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Industry Research

IBISWorld
Comprehensive listing of US industries with data for countries/industries in North America, Asia, and Europe, as well.
Statista
Statista is a statistics portal that integrates data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets on over 60,000 topics from 18,000 sources.

WorldBank Countries and Regions
Country and region-level economic data on several data points.
CIA World Factbook Countries List
Extensive basic data, by country. Includes data for several aspects of your report.
Corruption Perceptions Index
Use this tool to compare corruption metrics across countries.

Statista
Statista is a statistics aggregator--great to check for any missing pieces you can't find elsewhere.

OECD Countries Outlook
Choose your country, then scroll down for economic indicators and statistics.

Hofstede Cultural Dimension Data
Comprehensive study of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture.
Countries, Peoples, & Cultures
This link will take you to the links for the 9 volumes of Countries, Peoples, & Cultures. Choose the region for your country and click through to access the book online.

Credo Reference
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources that provide authoritative information. Great for brief pieces on culture, religion, language, ethnic groups.

Country Commercial Guides (International Trade Administration)
These include reports on market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs.
Research by Regions (International Trade Administration)
Routing page to search by industry, country, region, or top markets.

Country Risk Reports
Investment risk considerations, by country.
Political Risk Yearbook (via Business Source Premier)
Search for Political Risk Yearbook and the name of your country.
World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators
Includes data on voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption.
Coface Economic Studies & Country Risk
Average credit risk evaluation of individual country's businesses.

Credo Reference
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources that provide authoritative information. Entries may be quick facts or in-depth articles. Useful for: background information, key concepts, historical context, and mining reference lists.

Google News
Search Google News with you country (or major city) and the name of the specific theme/amusement park or "theme park," "water park," "amusement park."

Access World News Research Collection (1972-Current)
Current and archived information from 1972 to present from thousands of local, regional, national, and international news sources including newspaper titles, newswires, web editions, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents and other publications. Also Included in this collection are North Carolina, Appalachia, Multi-Cultural, African American, and Military, Government & Defense news sources.