Project EOS

Select a country and find about its geography, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.

"Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER), globalEDGE™is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities." Use the Get globalEDGE Insights section in the center of the page to search by trade bloc, country, state, or industry.

MarketLine profiles for a variety of industries in Germany. Feel free to add to the existing key terms to find you specific industry. For example add the keyterm 'organic' to the terms 'industry food profile Germany' to get the Organic Food Industry Profile report for Germany. Please note that these profiles are usually very broad in their scope.

Professor Geert Hofstede conducted one of the most comprehensive studies of how values in the workplace are influenced by culture. He defines culture as 'the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others.'

Select your country. The page contains some quantitative statistics, but mainly narrative descriptions of a country's political system, cultural trends, and business risk.

Results from the GLOBE's 2004 study of cultural practices, leadership ideals, and generalized and interpersonal trust in 150 countries

Covers information on what businesses experience when it come to corruption, infrastructure, access to finance, crime, competition, and performance measures in 167 economies.