International Business Support

World Factbook

http://www.odci.gov/
cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Maintained by the CIA, this site contains maps and demographic information on over 200 countries.

Business Monitor International

http://www.businessmonitor.com/

Specialists for 15 years in providing political, economic and financial information on global emerging markets to businesses, banks and organizations in more than 125 countries around the world.

Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research

http://ciber.bus.msu.edu/busres.htm

Contains a vast number of links to international business resources on the WWW.

The Economist Intelligence Unit

http://www.eiu.com/

"Instant access to global intelligence."

Expanding Your Business Globally

http://www.dtonline.com/
expand/excover.htm

Practical manual that will show you how to export, distribute products, or even set up operations overseas.

Currency Exchange Rates

http://www.x-rates.com/

Oanda Currency Converter

http://www.oanda.com/
converter/classic

You can view any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day since 1 January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at 8:00 p.m. EST.

World Tax

http://www.eyi.com/itax/

Ernst & Young's site for international business, tax and accounting developments worldwide

Asia

Asia Biz Tech

http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/

"The source for technology business information in Japan and Asia."

Singapore Business Times Online

http://biztimes.asia1.com/

University of Tennessee's Chinese Student Association

http://web.utk.edu/~csa/

Includes links to Chinese news as well as a method for contacting the association.

Asian Economic Crisis

http://www.stern.nyu.edu/
~nroubini/asia/

asiahomepage.html

The Wall Street Journal said this site made the author "one of the world's most important publishers on the subject of the Asian economic crisis"

Asia Inc. Online

http://www.asia-inc.com/

Other International

The Economic Times

http://www.economictimes.com/

India's No. 1 business newspaper.

Business Ethics from an Islamic Perspective

http://www.islamist.org/ethics.html

For a brief preview, please look at the table of contents and first 10 pages of a recent book on Islamic Business Ethics written by Professor Rafik Beekun.

Local Support (East Tennessee)

East Tennessee International Commerce Council
Tom Carlson
Executive Vice President
Environmental Systems Corporation
423-688-7900
e-mail: esccorp@envirosys.com

ETICC is a group of approximately 100 local companies with the objective of promoting international trade. ETICC is associated with the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce and meets monthly featuring dinner speakers expert in specific areas of international trade or topics of interests to our membership.

U.S. Dept. of Commerce Export Assistance Center

Tom McGinty
Director of U.S. Dept. of Commerce Knoxville Export Assistance Center
City Hall
Suite 300
601 W. Summit Hill Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37902
phone: (423) 545-4637
fax: (423) 545-4435
e-mail: tmcginty@mail.doc.gov

General International
World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/ cia/publications/factbook/index.html	Maintained by the CIA, this site contains maps and demographic information on over 200 countries.
Business Monitor International http://www.businessmonitor.com/	Specialists for 15 years in providing political, economic and financial information on global emerging markets to businesses, banks and organizations in more than 125 countries around the world.
Michigan State University Center for International Business Education and Research http://ciber.bus.msu.edu/busres.htm	Contains a vast number of links to international business resources on the WWW.
The Economist Intelligence Unit http://www.eiu.com/	"Instant access to global intelligence."
Expanding Your Business Globally http://www.dtonline.com/ expand/excover.htm	Practical manual that will show you how to export, distribute products, or even set up operations overseas.
Currency Exchange Rates http://www.x-rates.com/
Oanda Currency Converter http://www.oanda.com/ converter/classic	You can view any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day since 1 January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at 8:00 p.m. EST.
World Tax http://www.eyi.com/itax/	Ernst & Young's site for international business, tax and accounting developments worldwide
Asia
Asia Biz Tech http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/	"The source for technology business information in Japan and Asia."
Singapore Business Times Online http://biztimes.asia1.com/
University of Tennessee's Chinese Student Association http://web.utk.edu/~csa/	Includes links to Chinese news as well as a method for contacting the association.
Asian Economic Crisis http://www.stern.nyu.edu/ ~nroubini/asia/ asiahomepage.html	The Wall Street Journal said this site made the author "one of the world's most important publishers on the subject of the Asian economic crisis"
Asia Inc. Online http://www.asia-inc.com/
Other International
The Economic Times http://www.economictimes.com/	India's No. 1 business newspaper.
Business Ethics from an Islamic Perspective http://www.islamist.org/ethics.html	For a brief preview, please look at the table of contents and first 10 pages of a recent book on *Islamic Business Ethics* written by Professor Rafik Beekun.
Local Support (East Tennessee)
East Tennessee International Commerce Council Tom Carlson Executive Vice President Environmental Systems Corporation 423-688-7900 e-mail: esccorp@envirosys.com	ETICC is a group of approximately 100 local companies with the objective of promoting international trade. ETICC is associated with the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce and meets monthly featuring dinner speakers expert in specific areas of international trade or topics of interests to our membership.
U.S. Dept. of Commerce Export Assistance Center	Tom McGinty Director of U.S. Dept. of Commerce Knoxville Export Assistance Center City Hall Suite 300 601 W. Summit Hill Dr. Knoxville, TN 37902 phone: (423) 545-4637 fax: (423) 545-4435 e-mail: tmcginty@mail.doc.gov