Icon Group Ltd.'s primary mission is to assist managers with their international information needs. U.S.-owned and operated, Icon Group has field offices in Paris, Hong Kong and Lomé, Togo (West Africa). Created in 1994, Icon Group has published hundreds of multi-client databases, and global/regional market data, industry and country publications.
Global/Regional Management Studies. Summarizing over 190 countries, management studies are generally organized into regional volumes and cover key management functions. The human resource series covers minimum wages, child labor, unionization and collective bargaining. The international law series covers media control and censorship, search and seizure, and trial justice and punishment. The diversity management series covers a variety of environmental context drivers that effect global operations. These include women's rights, children's rights, discrimination/racism, and religious forces and risks. Global strategic planning studies cover economic risk assessments, political risk assessments, foreign direct investment strategy, intellectual property strategy, and export strategies. Financial management studies cover taxes and tariffs. Global marketing studies focus on target segments (e.g. seniors, children, women) and strategic marketing planning.
Country Studies: Often managers need an in-depth, yet broad and up-to-date understanding of a country's strategic market potential and situation before the first field trip or investment proposal. There are over 190 country studies available. Each study consists of analysis, statistics, forecasts, and information of relevance to managers. The studies are continually updated to insure that the reports have the most relevant information available. In addition to raw information, the reports provide relevant analyses which put a more general perspective on a country (seen in the context of relative performance vis-à-vis benchmarks).
Industry Studies: Companies are racing to become more international, if not global in their strategies. For over 2000 product/industry categories, these reports give the reader a concise summary of latent market forecasts, pro-forma financials, import competition profiles, contacts, key references and trends across 200 countries of the world. Some reports focus on a particular product and region (up to four regions per product), while others focus on a product within a particular country.
Other reports of interest published by The Platinum Research Group includes:
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Australia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Austria
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Brazil
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Bulgaria
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Canada
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in China
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Czech Republic
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Denmark
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Finland
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in France
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Germany
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Greece
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Hong Kong
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Hungary
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in India
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Indonesia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Ireland
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Israel
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Italy
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Japan
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Lebanon
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Malaysia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Mexico
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Netherlands
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in North Korea
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Norway
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Peru
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Philippines
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Poland
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Russia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Saudi Arabia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Serbia & Montenegro
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Singapore
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in South Africa
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in South Korea
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Spain
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Sweden
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Switzerland
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Taiwan
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Thailand
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in Turkey
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in United Arab Emirates
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in United Kingdom
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Platinum in United States