Start your research / Brainstorming:

• Fortune Global 500 - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2007/
• Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multinational_corporations

General sources:

• Company Websites - find global site through Google
• Ames Library Subject Pages - Business Administration - International Business - http://www2.iwu.edu/library/resources/BusAdminResources.shtml#int
• Global Edge � http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/ (Industry profiles, Trade statistics, view sector info � can also be by country)
• Export.gov � http://www.export.gov/
• World Trade Organization - http://www.wto.org/
• International monetary fund - http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
  •  World Economic Outlook Databases - http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28
• NationMaster � http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
• Country briefings from the economist � http://www.economist.com/countries/
• Country homepages
  

Other places to find Internatonal Business resources:

• BRASS's International Business Sites - http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/brass/brassprotools/bestofthebestbus/bestbusinesswebsitesinternational.cfm
• OFFSTATS - http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development publications - http://www.unctad.org/ - digital library
• World Development Indicators - available here or through Ames Library database list
• CIA World Factbook - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
  

News:

• Internet Public Library Newspapers - http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
• LexisNexis  - available here or through Ames Library database list
• Business Week � Europe, Asia - http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/asia/
• The Economist � http://www.economist.com/
• Blogs: examples theindicast.com, indiauncut.com, ajayshahblog.com