Hong Kong
Country Descriptions
& Profiles
Background
Notes on Countries of the World: Hong Kong in Business Source Complete [ About
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Published by the U.S. government and includes facts
about the land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business
information.
Hong
Kong Country Profile in Business Source Complete
[About]
Provides quick access to country data points, trends
and analysis including country's
political and governmental make-up, economic performance,
gross domestic product, the potential for economic development,
and detailed market and industry analysis of the country's
business environment.
Finance, Trade
& Commerce
BuyUSA.gov U.S. Commercial Services: Hong Kong
http://www.buyusa.gov/hongkong/en/
From the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. U.S. Commercial Service (USCS) Provides information to U.S. businesses exporting goods and services, including trade agreements, market research, trade event lists, industry specific information.
Doing Business. Benchmarking Business Regulations.
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
Produced by the World Bank, this database provides information on business regulations and their enforcement in many countries. Countries are ranked according to ease of doing business. The Doing Business Indicators are comparable across 175 economies. These indicators include starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, enforcing contracts, and others.
Economist.com
Country Briefings: Hong Kong
http://www.economist.com/countries/HongKong/
A Web resource highlighting recent articles and a country
profile. Includes forecast, factsheet, economic data,
political structure and forces, economic structure and
more.
EIU:
Economist Intelligence Unit: Hong Kong [About] (works only with Firefox)
Indepth reports such as Country Finance, Country Commerce, Country Forecast, Country Monitor, etc which include economic indicators, political and business environment analysis, country risk assessment and financial and operating conditions for companies doing business globally. Type of reports vary country by country.
FITA: Hong
Kong Country Profile
http://fita.org/countries/hk.html
FITA, The Federation of International Trade Associations,
website includes general information as well as information
on market access, economic indicators, taxes, labor
market, agriculture, media, and more.
Global
Edge: Hong Kong
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=19
Created by the Center for International Business
Education and Research at Michigan State University
( MSU-CIBER ), globalEDGE
contains country specific news, statistics, history,
economics, and government data.
Hong Kong Country Monitor (Global Insight) in Business Source Complete [About]
Presents Analyses, Statistics, and Forecasts on the Economy. Includes information on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Real GDP, Consumer Prices, Foreign Trade, Official Exchange Rate, etc. Also provides Import and Export Statistics as well as the names of important government officials.
Hong Kong Economic Competitiveness in Business Source Complete [About]
From the Icon Group, using vertical analysis or common-sized statements, provides estimates of the financial performance and labor productivity of countries compared to global benchmarks. Financial analysis includes asset, liability and income structure, ratios, profitability ratios and key percentile rankings. Labor productivity analysis includes asset-labor, liability-labor, and income-labor ratios.
Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule: The Economic and
Political Implications of Reversion
Mugar HC 470.3 H675 1997
Index
of Economic Freedom: Hong Kong
http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/HongKong
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: Hong
Kong's trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government
intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital
flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages
and prices, property rights, regulation, and black market.
Political Risk Yearbook: Hong Kong Country Forecast in Business Source Complete [About]
From PRS Group, published annually and includes the Political Risk Service rating system which assesses different political scenarios within a country, 18-month and five year forecasts based on a variety of political scenarios, the country's political framework, key political player as well as economic conditions, investment, taxation and environmental trends, foreign relations, defense forces and the country's history and geography.
Statistics
& Government Resources
Census
and Statistics Department
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/home/index.jsp
The Census and Statistics Department
(C&SD) is the provider of official statistics
in Hong Kong .
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