McDonald's-Prototype of a global companyhttp://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/about.html
Quick facts about McDonald's around the world
Rating Schemeshttp://www.polrisk.com/
Risk evaluation
U.S. Bureau of Industry and Securityhttp://www.bxa.doc.gov
The BIS is charged with administering export controls, as well as coordinating all of the Department's homeland security activities, leading the federal government's outreach to the private sector regarding critical infrastructure protection and cyber security, and assisting U.S. industry in complying with the Chemical Weapons Convention and other international arms agreements.
U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (export controls)http://www.bxa.doc.gov/licensing/exportingbasics.htm
Provides a tutorial on export controls
U.S. Bureau of Industry and Securityhttp://www.bxa.doc.gov/enforcement/unauthorizedpersons.htm
Warning signs and red flags of possible problems with an export transaction partner
Export-Import Bank of the United Stateshttp://www.ita.doc.gov/td/tic/
Public Record Finderhttp://www.freeprf.com/
A good source for all kinds of public record information, including a section on overseas information.
Dun and Bradstreet's Small Business Solutionshttp://sbs.dnb.com
D&B; Small Business Solutions gets information about a company (name, address, Web address, names of principals, etc.), locates its competitors, compiles a list of similar companies that are nearby, tracks changes to its status, and much more. This D site has information on U.S. and international companies
Corporate Information http://www.corporateinformation.com
This site has information on about 350,000 companies all over the world. Search by company name, stock ticker symbol, industry, or location. When you select a country, for example, you go to a page of links to information about the companies based in that country.