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Teaching Internationally: A review of global information resources by Rick Robison, Sonoma State

Teaching Internationally: A review of global information resources by Rick Robison, Sonoma State. What information do our students need? George Washington University’s Syllabus Finder http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/syllabi/. Types of classes: International Business International Marketing

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Teaching Internationally: A review of global information resources by Rick Robison, Sonoma State

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  1. Teaching Internationally:A review of globalinformation resourcesby Rick Robison, Sonoma State

  2. What information do our students need? George Washington University’s Syllabus Finder http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/syllabi/

  3. Types of classes: International Business International Marketing International Business Culture & Communication International Business Management Leadership in International and Public Affairs International Entrepreneurship Global Business International Economics Ecotourism Globalization and . . .

  4. 2 main undergraduate assignments: Country profile/report Position paper Occasionally, a Case Study

  5. Country profile/report requirements: Overview information Political Economic Developmental: education, infrastructure (incl. ICT) Legal & regulatory environment Communication & etiquette Culture, language & work Ethical issues Future outlook

  6. Focus: “Free” resources Available online Arranged by type of organization

  7. U.S. Government (Overview Info): U.S. State Department Bureau of Public Affairs http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ U.S. Commercial Service: Market Research Libraryhttp://www.buyusainfo.net/ And, of course, the CIA’s The World Factbookhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

  8. International Organizations: International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org World Bankhttp://www.worldbank.org/ United Nationshttp://www.un.org/english/ OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)http://www.oecd.org

  9. NGOs/Academic: Fraser Institute (Economic Freedom)http://www.fraserinstitute.org/http://www.freetheworld.com/ World Resources Institute - EarthTrendshttp://earthtrends.wri.org/ Transparency International (Corruption)http://www.transparency.org/ International Labour Officehttp://laborsta.ilo.org/ Doing Business (The World Bank Group)http://www.doingbusiness.org/

  10. Information from other countries: Centre for Intercultural Learning (Canada)http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/country_insights-en.asp?lvl=8 Britain – Foreign & Commonwealth Officehttp://www.fco.gov.uk Australian Government – Austradehttp://www.austrade.gov.au/ International Business Center Brazil Networkhttp://cninotes.cni.org.br/cinhp/f-index.htm

  11. Aggregators: Portals to the World: Links to Electronic Resources around the World, Library of Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html Davidson Data Centerhttp://ddcn.prowebis.com/ Eldis (Institute of Development Studies, Sussex)http://www.eldis.org/country/ globalEDGE (Michigan State University)http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/ NationMasterhttp://www.nationmaster.com/

  12. Questions and/or your recommendations?

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