BUS A272 Global Business Immersion Switzerland
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PESTLE Analysis
A PESTLE analysis considers how various factors affect the marketplace and is used by companies and other organizations as a basis for strategic decision making and marketing, among other things. While business decisions are often financially motivated, the six factors considered in a PESTLE (political, economic, sociocultural, technological, legal and environmental) consider the broader context in which the organization is operating, rather than focusing exclusively on the monetary.
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| TECHNOLOGICAL | LEGAL | ENVIRONMENTAL | ||
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IU Libraries offers access to a variety of statistics, reports and analysis that focus on different combinations of these factors; some include all six, while others may consider only one or two. The resources below are grouped by which factors are covered.
PESTLE Resources for Switzerland
P E S T L E
- MarketLine Advantage
⦿ Switzerland: Macroeconomic Outlook and In-depth PESTLE Insights Reports.
Choose Country Profiles from the dropdown next to the search box and then enter your country of interest in the search box.
- Business Source Complete
⦿ Country Risk Reports/Political Risk Reports
Search Switzerland country report and sort by date to find the most recent reports.
- Nexis UniSearch a wide range of popular press sources for information on various aspects of Switzerland. Includes articles from local, regional, national and international newspapers, magazines, online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs, transcripts, and legal research.
P E S T L E
- OECD iLibraryOnline portal for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publications and statistics. Source for internationally comparable statistical, environmental and socio-economic reports and data. OECD works with policy makers, governments and citizens to inform public decision-making.
P E S T L E
- Passport GMID: Global Market Information Database
⦿ Switzerland Country Profiles and Economy Finance and Trade reports.
At the top of the homepage, choose the Economy, Finance and Trade tab.Then, on the left, choose Country Report under Choose Analysis, then choose Economy, Finance and Trade under Choose Category, and, finally, choose your country from the list under Choose Geography and click go.
⦿ Economic Barometer.
Click GO in the Dashboards box on the right of the homepage. Scroll down to the block of reports listed uned Economies and click the Load More button to find the Economic Barometer. Click on the box, then choose your country of interest.
P E S T L E
- World Economic ForumSearch Switzerland to find a variety of reports and information.
P E S T L E
- ProQuest Statistical Abstracts of the WorldProQuest Statistical Abstract of the World aggregates the statistical abstracts of approximately 70 countries and makes the content available through a single-search interface.
- eHRAF World CulturesSearchable full-text ethnographies on hundreds of ethnic, cultural, religious, and national groups worldwide.
- Federal Statistical Office of SwitzerlandSwitzerland's Federal Statistical Office lets you search for data and reports on demographics and various aspects of life in Switzerland.
P E S T L E
- Index to Foreign Legal PeriodicalsAccess provided by the Jerome Hall Law Library. A multilingual index to articles and book reviews that appear in legal journals published worldwide. Excludes the U.S., the UK, Canada, and Australia.
- Transparency InternationalSurveys and reports on corruption at the government and industry levels. Search "Switzerland" in the upper right corner.