commerce/analytics/crm

Offers data and reports related to digital marketing. Topics include advertising spending, digital marketing, social media, media usage, e-commerce, email marketing, and device usage. Coverage is global.

Features analyses, forecasts, and market statistics on IT products and services.
Subscription courtesy of Villanova UNIT.
Subscription courtesy of Villanova UNIT.

Provides marketing reports for many industries and demographic reports on a variety of age groups. Documents are formatted as Adobe Acrobat or PowerPoint files.
country
The databases listed below offer data and analysis across multiple factors including political, economic, cultural, and technological

Features a single unified platform delivering country and regional reports and comparable data for over 200 countries. Politics, economics, the business environment and sector and industries are explained and forecasts presented. The data tab delivers time series on national accounts, monetary, demographic, trade, employment, debt & spending indicators to name a few.

Provides lifestyle statistics and reports, market data and analysis, and market forecasts for selected countries. Includes 6-year historic market size data for selected consumer products plus 5-year forecasts.

Global business knowledge site providing access to authoritative data from Michigan State University.

Country Commercial Guides (CCG's) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the assistance of several U.S. government agencies. These reports present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis. The CCG's were established by recommendation of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC), a multi-agency task force, to consolidate various reporting documents prepared for the U.S. business community." Site contains data published prior to 2001. For data published after 2001, please visit the US State Department

Offers country guides for doing business, reference materials relevant to importing, exporting and global business, and primers for understanding a range of topics related to international business.

Of particular interest are the tabs for "countries" and for "data and research".

social/cultural

Provides access to nearly a century of U.S. public opinion data in the Gallup Brain along with current recurring questions in U.S. Dailies poll for national, state, select city and individual MSA levels and the Gallup World Poll with global tracking data, social series and key indicators polling data. (World Poll questions may vary by year and country conditions.)

Offers step by step instructions for querying the Global Consumer Survey.
economic/business
- Country/Territory Report Spain (IHS Markit)
- Spain Country Review (Country Watch)
- Spain Trade & Investment Report (Fitch)
- Spain Country Risk Report (Fitch)
- Country/Territory Report Germany(IHS Markit)
- Germany In Depth PESTLE (Marketline)
- Germany Country Review (Country Watch)
- Germany Country Risk Report (Fitch)
- Germany Trade & Investment Report (Fitch)
- Country/Territory Report United Kingdom (IHS Markit)
- United Kingdom Country Review (Country Watch)
political/legal/regulatory
- Political Handbook of the World
- Guide to Law Online Spain
- Guide to Law Online Germany
- Guide to Law Online United Kingdom
- EUR-Lex European Union Law
company & industry
These databases offer company and industry reports that may be helpful for prospecting

Offers public and private company and industry information including company profiles, market research reports from Marketline, Freedonia, Euromonitor, and RMA updated with recent news, executive profiles, and analyst reports.

Offers market information, company quotes, equity index information, industry information (including the S&P Industry Surveys), and economic data.

Provides detailed financial statements for U.S. and international public and private companies, including SEC filings and current and historical annual reports for U.S. and international public companies. Data can be downloaded in a variety of formats. Also includes country profiles.

Provides a portal to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources. Topics covered include industries, media, companies, product categories, and countries.

Provides lifestyle statistics and reports, market data and analysis, and market forecasts for selected countries. Includes 6-year historic market size data for selected consumer products plus 5-year forecasts.
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certified b corporations research
- The B Corp Handbook
- B Corp Certification and It's Impact on Organizations Over Time
- An Entrepreneur's Guide to Certified B Corporations and Benefit Corporations
- Good Corp, Bad Corp and the Rise of B Corps
- Why Companies are Becoming B Corps