How to Build an Export Business
A 250-page handbook, written by FITA Chairman Nelson Joyner, for entrepreneurs who want to build their own export business and for executives and professionals recently assigned export responsibilities in their organization.
A directory of international business resources on the Internet. From export manuals to automatic translators and online shipment trackers to virtual consultants, the directory spotlights more than 8,000 of the best export information and tools online.
Exporting is a dynamic area of commerce that is often misunderstood. However, it takes know-how to gain a profit. Export Savvy: From Basics to Strategy explains export management in its full context from the concepts of international trade to the key elements that influence and comprise its effectiveness. This understanding will help you make better decisions so you can maximize your potential in international markets.
Starting an Import/Export Business (Entrepreneur Magazine Series
The notion of "going international" can be a daunting prospect for most small business owners. But in today's increasingly competitive economy, international markets can no longer be overlooked. This straightforward resource covers all the basics--from prospecting new markets to competitive pricing to all the legal issues likely to emerge.
Import/Export : How to Get Started in International Trade
This fully revised, updated edition of the acclaimed starter guide offers a timely, action-oriented road map to the hottest business opportunities in today's global economy. Valuable tips and strategies help would-be entrepreneurs choose a product for import or export, cut through government red tape, price for profit, take advantage of tax incentives, and more. 45 illustrations.
Using the Web to Compete in a Global Marketplace
Beginning with an overview of what the digital revolution means for free trade, this book offers rare insight into the entire operation. It gives valuable information on everything from building the site to the issue of language and content to researching foreign markets.
Internet Resources and Services for International Business : A Global Guide
With the increasing globalization of business, the Internet will become of paramount importance as a resource for business, students, researchers, and reference librarians. This guide breaks new ground in seeking to bring some control to the ebb and flow of business Web sites. It covers more than 175 countries and regions and includes more than 2,500 sites. Some countries are not included, since Net access has not yet permeated certain areas of the world.
The Thunderbird Guide to International Business Resources on the World Wide Web
This handy resource evolved out of a classroom environment reflecting the realities of the information age. Thunderbird students, being well versed in international business, culture and language, gathered global business information on the World Wide Web for assigned regions of the world. The text is divided into chapters organized around general regions of the globe. Each of these major groupings are further divided into areas and countries most beneficial to today's business professional. All chapters are preceded by a concise introduction to the region and sometimes a country which provides insight into its culture, business practices, political systems and risk, and social aspects.
Providing a clear and concise introduction to the legal, financial and transport aspects of the export trade, this is the first export handbook to offer in-depth surveys of all the key ICC instruments, with detailed sections devoted to Incoterms 1990, ICC arbitration, and the UCP 500 and documentary credits. Also covered are: model contracts for international sale, agency and distributorship, transport practices and documents, and export risk management. The book explores the recent phenomenon of EDI and electronic networks for use in international trade and includes a handy Export-Import Glossary of the principal terms and abbreviations, along with listings of helpful books and other information resources.
Used the world over to specify the obligations for delivering goods in international contracts, Incoterms 2000 is a vital publication for international traders. When drafting their contracts, buyers and sellers can be sure of defining their responsibilities simply and safely by referring to one of the ICC Incoterms, eliminating any possibility of misunderstanding and subsequent dispute. Each of the Incoterms is explained point by point, detailing the obligations of both buyer and seller. Traders, lawyers, insurers and bankers will all find Incoterms 2000 both easy to use and easy to understand.
Organized with the user in mind, the Guide to Incoterms takes the basic text of Incoterms 1990 and explains how each of the terms is used in practice. It has an expanded introduction placing Incoterms 1990 in the context of previous versions of Incoterms. Subsequent chapters take the user through Incoterms and the contract of sale; the elements of E-, F-, C- and D-terms; an overview of the buyer's and seller's obligations and a section-by-section analysis of each of the 13 Incoterms. Crisply written, coherent and easy to follow, this is the only official guide to Incoterms 1990, developed under the auspices of the ICC.
This guide uses a unique combination of charts and sample documents to illustrate the documentary credit process from the time of the credit application through the issuing process and concluding with the means of settlement. Using concrete examples of how the documentary credit process works in practice with specific references to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 500), the book provides an indispensable tool for import/export traders, bankers, training services, and anyone involved in day-to-day credit operations.
Key Words in International Trade
With a preface by Arthur Dunkel. Contains EU terminology This revised edition includes translations of more than 3,000 entries vital to international business. Thoroughly researched and comprehensive, the translated terms and abbreviations are those most commonly used in international law and commerce and are taken from the fields of banking, transport, management, marketing, arbitration, trade, telecommunications and international organizations. For negotiating contracts, dealing with documentary credits, filling out transport documents or planning a new marketing programme, Key Words is the ideal working aid to refer to, providing a source of accurate and up-to-date business terminology in the five main languages of European trade.
INTERLINGUA Multilingual International Trade Lexicon
A single global Lexicon that permits transparent, instantaneous access to terminology in any of six languages from one’s native language: English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese. Further, the most popular trade tools and references (such as Incoterms, World IATA/City Codes, Country Codes, Currency Codes, World Time Zones and International Dialing Codes, Weights & Measures and OnLine Resource Guide) are included in the Lexicon.
Asia Falling : Making Sense of the Asian Currency Crisis and Its Aftermath
In Asia Falling, Callum Henderson explores the depths of the Asian currency crisis with a detailed critique of Asian economic and political policies and a call for deregulation of local markets. This is the first comprehensive look at the Asian financial crisis and should be useful to anyone doing business or investing in Asia. It is packed with solid recommendations for investors, providing policy-level political analyses on the actions and reactions that have led to Asia's currency crisis.
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