Economics

Global Business and Economics in Video

(NEW)
Alternative Titles
Business & Economics in Video
Description

Documentaries, case studies, biographies and interviews that focus on the human side of commerce.  Subjects covered include Globalization, Operations & Logistics, Management, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Business, Negotiations, Ethics, Cross-cultural communication, Technology, and more.

When complete this streaming video collection will include over 500 hours of video.  Trial access runs through May 26, 2013.

Videos can be searched and browsed.  All videos include audio transcripts. Users can save clips, and create and share playlists of selections.  

Type
Video
Access
Access for authorized UM users + guests on a trial basisAccess for authorized UM users + guests on a trial basis

Economist Intelligence Unit Cancellation

Our subscription to the Economist Intelligence Unit, including EIU Country Indicators, will end on March 30, 2013.  We apologize for this inconvenience.

EIU has been provided by Kresge Business Library.  The Kresge Library suggests these alternatives to EIU after 3/30/13:

Country Overview Reports (available across the U of M)


Economic Data Sources (available across the UofM)

 

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Africa Yearbook Online

(NEW)
Description

The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa – all related to developments in one calendar year. The Africa Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on European-African relations.

Type
Handbook
Access
Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)

Microfinance Gateway

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CGAP Microfinance Gateway
Description

The Microfinance Gateway is an online resource for the global community dedicated to advancing access to financial services for the poor.

The Gateway features a collection of research and publications, original articles and resource centers on trends and important industry developments, and the latest announcements, news, events, trainings, and job opportunities related to microfinance and broader financial inclusion topics.

Type
Database
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

AgEcon Search

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Ag Econ Search
Description

 Free, open-access repository of full-text scholarly literature on agricultural and applied economics.  Includes working papers, conference papers and journal articles.  Includes topics such as food security and poverty, land economics, agricultural and food policy, and food safety.

Type
Subject Gateway
Coverage
1949-
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

Labadie Photograph Collection, University of Michigan

Description

The images in this database comprise the general photograph holdings of the Labadie Collection.

Not included are photographs that make up part of archival collections. Those will be listed in the finding aids to the individual collections. You may request digital scans of these photographs, or you may view them in person. If you wish to inquire about the use of these images, please email special.collections@umich.edu.

Type
Images

NHS Economic Evaluation Database

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National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database
EED
Description

NHS EED (NHS Economic Evaluation Database) focuses primarily on the economic evaluation of health care interventions.  Economic evaluations are studies in which a comparison of two or more interventions or care alternatives is undertaken and in which both the costs and outcomes of the alternatives are examined. This includes cost-benefit analyses, cost-utility analyses, and cost-effectiveness analyses.

 Note:  the primary focus of this database is British, i.e., the National Health Service of Great Britain.

Type
Article Index
Access
Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)

Health Technology Assessment Database

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HTA Database
Description

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database brings together details of completed and ongoing health technology assessments (studies of the medical, social, ethical, and economic implications of healthcare interventions) from around the world. The aim of the HTA Database is to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care.

Records for published projects contain full bibliographic details as well as contact information for the organisation publishing the report. Contributing organisations can also provide brief details of the authors’ conclusions if they wish. Links to reports, project pages and/ or organisation websites are provided wherever possible so database users can access full details directly.

The HTA database is produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York, UK, using information obtained from members of International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) and other health technology assessment organizations.

 

Type
Database

OECD iLibrary

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Source OECD SourceOECD OECD i Library
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Description

Online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Includes full-text of all books, papers, 24 periodicals and OECD statistical databases. Includes access to International Energy Agency (IEA) statistical books but not IEA databases.

Type
Subject Gateway

Global Economic Monitor

Alternative Titles
GEM
Description
Global Economic Monitor provides daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency and forecast data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial and commodity data indicators, an extensive database including growth and commodity forecasts and access to the iSimulate modeling platform.
Type
Subject Gateway
Coverage
1990-
Access
Open access for all usersOpen access for all users

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