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Empowering regions to enhance their global competitiveness through international engagement

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  • Initiative Overview
    • About the Research Effort
    • How to Use the Toolkit
  • Strategy and Planning
    • Making the Case for International Engagement
    • Getting Prepared to Create a Plan
    • Developing an FDI Strategy and Plan
    • Developing an Export Strategy and Plan
  • Promoting Exports
    • Outreach & Marketing
    • Support Services
    • Grants and Incentives
  • Attracting FDI
    • Outreach and Marketing
    • Prospect Support
    • Incentives
    • Aftercare
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    • Home
      • How to Use the Toolkit
    • Initiative Overview
      • About the Research Effort
    • Strategy and Planning
      • 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
          • 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
      • 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
      • Outreach & Marketing
        • Identifying Companies that Can Export
        • Recruiting Companies for Export Programs
        • Self-Assessment
        • Measuring Success
        • 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
        • Connecting Exporters with Finance Programs
        • Self-Assessment
        • Measuring Success
        • For More Information
    • Attracting FDI
      • 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
          • Access to talent
          • Commercial-ready sites
        • 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
    • Site Map

    • 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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