Kresge Research Guides: Base of the Pyramid Markets: Emerging Markets

Best Resources for Emerging Markets Research

These resources are excellent in covering company and business research in emerging markets across the globe.

EMIS Emerging Markets
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EMIS includes company profiles, news, market reports, country reports, and data on global emerging markets. EMIS is also a clearing house for several industry research and market firms such as Allied Market Research, Arizton Advisory and Intelligence, BIS Research, BMI Research, BuddeComm Telecom Reports, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Industry Reports, GlobalData, MarketLine, Mordor Intelligence, and Oxford Economics.
Technical notes: Users must create individual accounts in EMIS and login in order to download or export data from the database.
World Bank e-Library
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World Bank e-Library has thousands of World Bank publications, Policy Research Working Papers and The World Bank Economic Review. Topics include agriculture and rural development; business procurement; commodities, pricing, and trade; banking, finance, and investment; energy, industry, and mining; globalization; labor and income; legal and judicial issues; social and cultural issues; technology and telecommunications.
Orbis
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Orbis contains information about European, US, Canadian, South and Central American, Japanese, Chinese, and African companies, as well as banks and insurance companies. Financials, peer comparison, corporate ownership and deals are included.

Users are required to enter 'University of Michigan' in the 'Enter your organization's name' box to authenticate and use the database.
Technical Notes: Use of scripts or automated methods to download data from Orbis is strictly prohibited. If you require access to a larger dataset, please contact us at kresge_library@umich.edu.

Google Scholar Search

Freely Available Content on Emerging Markets

World Bank's Doing Business Series

Great resource from the World Bank on business conditions and regulations in almost 200 countries in the world.
Reports are available to all via the Internet.

global EDGE

Great resource from the Broad College of Business at Michigan State
Includes links to freely available resources on countries & industries.