Iceland 
Country Descriptions
& Profiles
Background
Notes on Countries of the World: Iceland in Business Source Complete [ About
] 
Published by the U.S. government and includes facts
about the land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business
information.
Iceland
Country Review in Business Source Complete [About]
Published annually by CountryWatch, these in-depth reports
provide demographic, political, economic, business,
cultural and environmental data. Includes key sector
production, consumption and net exports, maps, country
flag, Freedom Rankings for political rights and civil
liberties, Human Development Index measuring quality
of life and investment climate basic infrastructure
information.
OECD
Economic Surveys: Iceland [ About
]
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
provides statistics and report on its 30 country members
in addition to various reports, statistics and working
papers covering macroeconomics, trade, education, development
and science and innovation with approx 70 countries
it has relationships with. Content vary country by country.
Finance, Trade
& Commerce
BuyUSA.gov U.S. Commercial Services: Iceland
http://www.buyusa.gov/iceland/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.
Corporate
Information: Iceland
http://www.corporateinformation.com/ctryind.asp?ctry_cod=352
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.
EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit: Iceland [About]
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:
Iceland Country Profile
http://fita.org/countries/iceland.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: Iceland
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=57
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.
Iceland 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.
Index
of Economic Freedom: Iceland
http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Iceland
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: 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.
World
Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/iceland
Provides report and statistics on challenges developing
countries face, education, debt, demographics, telecommunications
infrastructure, health issues, etc.
News & Journals
Morgunbladid
through PressDisplay[About]
from 60 days ago.
The
Wall Street Journal Europe through PressDisplay[About]
from 60 days ago.
Statistics
& Government Resources
Central
Bank of Iceland
http://www.sedlabanki.is/?pageid=194
The official Web site of the Central Bank of Iceland
includes information on currency rates, monetary
policy, statistics and much more.
Embassy of Iceland
in Washington D.C.
http://www.iceland.org/us
Information about business and investment. Also contains
information about flora and fauna, education, travel
and tourism, visas, immigration, history, geography,
people and culture.
Statistics Iceland
http://www.statice.is/
Important social, economic and cultural statistics, with links to other useful sites.
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