- Beyond Big Emerging Markets.
BE Green Lights Four Foreign Business Prospects BY NOW, YOU'VE HEARD OF THE BEMS, BIG EMERGING markets. While some of these countries, which include Turkey, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Poland, are now in turmoil, they are generally predicted to offer ......
- Research center cooperative effort pays off for
exporters.
There is a small U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)laboratory nearly lost among the warehouses and docks of the world's largest port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. But don't be fooled. The lab, the European Marketing Research Center, is an important part of USDA's effort to help U.S. farmers cope with world ......
- An inquiry into successful exporting: an empirical
investigation using a three-stage model.
Are there some specific and measurable characteristics common to all successful exporters? Past research efforts in the area of export management have identified several firm and managerial characteristics associated with the export activity of manufacturing firms (Cavusgil and Naor 1987, Moini 1992, Reid 1982). In the literature, export performance or ......
- Defining entrepreneurship.
DEFINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP We continue to know very little about entrepreneurs, even though there is much interest and many publications on the subject. Much of the material is fragmented and highly controversial. For example, self-employed individuals and business proprietors may be surprised to learn that some academics and researchers would suggest ......
- Connections for business: through his professional
network, Hamet Watt strengthens his business and helps others along the
way.
HAMET WATT HAS ALWAYS HAD A passion for entrepreneurship. He has held down a job since the age of 14 and has always pursued entrepreneurial activities. As an undergraduate at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, Watt formed a company to move and store the furniture of other students over ......
- The decision to discontinue exporting: SMEs in two
U.K. trade sectors. (Global Perspective).
A wide body of knowledge exists on the perceptions and activities of managers of both exporting and non-exporting firms. Furthermore, models have been proposed to categorize firms in various stages of internationalization exhibiting different export behavior and assistance requirements. Issues discussed in the literature have involved factors associated with managers' ......
- New Oregon center reduces hassles for
exporters.
New Oregon Center Reduces Hassles for Exporters U.S. food processors who market products to Pacific Rim countries can save time and money by taking advantage of export services offered by the Oregon Department of Agriculture's new Export Service Center in Portland. The center is the only one of its kind ......