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 Spices Research Group includes:
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Albania
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Argentina
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Australia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Austria
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Bahamas
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Bahrain
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Bangladesh
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Barbados
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Bolivia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Brazil
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Brunei
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Bulgaria
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Burma
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Cameroon
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Canada
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Chile
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in China
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Colombia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Costa Rica
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Cyprus
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Czech Republic
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Denmark
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Dominica
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Ecuador
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Egypt
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in El Salvador
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Ethiopia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Fiji
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Finland
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in France
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Germany
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Greece
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Guatemala
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Guinea
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Guyana
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Honduras
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Hong Kong
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Hungary
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in India
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Indonesia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Iran
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Ireland
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Israel
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Italy
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Jamaica
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Japan
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Jordan
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Kenya
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Lebanon
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Libya
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Madagascar
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Malawi
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Malaysia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Malta
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Mauritius
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Mexico
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Morocco
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Nepal
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Netherlands
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in New Caledonia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in New Zealand
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Nicaragua
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Nigeria
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Norway
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Pakistan
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Panama
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Papua New Guinea
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Peru
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Philippines
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Poland
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Portugal
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Romania
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Russia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Saudi Arabia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Serbia & Montenegro
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Seychelles
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Singapore
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in South Africa
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in South Korea
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Spain
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Sri Lanka
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in St. Kitts and Nevis
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Sudan
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Suriname
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Sweden
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Switzerland
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Syrian Arab Republic
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Taiwan
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Tanzania
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Thailand
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Trinidad and Tobago
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Tunisia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Turkey
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Uganda
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in United Arab Emirates
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in United Kingdom
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in United States
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Venezuela
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Vietnam
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Zambia
-- The 2000 Import and Export Market for Spices in Zimbabwe