source includes SWOT, 5-forces and PESTLE analyses.
• One Business
  With One Business you search multiple business databases through one central interface. It contains articles as well as e-books, video's, (market) reports and various news sources.

 External sources 

• Access2Markets
  The Access2Markets gives information to companies exporting from the EU about import conditions in third country markets. Formerly known as MADB.
• CIA World Factbook
  Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
• County business patterns
  County business patterns by the US Census. Part of Business Dynamics Statistics, which is part of the Data Tools and Apps page
• European Value Study
  The European Values Study is a large-scale, cross-national, and longitudinal survey research program on basic human values.
• IMF
  International Monetary Fund publications
• OECD
  Many free publications with country information are available.
• RVO
  Netherlands Enterprise Agency. Limited information in English.
• TARIC
  The EU's TARIC database is a multilingual database covering all measures relating to tariff, commercial and agricultural legislation for import and export
• UNCTADstat Country Profiles
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development database.
• World Value Survey
  The WVS is the largest non-commercial, cross-national, time series investigation of human beliefs and values ever executed, currently including interviews with almost 400,000 respondents.
• Worldbank Group - Doing Business
  Doing business data as of 2003 and rankings.
  DISCONTINUED. The website will continue to be available as an archive of knowledge and data.
  In time Doing Business will be replaced by the Business Enabling Environment (BEE)

Databases

• EMIS Professional
  Emerging Markets Information System. EMIS contains country analysis, company analysis, market analysis and news on emerging markets.
• Euromonitor Passport
  Consumer trends and market indicators. Statistics and analyses can be consulted by region or consumer-market.
• MarketLine Advantage  
  Marketline provides market, branch and country reports – to be consulted by region or country – and often includes prognoses. In addition, this source includes SWOT, 5-forces and PESTLE analyses.
• One Business
  With One Business you search multiple business databases through one central interface. It contains articles as well as e-books, video's, (market) reports and various news sources.
• Statista
  Statista is one of the world’s largest statistics and market data platforms with access to more than 1.5 million statistics, forecasts, dossiers, reports and infographics on 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources. 

External sources

• Access2Markets
  The Access2Markets gives information to companies exporting from the EU about import conditions in third country markets. Formerly known as MADB.
• BCG
  Industries: Aerospace and Defense; Automotive Industry; Consumer Products; Education; Financial Institutions; Health Care; Industrial Goods; Insurance; Oil and Gas; Power and Utilities; Principal Investors and Private Equity; Public Sector; Retail; Technology, Media, and Telecommunications; Transportation and Logistics; Travel and Tourism Industry
• KPMG
  Industries: Asset Management; Automotive; Banking and Capital Markets; Chemicals; Consumer & Retail; Energy; Financial Services; Government & Public Sector; Healthcare; Life Sciences; Industrial Manufacturing; Infrastructure; Insurance; Media; Mining; Private Equity; Real estate; Sport; Technology; Telecoms; Transport & Leisure
• McKinsey
  Featured topics: Productivity, Competitiveness, and Growth; Labor Markets; Financial Markets; Urbanization and infrastructure; Technology and Innovation; Natural Resources
• UNCTAD-Stat
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development database
• USA department of trade
  TP&A publishes a variety of data series and reports for both public and government use. Focus on USA.

Databases

• EMIS Professional
  Emerging Markets Information System. EMIS contains country analysis, company analysis, market analysis and news on emerging markets.
• MarketLine Advantage  
  Marketline provides market, branch and country reports – to be consulted by region or country – and often includes prognoses. In addition, this source includes SWOT, 5-forces and PESTLE analyses.
• One Business
  With One Business you search multiple business databases through one central interface. It contains articles as well as e-books, video's, (market) reports and various news sources.
• PressReader  
  Current information in  over 40 languages from newspapers and magazines across the world.
• Regional Business News
  Full-text business publication; on a regional level, for the United States and Canada.

Databases

• EMIS Professional  
  Emerging Markets Information System. EMIS contains country analysis, company analysis, market analysis and news on emerging markets.
• Euromonitor Passport  Consumers
   Consumer trends and market indicators. Statistics and analyses can be consulted by region or consumer-market.
• MarketLine Advantage  
  Marketline provides market, branch and country reports – to be consulted by region or country – and often includes prognoses. In addition, this source includes SWOT, 5-forces and PESTLE analyses.
• Statista
  Statista is one of the world’s largest statistics and market data platforms with access to more than 1.5 million statistics, forecasts, dossiers, reports and infographics on 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.

External sources

• International Trade Centre
  Trade statistics by the International Trade Centre.
• Nationmaster
  International Open Data source that provides unique views of content. All statistics on this site are cited. You can check the authenticity and authorship via the "Source:" field, found below each graph or ,when viewing country statistics, via the "View with citations" link below the bottom of the page.
• The UN World Bank
  The World Bank databases.
• UN data
  35 databases of the United Nations. For data on countries from around the world covering a wide range of economic and socio-demographic topics. Descriptions of the international sources and definitions used in compiling the data are included. Sources: UN, FAO, ILO,IMF, ITU, OECD, UNESCO, UNWTO, WHO, WIPO, and World Tourism Organization, plus other international agencies.
• UN COMtrade
  UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables.
• UN FAOSTAT
  United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
• UNCTAD TRAINS
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development database. Trade Analysis Information System.
• UNCTAD-stat Database
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development database.
• World DataBank
  The World Bank databases. World DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them.  Log in to DataBank to create, save and share your reports and datasets.
• Worldbank Group - Doing Business 
  Doing business data as of 2003 and rankings.
  DISCONTINUED. The website will continue to be available as an archive of knowledge and data.
  In time Doing Business will be replaced by the Business Enabling Environment (BEE)
• WTO Trade Statistics
  Online database containing time series on international trade, country trade and tariff profiles.

External sources

• Arab Economic Database (AEDB)
  The AEDB of the Arab Monetary Fund contains time series for six economic sectors. The database provides statistical data on GDP by expenditure and economic sectors items, direction and structure of foreign trade, balance of payments according to the fifth edition, monetary and banking sector, statistics of government finance and in addition to a chapter on cross-section exchange rates.
• Asia Regional Integration Centre
  Contains multiple databases: Free Trade Agreements, Economic & Financial Indicators, Integration and Daily Market Watch.
• Asian Development Banks SDS
  Asian Development Bank Statistical Database Systems.
• StatsAPEC
  Statistics for the Asia-Pacific region. Key Indicators Database and Bilateral Linkages Database.
• BASEIND
  The Statistical, Economic and Social Research & Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) BASEIND (BAsic Social and Economic INDicators) Database provides data on 313 socio-economic variables under 19 categories for the 57 OIC Member Countries dating back to 1970. The content of this database is regularly updated and enriched based on information collected from the national and international statistical sources.
• CEPALSTAT - Latin America
• ECB Statistical Data Warehouse
• EUROSTAT
• Eurostat Quality of life
• Inter-American Development Bank
  Latin American and Caribbean statistics.
• OECD Better Life Index
• OECD Statistical databases
• SEDLAC 
  Socio-Economic Database for Latin-America and the Caribbean.
• UNECE Data Portal
  Database of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

External Sources

• CBS Statline
  Statline Database of Statistics Netherlands (Central Bureau of Statistics).
• DATA.GOV
  Open datasets from various US governmental institutions.
• USA Census Bureau
  Data, tools and apps.
• Office for National Statistics - UK
  Office for the National Statistics of the United Kingdom.
• Statistics Bureau of Japan
• Trade Statistics of Japan 

Databases

• EASY
  EASY is an electronic archival system for researchers. Many researchers and organisations store their datasets in EASY, and a large part of this data is Open Access and available for re-use.
• HBO Kennisbank
  Theses and results of research conducted by this and other Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences.
• Van Dale Dictionaries
  Dictionaries German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Also contains Oxford Dictionairy of English (Oxford ODE) and Oxford Thesaurus of English (Oxford OTE).
• The Case Center
  Undergraduate Case Teaching Licence. Website dedicated to advancing "the case method" in business education. Gives access to more than 30.000 case studies from prestigious business schools. ⚠️ Only for teaching personnel of Rotterdam University. Registration is required.

External sources

• XE Current and Historical rate tables
  Current and Historical currency rate Tables. Build current and historic rate tables with your chosen base currency with XE Currency Tables.
• Yahoo! Finance currencies 

Tools and Documentation

• APA explained
  Easy explanations of APA and 'how-to'.
• DeepL
  On AI technology based translator