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Other databases available on internationalisation

This section lists about 12 other databases available on internationalisation or related topics for further reading.

International Association of Science and Technology for Development

Source: A non-profit organization to further economic development by promoting science and technology.

Asiasphere _ KPMG

(http://www.aspac.kpmg.com/asiasphere/)

This site provides asia briefs, country profiles and industry outlook. It is a of the good source for general internationalization data.

Center for International Private Enterprise

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. CIPE works in four principal areas: a grants program that currently supports over 90 indigenous organizations in developing countries, an award winning communications strategy, training programs, and technical assistance through field offices. Since its inception in 1983, CIPE has funded more than 550 projects in 70 countries and has conducted management training programs throughout the world.

CIPE has received support for specific programs from IBM, Coca-Cola, Ernst & Young, Capitol Health Partners, The Pew Charitable Trusts, RJ Reynolds Tobacco and the United States Information Agency.

DIALOG - Asian Business Intelligence Reports

(http://library.dialog.com)

Asian Business Intelligence Reports, published by Asian Intelligence Ltd., contains the complete text of detailed local reports focussing on the developing markets, industry and products of Asia.

Global Policy Forum

Source: http://www.globalpolicy.org/

A group of citizens from several countries founded Global Policy Forum in December, 1993, to monitor global policy making at the United Nations. At a time of rapid globalization, when nation states are weakening, the founders of GPF wanted to promote a more open, accountable and democratic policy process at the global level. GPF is based in New York City and accredited to the UN. GPF has built a large web site as its primary vehicle for information and outreach. On the site, GPF has published dozens of original papers on global policy issues, as well as hundreds of pages of documents and data. The site is designed to be used by the general public as well as by students and specialists. GPF works cooperatively with scholars, experts and research institutes in a number of countries, to produce the very highest quality of analysis and provide the most reliable data. Global Policy Forum is supported by contributions from foundations and other institutions as well as many generous individuals.

IQNet

(www.iqnet-certification.com )

IQNet provides consistent certification to multinational companies with subsidiaries in several countries. Currently IQNet has 28 members. Key APEC members are: Quality Assurance Services, Australia; Quality Management, Canada; Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency; Japan Quality Assurance Organization; Korean Standards Association-Quality Assurance; Singapore Productivity and Standards Board;

KRISTAL-II: KORDIC Database

KRISTAL-II is a comprehensive suite of information retrieval system developed by Korea Research and Development Information Center (KORDIC). Currently, the system has government funded R&D report DB, R&D Human resources DB and S&T Dissertation and Thesis DB. All these databases are readily available from the home page of KOREA at the ASTWeb. They have developed a Meta-Search agent, which is available at http://ruby.kordic.re .kr/~apec/meta/meta.html

R&D DATA Codebook

(http://napes.anu.edu.au)

Database contains total R&D expenditure by sector of performance and source of funds (current US$m); business expenditure in manufacturing by industry (with 22 industry sectors, see below for codes) (current US$m); and number of personnel involved in R&D by occupation (full-time equivalent). For OECD countries, the source is Basic Science & Technology Indicators (OECD, Paris) and for the Asian countries of Korea, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Malaysia, India and China, sources are the Ministries of each country involved in R&D (see details below). There is very little data available for Indonesia and China.

Indicators Available are:

R&D Expenditure by Sector of Performance: Government Exp, Business Enterprise Exp, Higher Education Exp, Private Non-Profit Exp, Total Gross Domestic Exp. R&D Expenditure by Sources of Funds: Total Funds, Government Funds, Business Enterprise Funds, Higher Education Funds, Private Non-Profit Funds, Funds from Abroad Funds. R&D Personnel by Occupation: Total R&D Personnel, R&D Scientists and Engineers, Technicians, Other. Business Expenditure on R&D (manufacturing): Refers to private and public sector enterprises (except for Malaysia where it includes only private sector enterprises).

Search Dragon is an Asian-based search engine and directory of businesses in the region

http://www.searchdragon.com/

Directories and search currently available for the following APEC economies: Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Thailand. They collect information pertaining to Asia or affiliated with an Asian organization or organizations. The database covers a wide range of topics such as:

• directories;
• trade information;
• design & presentation, marketing and advertising;
• banking, investment, insurance and finance;
• business centres and business services;
• computers including telecommunications and internet services;
• employment including executive search;
• music, sport, cinemas, radio & TV entertainment industry including film production;
• government and law;
• hospitals;
• hotels & restaurants;
• industry;
• non-profit organisations;
• print media; property;
• schools & universities;; shopping; and
• transport, shipping and travel.

STUDY WEB

(www.studyweb.com )

This site has information on worldwide colleges and other educational institutions. It provides live links to educational institutions. It has lot of material for teachers for planning curriculum and lessons.

Union of International Associations (UIA)

The UIA has been collecting, publishing and disseminating information on international nonprofit organizations since its creation in 1910, as its central activity. This has been further developed to cover information on their international meetings, their problems, and their strategies.

Source: On-line database via http://www.uia.org/data.htm

• Profiles of international organizations (over 44,000 bodies, 104,000 links) in hardcopy and CD
• Intergovernmental organizations and networks (5,900)
• International associations - NGOs (38,000)
• Universal membership organizations (529)
• Inter-continental organizations (1,050)
• Regional (sub-continental) organizations and networks (4,100)
• Informal, transnational associations and networks
• Transnational religious orders (850)
• International funds, foundations and banks
• Semi-autonomous international bodies (2,700)
• Internationally-oriented national organizations (4,500)
• Alphabetical checklist (50,000 international organizations and NGOs) linking into on-line database
• Websites of other international organizations and NGOs
• Links to over 13,000 international organizations (alphabetic order | subject order) via on-line database
• Links to over 70 sites related to international organization and organizations (resources, information etc).
• Varieties of bodies coordinating nongovernmental action

World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations

WAITRO _ s (http://waitro.dti.dk/)

The World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations (WAITRO) is an international organization under the auspices of the United Nations. It aims at promoting co-operation between research establishment from developed and developing countries by providing a voice for technological research and development and a global clearing-house for technological information. WAITRO members are industrial and technological research organizations, governmental and non-governmental bodies. It was founded in October 1970 as an attempt to satisfy the need for effective liaison and exchange of ideas, information, experience and resources among research organizations. Association's aims are:

• Advance the level and capabilities of member organizations so that they aid the technological growth of their countries;
• foster and promote co-operation between member organizations and national/international agencies for the conduct of research and development and the transfer of technology to industry;
• identify areas of research where international or regional co-operation between members is needed, and where external financial assistance is required;
• encourage and facilitate the exchange of research results and technical know-how between members and co-ordinate training programmes for staff from member institutes;
• promote the exchange of experience in research management and provide a forum for the discussion of the conduct of science and technology for development.

World Car Production: Passenger car production, country ranking

www.geocities.com/MotorCity publishes the following statistics. Underlined country names are links to tables with country-specific 1992-1997 production. The P and/or A stand for production and/or assembly. The data are compiled from various sources.

Country		1995	1996	1997	1998
Australia	P	314,142	328,827	325,957	337,500
Canada	P	1,336,725	1,279,312	1,372,111	1,481,111
China	P	352,298	385,274	481,611	507,103
Indonesia	A	40,000	52,754	48,000	n.d.
Japan	P	7,610,533	7,863,763	8,492,080	8,055,763
Malaysia	P	194,574	233,647	272,941	n.d.
Mexico	P	699,312	800,300	853,197	952,909
Russia	P	845,710	859,568	983,139	838,159
South Korea	P	2,003,146	2,264,709	2,308,476	1,625,125
Taiwan	P	282,006	264,943	268,060	293,000
Thailand	A	n.d.	90,5232	112,041	n.d.
USA	P	6,351,255	6,080,410	5,927,281	5,547,116
Total		±36,500,000	±38,700,000	±39,742,625	±39,396,000

²According to OICA sources 141,123 in 1996. Compiled from various sources, mainly: Auto Katalog No. 43 (1999/2000), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1998.Auto Katalog No. 42 (1998/99), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1998.Auto Katalog No. 41 (1997/98), Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, Germany. 1997.Website VDA (Verband Deutsche Automobilhersteller).Various manufacturer's web sites. (Note: Only APEC economies given here, total includes other countries too)