The EIU publishes business information in a series of country reports, newsletters, market profiles and subject-focused studies. Part of The Economist group (see separate entry). Products are available in print and microforms, and in a variety of electronic forms from a range of suppliers including:
(a) FT Profile: EIU Geographic and EIU Research databases. Full text of Industry News, Industry Reviews, Market Research Reports, regional Business reports, Crossborder Monitor, country Reports, Country Profiles, Country Risk Reports, Investing, Licensing and Trading, Financing foreign Operations, Business Report. Data from 1993 to date.
(b) Lexis/Nexis: full text of regional and country publications
(c) Markintel: full text of industry research reports
(d) EIU Business International database: contains data from Country Reports/Profiles, Financing Foreign Operations, Investing and Trading Conditions Abroad, Country Forecasts, 5 year forecasts, regional research reports, Crossborder Monitor and the EIU regional Newsletters. Available online via Dialog (file 627) and as Regional Business Intelligence CDROM (4 regional discs from Knight-Ridder).
(e) Silverplater CDRoms: three discs: EIU Country Forecasts (5 regional discs); EIU Country Reports (6 regional discs); EIU Business Newsletters (full text of 8 regional newsletter published by EIU). All discs cover the period from 1993 to date. Distributed by Silverplatter.
(f) Tradewire: a briefing service on global trade and market trends for 40 countries. Country by country reports covering: trade briefing; trade regulations (import/export controls, tariffs/taxes, price controls, licensing laws); country fact sheet; country update and summary forecast; 5 years of economic indicators; 5 year forecast table; country risk summary; consensus currency forecast. Available on WWW site: password required, per month subscription charged (Taiwan data available as a free sample)
(g) EIU Viewswire: daily newsfeed on business developments in some 180 countries, covering news, country analysis, data and forecasts.
(h) EIU Direct: sets of EIU publications for loading on LAN or WAN, accessible via Lotus Notes software.
(i) WWW site: includes information on other EIU electronic and printed products