International Business Information Resources 2007
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The document discusses different sources and methods for conducting international business research online. It covers differences between sources, barriers to locating information, issues of censorship and translation, evaluating source reliability, and communication tools. The key points are that knowledge of various source types is important for good research, sources may provide similar data through different means, and effective research requires considering issues like censorship and spending money on specialized databases.
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- 1. Tai-Pan Research International Business and Information Resources Jane Macoustra Internet Librarian International 7 th October 2007 Copthorne Tara Hotel, London
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- 41. Where to Look continued
- 51. Question
- 59. Question
Editor's Notes
- I am going to take you through some tricks of the trade that assist you in gathering authoritative, reliable information.
- Learn to recognise the different types of sources by reading the url.
- How do you know? Legislation in a particular jurisdiction for deep-linking – check it out. You must learn to rely on realising good resources when you find them If in doubt – leave it out. What you see is what you get?
- Be aware of duplication and where the data has originated from
- Use of the Tilde symbol in Google will assist with synonyms. Example IBRD = Intl Bank for Reconstruction & Development = World Bank
- Taiwanese legislation example.
- This is when you need someone “on the ground” to assist you with your research. It adds value and authority. Some government departments will not confirm or deny your enquiries, verbally or in writing. If you get lucky, they may give you a hint as to how to obtain proper information. If not, you are stuck unless you are prepared to personally turn up or you know someone who works for a particular agency and they are people who are authoratitive on the subject you you are researching. About being robbed in Shenzhen. Give example of documentation requirements from officials.
- Always be aware that there is a huge amount of censorship on the Internet. I chose Google on purpose because it has a Chinese web site and the government has banned access to certain types of information.
- This is the Chinese version of Google.
- On the next screen, I am going to show you an example of what you didn’t find in Goole.cn.
- On the next screen, I am going to show you an example of what you didn’t find in Goole.cn. “The Great Firewall of China”
- On the next screen, I am going to show you an example of what you didn’t find in Goole.cn. “The Great Firewall of China”
- Freedom of speech allows this article to be published in the UK
- This is the original page. I don’t know what it is.
- Here’s the translated page. It doesn’t make sense. Also the translation service offered by Google is still being Beta tested. Google will be relying on us to send feedback when a system doesn’t work properly. Google has also allowed some government control. Use a professional service if your company or business is relying on the information you provide. A mistake can be much more costly to an organisation than paying for reliable translators.
- Differences between a portal and a vortal – describe this to the delegates
- If the web site hasn’t been updated recently, why not? Don’t use it.
- If the web site hasn’t been updated recently, why not? Don’t use it.
- If the web site hasn’t been updated recently, why not? Don’t use it.
- Discussion list and forums will only give opinion and not necessarily fact – but can still be useful.
- Discussion list and forums will only give opinion and not necessarily fact – but can still be useful. Discussion list in HK.
- Consider what can affect the results that you get back and factor those into the equation. Look at politics, conflicts (war), natural disasters, and current government policy
- Get a piece of paper and write down key words that you might find within a web site or a document. Go off in tangents and put it on paper. Use minimum of 3-6 browsers at any one time so you can jump around and write down more “keywords” as you do so.
- Explain invisible web
- Explain invisible web
- We will be looking at this in more detail in another presentation on Tuesday
- Clustering mechanisms give another opportunity to gather more key words and may have other indexed items that other search engines haven’t indexed.
- Corporate web sites are a gold mine and it is surprising what you can access. Look up who runs the companies and run checks against their names. An amazing amount of adverse publicity can sometimes come to light for KYC research and hiring new staff. Talk to people on the phone if you can, but make sure your questions are consistent otherwise the results will be meaningless.
- Open the pdf and use the ctrl/F function to search it
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.
- Made in Denmark on the tin. Danish company does NOT mention Celebrity Ham on its web site.