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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
        • 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
      • Developing an Export Strategy and Plan
        • Step 1: Conducting a Regional Data Assessment for Export Strategy
        • Step 2: Putting Together the Export Plan
      • Self Assessment
      • Measuring Success
      • For More Information
    • Promoting Exports – Archive
      • Developing an Export Strategy and Plan
      • Outreach & Marketing
        • Identifying Companies that Can Export
        • Recruiting Companies for Export Programs
        • Self-Assessment
        • Measuring Success
        • For More Information
        • For More Information
      • 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
        • Measuring Success
        • For More Information
      • Grants and Incentives
        • Providing Grant Funding for Exporters
        • Self-Assessment
        • Connecting Exporters with Finance Programs
        • Measuring Success
        • For More Information
    • Attracting FDI – Archive
      • Outreach and Marketing
        • Develop FDI Outreach and Marketing Plan
        • Cultivate Regional Brand
        • 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
      • 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
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    • Support Services

    This section provides information on export promotion services available to support regional companies, and covers the role of regional EDOs in providing these services.

    Common Practices

    Connecting Companies to Federal and State Export Assistance

    Providing Export Assistance

    Additional Help

    Self-Assessment

    Measuring Success

    For More Information

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