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For those who are looking for information about doing business in another country, we offer these hints. Several of these resources will be useful, although not every country will be included in each source.

Electronic Resources

1. CountryWatch
2. Culture Briefings
3. Culture Grams World Edition
4. Cities of the World
5. Executive Planet
6. Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

Print Resources:

General Country Information

1. The Europa world year book
   London, England : Europa Publications Limited, c1989-
   Ref. Desk JN1 .E85
2. The Statesman’s year-book
   New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2004
   Ref. Desk JA51 .S7
3. Countries and their cultures
   New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2001
   Ref. GN307 .C68 2001 Ref. Stacks
4. Nations of the world : a political, economic & business handbook
   Lakeville, CT : Grey House, 2000-
   Ref. D32 .N37x Ref. Stacks

More Specific Cultural/Business Information

1. Do’s and Taboos Around the World.
   New York: Wiley, 1993.
   Ref. HF5387 D66 1993 Ref. Stacks
2. Kiss, Bow , or Shake Hands: How to Do Business in Sixty Countries.
   Holbrook. MA: B. Adams, 1994.
   Ref. HF5389 M67 1994 Ref. Desk
3. Dun & Bradstreet’s Guide to Doing Business Around the World. Rev. ed.
   Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
   Ref. HF 1416 M78 2001 Ref. Desk
4. Exporters’ Encyclopaedia
   New York, N.Y. : Dun and Bradstreet International, 1982-
   Ref. HF3011 .E9
5. Craighead’s International Business, Travel, and Relocation Guide to … Countries.
   Detroit: Gale Research Inc. (Biennial)
   Ref. HF5549.5 E45 D56 Latest ed. in Ref. Stacks
6. There is also another group of books in the Reference Stacks. They are titled Business [country name] and Passport [country name]. While we do not have a book on every country, they are particulary useful for the countries that we do have.

To find other books in ALICE or OhioLINK, some good subject headings to use are:

• Intercultural Communication or Intercultural Communication — (insert country here)
• Business etiquette — (insert country here)

These subject headings also work well when searching for articles in Business Source Premier.

Other useful information can be found in the website section of the International Business Research Guide.

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