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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: FINANCE    


Banks and Financial Services: Subject Research Guides

•  Maintained by Ryan Womack for Rutgers Universities Libraries
•  Provides links to the following topics: regulatory agencies and central banks, multilateral development banks, credit unions, professional organizations, venture capital firms, mortgage companies, insurance companies/agencies
•  Also links to career information, “information servers”
•  Links to other Rutgers “Subject Research Guides” for other business topics and topics for other disciplines
•  Outstanding; one of the best academic pages available on this topic


Currency Services Site Map

•  Sponsored by XE.com
•  Provides access to a variety of currency conversion websites, including foreign exchange rates and links for business travelers (travel expenses, credit card charges)
•  Offers free subscription to daily international foreign exchange rates by e-mail
•  Also available in French and Swedish
•  Excellent; great “one-stop” source for currency conversion information


Euro Home Page

•  Compiled and maintained by Giancarlo Corsetti, University of Rome
•  Provides access to many sites on the Internet dealing with the European Monetary Union (EMU)
•  Links to economists, research centers, conferences
•  Archived monthly since September, 1999
•  Excellent; one of the best sites for any research dealing with the EMU


Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)

•   “The Official Export Credit Agency of the United States”
•  Established to “… create jobs through exports,” the Ex-Im Bank has supported over 300 billion dollars in exports over the last 65 years
•  Provides “Program Overviews” for capital guaranteed programs, export credit insurance, medium and long-term loans and other programs/services
•  Contains contact information for the bank’s administration and programs/services
•   “Useful Links to Related Sites” links to numerous private and governmental sites pertaining to international trade, international finance, exports and other related topics; annotations accompany many sites
•  Best official source for specific information on export financing


Financial Data Finder

•  Maintained by Denis Shibiko for the Department of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University
•  Provides links to gateway sites, international financial news sources, and other research links
•  Directory of websites for both international and domestic financial sites
•  Annotations accompany most links
•  Excellent; while not comprehensive, the resources selected are among the best available for this topic


Financial Sector and Private Development   

•  Sponsored by the World Bank
•  Goal is to “… help countries strengthen their financial systems, grow their economies, restructure and modernize their institutions and respond to the savings and financial needs of all people”
•  Provides policy research and advice on financing and technical support for the following areas: banking systems, capital markets, insurance and contractual savings, payment systems, rural and micro finance, related financial topics
•  Most of the above-mentioned policy areas provide an average of over 110 documents (publications, websites, conferences)
•  Also provides information on e-forums, newsletters, publications, statistics
•  Links to World Bank Group’s “Countries and Regions” page, which contains analysis and statistical data for over 100 developing economies
•  In-depth examination of topics makes this site a great resource for policy research and analysis


Foreign Direct Investment Resources

•  Maintained by Peter Stevens, Foster Business Library, University of Washington Libraries
•  Discusses the print, database and Internet resources for international finance/investment at the Foster Library
•  Print resources include annuals, encyclopedias, handbooks reports, statistical sources, yearbooks; many of these may be found in academic libraries or large public libraries
•  Databases are restricted to the University of Washington community; many of these may be found in academic libraries or large public libraries
•  Internet resources link to academic pages, country profiles, directories, government sites, professional/trade associations/organizations
•  Excellent annotations accompany print resources citations, databases and Internet resources
•  Also includes tips on constructing the most productive subject searches in online library catalogs
•  Outstanding; this one is of the best academic library guides of its type currently available online; thorough and very well written


Global Edge: Resource Desk: Money: Banks [delete “Global”after Banks]

•  Maintained by the Center for International Business Education and Research, Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER)
•  Provides links to select websites for global and regional international banking; also contains links to country-specific banking data
•  Excellent annotations accompany each link
•  Links to Global Edge: Resource Desk, which contains pages for a wide variety of other international business topics by subject, country/region, conferences, and journals
•  Outstanding; one of the best resources of its kind currently available online


Global Edge: Resource Desk: Money: Finance

•  Maintained by the Center for International Business Education and Research, Michigan State University (MSU-CIBER)
•  Provides links to select websites for country risk analysis, financial news, foreign exchange rates, international banking, professional/trade associations/organizations, international taxation information
•  Excellent annotations accompany each link
•  Fee-based sites are identified
•  Links to Global Edge: Resource Desk, which contains pages for a wide variety of other international business topics by subject, country/region, conferences and journals
•  Outstanding; one of the best resources of its kind currently available online


Guide to Banking Law

•  Sponsored by Hieros Gamos
•  Provides links to international banking law for supranational organizations (United Nations, European Union) and international trade agreements (NAFTA, GATT); also links to national banking law for a limited number of countries
•  Links to American banking law, including the Uniform Commercial Code, federal law, agencies and programs, state law, federal and state citations
•  Also links to banking meta-sites and organizations
•  Outstanding; one of the best sites for combining international and American banking law in one place


Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

•  Founded in 1959, the IADB is “… the main source of multilateral financing for economic, social and institutional development as well as trade and regional integration programs in Latin America and the Caribbean”
•  Presents IADB organization information regarding member countries, annual report, staff and structure, headquarters and country offices
•   “Countries” analyzes current economic information for 26 countries and the development strategy for them
•  Outstanding; important resource for any economic and financial research on Latin America and the Caribbean


International Business

•  Sponsored by the Internationalist: International Business, Trade and Investment
•  Presently provides profiles for 84 countries, which include links to banking and financial services
•  Also links to other “Internationalist” pages for currency converters and stock markets around the world
•  Excellent; very useful for international finance and bank research, as well as other international business information


International Finance Corporation (IFC)

•  Sponsored by the World Bank Group
•  Goal is to provide "… sustainable private sector development in developing countries"
•  Claims to be the "largest multilateral source of loan and equity financing for private sector projects in the developing world"
•  Provides advice and technical assistance to governments in the developing world
•  Excellent; one of the best sources to utilize for international finance and banking research as it applies to the developing world


International Monetary Fund (IMF) Home Page

•  International financial organization – with over 180 member nations – which seeks to “…promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements”
•  Provides information on the IMF’S lending policies, technical assistance, statutes and decisions, current issues, research sources and statistical topics
•  Links to news, reports for member nations
•  Also available in French, German and Spanish
•  Best search strategy is searching by “Site Map”
•  Outstanding; one of the premier sources for any type of research on international finance


Websites discussed on this page are for informational purposes only. Johnson & Wales University Library is not responsible for the accuracy, content or stability of any websites linked to this page.

Compiled by Rick Keogh, 9/99; latest update 3/2010

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