Rankings
Country/company ratings
Fortune: Global 500 (www.fortunedatastore.com/ds/global.html)
MSU-CIBER: Market Potential Index (http://globaledge.msu.edu/Knowledge-Tools/MPI)
A.M. Best Country Risk Ratings (www3.ambest.com/ratings/cr/crisk.aspx)
A.T. Kearney/ Foreign Policy: Globalization Index (www.atkearney.com/)
A.T. Kearney: FDI Confidence Index (www.atkearney.com/index.php/Publications/foreign-direct-investment-confi…)
A.T. Kearney: The Global Retail Development Index (http://www.atkearney.com/index.php/Publications/global-retail-developmen…)
A.T. Kearney: The Global Services Location Index
(http://www.atkearney.com/index.php/Publications/global-services-location…)
Anholt-GMI Nation Brands Index
(http://www.gfkamerica.com/practice_areas/roper_pam/nbi_index/index.en.html)
AON Insurance and Risk Management Company (risks by country, region)
(http://www.aon.com/default.jsp)
Center for Global Development: Commitment to Development Index (ranking of developed nations in different categories)
(http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/cdi/)
Coface: Country Risk and Economic Research (risk ratings of countries) (www.coface.com/)
DHL Global Connectedness Index (www.dhl.com/en.html)
Doing Business: Economy Rankings (rankings of regulatory environments in different countries)
(www.doingbusiness.org/rankings)
Ducroire|Delcredere Country Risks (www.ducroire.be)
EIU: E-readiness Rankings 2009 (http://graphics.eiu.com/pdf/E-readiness%20rankings.pdf)
Entrepreneur Magazine: Top Global Franchises (www.entrepreneur.com/)
Ernst & Young: Globalization Index
(http://www.ey.com/GL/en/Issues/Business-environment/The-new-global-reali…)
Financial Times: FT Global 500 (world’s largest firms) (http://www.ft.com/reports/ft-500-2011)
Fitch: Sovereign Ratings (www.fitchratings.com/)
Forbes Best Countries for Business (http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2011/10/03/the-best-countrie…)
Forbes: Global 2000 (company rankings) (http://www.forbes.com/global2000/)
Forbes: Tax Misery Index (personal/corporate tax rates in various countries)
(http://www.forbes.com/global/2008/0407/060_4.html)
Fortune: Fortune 500 (ranking of US largest companies)
(http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/index.html)
Fortune: World’s Most Admired Companies
(http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/most-admired/)
Global Cities Index (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/node/373401)
Global Information Technology Report (http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology)
Global-production.com (Major locations for global production and sourcing) (www.global–production.com)
Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom Rankings (www.heritage.org/index/rankings)
IndustryWeek: IW 1000 – World’s Largest Manufacturing Companies
(http://www.industryweek.com/section.aspx?sectionid=40)
Interbrand: Best Global Brands (http://www.interbrand.com/en/)
International Institute for Management Development: World Competitiveness Yearbook
(http://www.imd.org/research/publications/wcy/index.cfm)
Investment Consulting Associates: LocationSelector (www.locationselector.com/)
(http://globalization.kof.ethz.ch/)
Logistics Performance Index (LPI) (http://info.worldbank.org/etools/tradesurvey/mode1b.asp#)
Mercer: Worldwide Cost of Living Survey
(http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/1311145)
(http://www.oecd.org/document/49/0,2340,en_2649_34171_1901105_1_1_1_1,00….)
Swiss Export Risk Guarantee Agency: Country Risk Categorizations
(http://www.serv-ch.com/en/deckungspolitik/overall-list-of-countries/)
Transparency International – Corruption Perceptions Index (http://www.transparency.org/)
UNCTAD: Foreign Direct Investment Indices
(http://archive.unctad.org/templates/webflyer.asp?intItemID=2469&lang=1)
UNCTAD: Largest Transnational Corporations (http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/iteiia20072_en.pdf)
UNDP: International Human Development Indicators (http://hdr.undp.org/en/)
World Bank: Worldwide Governance Indicators (www.govindicators.org)
World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report
(http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GCR_Report_2011-12.pdf)
World Economic Forum: Global Enabling Trade Report
(http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalEnablingTrade_Report_2010.pdf)