Hi
Thanks for comments re links.
For Bede, looking at SME's in Asia/Pacific, try http://www.apecbusiness.com/
as a start point - also http://www.bizlinx.de/english/countries.phtml is a
graphically poor site (broken links, frame contents not loading) but oddly
enough if you click through, there are some good links re SMEs for China,
Hong Kong, Japan and Thailand) -
http://www.apconnections.com/perspective.html has some trend data.
I'd also look at Strategis (Canada)
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/e0c2ea62724d464a852568160054ebad?Open
View but note that their links are broken down regionally by Oceania and
Asia, as opposed to Asia Pacific.
A last one is UNIDO (see http://www.unido.org/regions.cfm?TY=R&RID=02)
Re using links on a links page the forum website, I don't own 'em, so go for
it!
best regards to all
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bede Cammock-Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2001 13:56
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Online Market Research
>
>
> Hey Don
>
> This is a stunning contribution- thanks. I am in the process of doing
> research myself, and this is a HUGE help.
>
> Where does one find out about the Small Business Market in the
> AsiaPacific Region?
>
> Bede :-)
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/21/01 01:08 >>>
> Hi
>
> I have recently doing a lot of online market research and thought
> others may
> be interested in an approach which I have found quite successful.
>
> First I start with identifying the keywords associated with the
> industry
> that I'm researching. For example in doing market research for a
> health-focused application I searched words like healthcare,
> informatics,
> system, application, hospital, provider, and of course the targeted
> geographic region. I find it pays to use 4-6 search keywords per search
> as
> searching on only one word typically returns too many results. It's
> nearly
> always trial and error!
>
> For best global results I recommend www.google.com but also use
> regional
> search engines where appropriate e.g. www.searchnz.co.nz (NZ)
> www.anzwers.com.au (Australia). Another good multi-search engine is
> www.dogpile.com which produces results from multiple search engines.
> Google
> is especially good for searching within the first batch or batches of
> search
> results. It's also good to use to search a specific website. e.g
> entering
> Frank Nobilo site:www.pgatour.com returns a list of references to Frank
> on
> the PGA site.
>
> Typically you will find that there are several information portals
> associated with the particular line of business (LOB). For example
> while
> looking at the ports market I found www.portguide.com,
> www.world-ports.com,
> www.containershipping.com to name a few. Usually there are also
> consultants
> closely associated with the LOB that offer some free content which can
> be
> very useful in identifying the other market players, and in some cases
> can
> even identify what technologies are being used by potential customers.
> They
> may also provide revenue figures and other market sizing data.
>
> Government websites are also useful but can be hard to get through.
> It's
> important to understand the relevant legislation in the target market
> which
> is where some of the country profile sites I list come into their own.
>
> Having identified the market players (vendors/competitors, customers,
> distributors, government, non-government bodies/societies/associations)
> you
> can then look at market publications, market events/conferences.
>
> Here's some links I have found useful.
>
> Market/Country profiles
>
> http://libweb.uncc.edu/ref-bus/vibe1.htm this page has a number of
> links
> that are helpful in putting together a country profile.
> http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/ibin/engdoc/dyna_ccg.html Industry
> Canada
> site that lets you put together multiple country profiles with
> self-selected
> parameters covering economic trends/outlook, trade
> regulations/standards,
> investment climate, and general info such as business travel guides and
> so
> on.
> http://www.nabe.com/publib/links/intllink.htm enormous collection of
> links
> on this National Association of Business Economics (US) page to orgs
> like
> World Bank, OECD, IMF, UN etc.
> http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/index_page.html UK site detailing
> sector
> reports in 260 countries.
> http://home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/resources/expanding
> /global/co
>
> untries.shtml AMEX site detailing countries and business
> travel/protocols.
> http://www.oilsurvey.com/php/countries.php3?chosenCountry=0&chosen
> Category=0
>
> has a good country profile service that offers extensive targeted
> external
> links for a selected country.
> http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries/ US govt country profiles
> http://travel.state.gov US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs
> http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/international.html more good
> international trade/business links
>
> Company, Stocks & Financial profiles
> http://www.forbes.com/
> http://www.wrhambrecht.com/
> http://www.hoovers.com
> http://www.barrons.com/ & http://www.wsj.com (Wall Street Journal)
>
> Various
> http://www.feer.com/ Far Eastern Economic Review
> http://www.americaeconomia.com/ Latin America economy (Spanish and
> Portuguese only - use http://world.altavista.com for [somewhat
> understandable] online translations)
> http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf.html tons of links to US
> government data
>
> Any other good sites out there for (preferably free) online research??
>
> regards
> Don Rae
> Manager - Internet Services & Market Research
> JADE Marketing
> 21 Sheffield Crescent
> PO Box 20-152
> Christchurch, New Zealand
>
>
>
> tel: +64 3 365 2500 xt 3146
> fax: +64 3 358 6050
> mob: 021 668 129
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> URL: http://www.discoverjade.com
>
>
>
> (JADE is a division of Aoraki Corporation Limited)
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