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23/07/2014
Zeeshanali Fazal is an Underwriter and Advisor of Financial Guarantees at Export Development Canada (EDC) in Montreal, Quebec. He was born in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he spent his childhood. Zeeshanali moved to Pakistan in the early 1990s, and by the late 1990s he moved to Canada where he completed his high school, CEGEP and university education in finance.
18/07/2014
A company that has decided to export its products to a new market or to buy from a new supplier in a different country cannot take for granted that the potential transaction(s) will be viable, profitable or provide goods at a price and quality that are competitive. From a financial point of view, a transaction may prove unrealistic if the cost of entering a market is too high, the competition is gruelling, or the price the company needs to charge in the new market is not competitive.
15/07/2014
We recently had a chat with Scott Forbes, Director of Human Resources at Emerson Process Management’s Canada Engineering Center in Calgary, AB, who has volunteered…
07/03/2014
By now you’ve probably heard about how social media marketing is important to your business. Yet most businesses and their employees still struggle to understand…
10/09/2013
As an Executive Assistant, Janisette Cruz knows that it is important to understand her employer’s business and be in a position to add value to the management chain. Her employer, PoleCo, is working on developing a market in Latin America. In her current job, Janisette enjoys applying her skills, experience and international trade expertise to help PoleCo achieve its goals.
18/06/2013
“All of that stuff doesn’t just magically appear in the middle of the desert,” said Master Warrant Officer Randy Reilly, logistician with the Canadian Forces…
05/02/2013
Challenges of jurisdiction A major complexity faced by people engaged in international trade and global commerce relates to the different legal and political jurisdictions that…
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