| Coverage | [Date range: 1996-present, updated daily (monthly for the forecasts and analysis)] Business intelligence on 195 countries, including reports on: industries, political, economic, financial and regulatory environment for each country. Good place to start when looking for doing business in other countries. |
| Content | All full-text. Covers latest daily country reports. |
| Strengths | All full-text and current country reports. Also included are: country risk rating and daily news analysis. |
| Weaknesses | Reports available only for 195 countries. |
| General Business Search Tips |
Follow links by categories on the side bar. OR Type keywords in search box. Click Go. |
| Industry Research Search Tips |
To narrow your search to a specific industry of a particular country, click on Advanced Search at the top right-hand corner of the screen; Select a country from Countries/regions box; Select an industry from industries box. Click on Search. OR Follow links by categories on the side bar (ex. Click Industry Overview under Business). OR Type keywords in search box (ex. Market Share). Click Go. |
| Company Research Search Tips | Follow links by categories on the side bar. (ex. Click Corporate Strategy under Business.) OR Type keywords in search box (ex. mergers & acquisitions & USA company). Click Go. |
| Product Research Search Tips | Type keywords in search box (ex. software and new product). Click Go. |
| Geographic Information Search Tips | Click on Countries; Select the country or region of interest. |
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Biographical Information Search Tips |
For articles on a person, type a person's name in search box. Click on Search. |
| Boolean | AND(&), OR, NOT(!) |
| Proximity |
NEAR Explanation : Finds documents containing both specified words or phrases within 10 words of each other. Example : exports NEAR oil |
| Truncation |
TRUNCATION : * Explanation : "*" is used as a right-handed truncator only; it will find all forms of a word. Example : Econom* finds "economy", "economics", economical" etc. |
| Keywords | business intelligence, country risk, international, political news, economic news, country economic indicators, finance, international business, international regulations, international industries, exchange rates. |