Appendix: Sources of Information Used in Screenings

I-II. First and second screenings (basic need potential, economic and financial forces).

A. WTO, www.wto.org.

B. IMF, www.imf.org.

1. Direction of Trade Statistics.

2. International Financial Statistics.

3. World Economic Outlook.

C. OECD, http://www.oecd.org.

D. UN.

1. International Trade Statistics Yearbook.

2. Statistical Yearbook, Demographic Yearbook.

3. World Investment Report, http://www.unctad.org/.

4. UNCTAD Trade and Development Report, http://www.unctad.org/.

5. Social Indicators, www/unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/.

E. EU.

1. Eurostat, www.europa.eu.int.

F. World Bank, www.worldbank.org.

1. World Development Indicators (also on CD).

2. Atlas.

3. World Development Report, http://econ.worldbank.org/wdr/wdr2003/.

G. Development banks.

1. African Development Bank, www.afdb.org.

2. Asian Development Bank, www.adb.org.

(a) Other information on Asia is available at the APEC site, http://www.apecsec.org.sg/, and Pacific Basin Economic Council, www.pbec.org.

3. Inter-American Development Bank, http://www.iadb.org/.

H. CIA Country Factbook, www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/.

I. Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom, http://index.heritage.org.

J. Small Business Administration, Office of International Trade, www.sba.gov/oit/.

K. U.S. Department of Commerce.

1. International Trade Administration, www.ita.doc.gov.

2. Export Today, www.exporttoday.com.

3. National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), CD-ROM or www.stat-usa.gov.

L. Monitor, London, England.

1. Europe Marketing Data & Statistics (annual).

2. International Marketing Data & Statistics (annual), http://www.euromonitor.com/reference.asp.

M. Commercial officers of foreign embassies in Washington, DC.

N. Trade associations.

O. Banks with international departments.

P. Chambers of commerce, such as the German-American Chamber of Commerce in New York City and the Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City.

Q. The Economist Intelligence Unit, www.eiu.com.

R. Many state governments have trade offices with market specialists and good libraries.

S. American embassies produce Country Commercial Guides.

T. Your company's suppliers and customers have data they might share.

III. Political and legal forces.

A. Business Environment Risk Index, www.beri.com.

B. Political Risk Group: Political Risk Country Reports, www.prsgroup.com.

C. European Union: http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm.

D. International Chamber of Commerce, various publications.

E. Association newsletters.

F. Major city newspapers.

1. The Financial Times, www.ft.com.

G. Business magazines.

1. BusinessWeek, www.businessweek.com.

2. The Economist, www.economist.com.

3. Far Eastern Economic Review, www.feer.com.

4. Forbes, www.forbes.com.

H. International legal publications, www.oceanalaw.com.

I. International economic law Web sources, www.internationaleconomic-law.org/.

J. Corruption perception and bribery indexes, http://www.transparency.org/.

IV. Cultural forces.

A. Brigham Young University: Culturegrams, www.culturegrams.com.

B. Business magazines.

C. Major city newspapers.

D. Consider direct market research via the Internet provided that your products are directed toward the more affluent/younger customers who currently use the Internet.

V. Competitive forces.

A. Most of the sources listed in section I above are useful here as well.

B. Talk with knowledgeable people, but be careful. You may be given misinformation on purpose.