International Business: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries...

Suggestions for international market research, and finding information about different countries.

Collections of reference sources

I suggest starting with these online reference collections. But below there are titles of individual encyclopedias and dictionaries ... and links to some of them.

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Encyclopedias

Countries and their Cultures by Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember (eds.)
Call Number: Ref GN 307 .C68 2001
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Encyclopedia of Global Industries
Publication Date: 2021 -
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International Management.
Volume 6 in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management by Edited by Jeanne McNett ... [et al.]
Call Number: Ref HD 30.15 .B455 2005 v.6
Oxford Handbook of International Business by Alan M. Rugman
Call Number: Online
Handbooks are a super-charged type of encyclopedia -- their articles have far more in-depth discussion.

Dictionaries

The AMA Dictionary of Business and Management by George Kurian
Publication Date: 2013
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Incoterms® Rules
First published by the International Chamber of Commerce in 1936, Incoterms® rules provide internationally accepted definitions and rules of interpretation for most common commercial terms used in contracts for the sale of goods. Online, there are only extracts of the definitions.