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Your Global Edge: Using Letters of Credit in China

Doing business globally often involves taking risks that can become a significant challenge for importers and exporters. Reducing financial and payment risk is essential for your business's ongoing competitiveness and future success. Using Letters of Credit in China will explain the importance of using letters of credit to lower risk from two key perspectives - an expert banker and an experienced company.

Global Marketing: Managing Your Global Distributor

Part of YOUR GLOBAL EDGE: high-value training for a competitive world

Developing a win-win relationship with your global distributor is critical to successfully expanding into new markets and growing your company's international sales. Managing Your Global Distributor covers all the important factors that you need to consider while selecting and working with an international sales and marketing partner.

Your Global Edge

High-value training for a competitive world

In today's world, networking will only take you so far. As a business professional in a competitive world, what you need is the cutting-edge and high-value information that will help you make the decisions that will grow sales, lower costs and reduce risks.

Institute for Economic Development Releases Study and Recommendations for Manufacturing Sector

Read the Study: Manufacturing Sector Dynamics

New Orleans, LA - April 17, 2008. Over the past 50 years, the proportion of Americans employed in manufacturing jobs has declined steadily. Today, less then one in ten U.S. workers are employed in the manufacturing industry. Industry churn has implications for both communities and individuals that rely on the economic value of manufacturing plants and jobs. Following three years of study, Manufacturing Sector Dynamics outlines the trends and requirements of manufacturing in the United States, and presents policy recommendations for how the U.S. Economic Development Administration and others can help stem and adjust to the impact of declines in U.S. manufacturing.

Mexican Congress and its Committee on the Economy Visit Downtown UTSA

UTSA-IED VP Bob McKinley leads the conference.

Today is historical for the Institute for Economic Development (IED) at The University of Texas at San Antonio, as we are hosting a delegation of the Mexican Congress and its Committee on the Economy, who will be learning thoroughly about our SBDC and other programs as a potential model to incorporate into federal law and their economic development infrastructure in Mexico.

After visiting San Antonio, the Mexican Congressional delegation will subsequently visit Washington, D.C. to meet with the U.S. House Small Business Committee and the U.S. Small business Administration to learn of legislative and administrative implementation of this program.

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