11/04/2014
Approaching market entry strategy from a rock climbing perspective
Approaching market entry strategy from a rock climbing perspective.
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08/04/2014
Human or machine translation for your international business communications?
Google or not to Google? That is the question. Or rather, when it comes to translating important international business communications, that’s one of the questions a new exporter may ask. That’s because free translation online—what the translation industry calls machine translation, or MT—can be really tempting to time- or budget-pressed exporters.
02/04/2014
Top 3 Ontario government grants to support growth of Canadian exporters
Canadian federal and provincial governments have stepped up to offer funding programs that help Canadian exporters that manufacture goods in Canada and are currently engaged in or planning to export in 2014.
01/04/2014
In how many ways can you get paid during international trade transactions?
The basic and most common forms of settlement of international trade transactions are open account (where payment on delivery is the most common), documentary collections,…
01/04/2014
Jingjing Xu, CITP|FIBP — Market Intelligence Specialist
Jingjing Xu is a Market Intelligence Specialist for Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP), and has been in the international businesses field for a number of years.
28/03/2014
Upcoming #TradeElite networking session & recap of how to get more SMEs involved in export
We’ll soon be hosting our third installment of our #TradeElite Twitter chat, getting international business professionals talking about the issues that matter in global trade today. During our last chat, Doug Taylor, CITP, led us in a discussion on how to get more SMEs involved in export.
25/03/2014
Can international business in Quebec survive a separation from Canada?
Canada is going through the specter of another separation threat from Quebec. What does this mean from an international point of view? Will other countries be willing, or even interested in doing business with Quebec? Will it maintain the credibility that it currently has as part of one of the few countries in the world that are universally admired? Will the world just shrug off a separation from Canada and move on?
25/03/2014
Colleen Power, CITP|FIBP — Trade Strategist
Colleen Power is playing an important role in international trade development in Nova Scotia as a Trade Strategist with Nova Scotia Business Inc., Nova Scotia’s private sector-led business development agency.
21/03/2014
Taking leadership in international trade as a career, not just an activity
Have you ever wondered why international trade jobs aren’t more widely recognized and standardized as occupations? Us too, so we’ve decided to take action to change that. As far as we know, this is something that has never been done before by anyone else in the world!
18/03/2014
Don’t let these 5 political risks sink your exports
International trade is a risk/reward business. There can be greater payment, logistical, regulatory and political risks when dealing with overseas suppliers and customers. Nevertheless, your business will reap rewards if you can develop a competitive global supply chain, penetrate profitable export markets with quality products and services, while successfully managing the increased risks.