International Perspectives on Trade Promotion and Assistance

S. TAMER CAVUSGIL is Director of the International Business Development Program at Michigan State University. He is also the developer of CORE software, a microcomputer program to assess company readiness to export. His publications include Export Market Research: A Guide to Profitable Exporting and Doing Business with Developing Countries: A Negotiations Framework. In addition, he serves as the editor of two professional publications and is an active member of the Academy of International Business, American Marketing Association, European International Business Association, and the Academy of Marketing Science.MICHAEL R. CZINKOTA is Professor of Marketing and International Business at the School of Business Administration at Georgetown University. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Information and Analysis. Among his publications are Export Policy: A Global Assessment and Export Development Strategies.

• Foreword by Richard J. Lewis Foreword by Ralph H. Smuckler Preface by S. Tamer Cavusgil and Michael R. Czinkota State and Federal Programs Is Minnesota's Export Portfolio a Good Mix? by LeaAnn Stagg A Review of Export Promotion Programs in the Ten Largest Industrial States by William C. Lesch, Abdolreza Eshghi, and Golpira Eshghi State Development Programs: Assessment and Recommendations by mark Lincoln Chadwin Compro: The Government Foreign Trade Data Base by Bruce Guthrie The United States and Foreign Commercial Service by Peter Frederick International Perspectives Australian Policies for Trade Promotion and Assistance: Review and Evaluation by Nigel Barrett and I.F. Wilkinson State of Victoria's Export Market Development Program by John G. Onto Export Promotion in the Netherlands by Bert Piest and Henk A. Ritsema Stimulating Scottish and UK Economies through Export Promotion Programs by Colin Wheeler Export Promotion and Trade Fairs in Norway: Are There Better Ways? by Carl Arthur Solberg Export Promotion in the People's Republic of China: Some Comments by Hans B. Thorelli Export Promotion and Assistance: A Comparative Analysis by Lisa A. Elvey University and Private Initiatives World Trade Centers: Key Questions in Establishing a Private Sector Response to Global Integration by Michael A. Weininger Center for International Trade Development--Oklahoma State University: A Key Player in Oklahoma's International Economic Development by R. Duane Hall and Amy Albertson Tuncel Export Promotion Projects of the U.S. Department of Education's Business and International Education Program by Susanna C. Easton Export Development Efforts in the U.S.: Experiences and Lessons Learned by S. Tamer Cavusgil Research Findings Perceived Barriers to Exporting and Export Assistance Requirements by Sridhar N. Ramaswami and Yoo Yang Behavioral Coreelates of Exporting: FIndings from a Michigan Survey by Attila Yaprak U.S. Textile and Apparel Exporters: Competing in World Markets by Susan B. Hester and Barbara J. Vanden Berghe Conclusion by Michael R. Czinkota and S. Tamer Cavusgil Index