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• Initiative Overview
  • About the Research Effort
  • How to Use the Toolkit
  • Understanding International Trade
  • State and Regional Coordination
  • 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