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    • Initiative Overview
      • About the Research Effort
      • How to Use the Toolkit
      • State and Regional Coordination
      • Understanding International Trade
      • Partners and Resources
    • Strategy and Planning
      • Making the Case for International Engagement
        • The Rationale for FDI
          • FDI Statistics
        • The Rationale for Exports
      • International Engagement
      • Getting Prepared to Create a Plan
        • Organizing International Engagement at the Regional Level
          • Examples of Regional Collaboration Models
        • Understanding the International Engagement Planning Process and Ingredients for Success
        • Determining Whether to Expend Resources on FDI
        • Understanding What Assets or Strengths Matter to Foreign Investors
      • Self-Assessment
      • Measuring Success
      • More Information
    • Promoting Exports
      • Developing an Export Strategy and Plan
      • Outreach & Marketing
        • Identifying Companies that Can Export
        • Recruiting Companies for Export Programs
        • For More Information
      • Grants and Incentives
      • Self-Assessment
      • Support Services
        • Connecting Companies to Federal and State Export Assistance
        • Providing Export Assistance
          • Smaller Scale Regional EDOs
          • Larger and Major Metro Area EDOs
            • Considering a Trade Mission or Tradeshow
        • Self-Assessment
        • For More Information
      • Measuring Success
      • Success Story
    • Attracting FDI
      • Develop FDI Outreach and Marketing Plan
        • Step 1: Conducting a Regional Assessment for FDI Strategy
        • Step 2: Developing Effective Value Propositions
        • Step 3: Targeting Foreign Investors
        • Step 4: Embracing FDI Mergers & Acquisitions
          • Why Foreign Firms Acquire U.S. companies
          • Profile of FDI M&A Targets
        • Step 5: Putting Together the FDI Plan
      • Outreach and Marketing
        • Cultivate Regional Brand
        • Develop FDI Outreach and Marketing Plan
        • Leverage Partners to Generate Leads
        • Meet and assist leads and prospects
        • Self Assessment
        • Measuring Success
        • For More Information
      • Prospect Support
        • Prepare the Community to Receive Prospects
        • Customize information
        • Connect prospects to familiar faces and resources
        • Self Assessment
        • Measuring Success
        • For More Information
      • Incentives
        • Assessing the Need for Incentives
        • Designing Effective Incentives for FDI
        • Negotiating Incentives
        • Managing Incentives
        • Self Assessment
        • Measuring Success
        • For More Information
      • Success Story
      • Aftercare
        • Getting Firms Operational
          • Commercial-ready sites
          • Access to talent
        • Expansion Support
          • Starting a Successful Aftercare Program
          • Seven Fundamentals to Quality Aftercare
          • Key Elements in Operating an Aftercare Unit
          • Creating a “concierge” experience
          • Navigating Regulatory and Intermediary Services
          • Executive and Worker Engagement
          • Aid to Start-ups and Scale-ups
          • Addressing Mergers and Acquisitions
          • Self Assessment
          • Measuring Success
          • For More Information
        • Navigating Regulatory and Intermediary Services
        • Executive and Worker Engagement
        • Aid to Start-ups and Scale-ups
        • Addressing Mergers and Acquisitions
        • Self Assessment
        • Measuring Success
        • For More Information
    • Hot Topics
      • Resources for the COVID-19 Economic Recovery
      • Supply Chain Preparedness
      • Other Economic Development Policies Relating to Trade
    • Strategy and Planning – Archive
      • Making the Case for International Engagement
        • The Rationale for FDI
          • FDI Statistics
        • The Rationale for Exports
      • Getting Prepared to Create a Plan
        • Organizing International Engagement at the Regional Level
        • Understanding the International Engagement Planning Process and Ingredients for Success
        • Determining Whether to Expend Resources on FDI
        • Understanding What Assets or Strengths Matter to Foreign Investors
      • Developing an FDI Strategy and Plan
        • Step 1: Conducting a Regional Assessment for FDI Strategy
        • Step 2: Developing Effective Value Propositions