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14/10/2014
International trade requires you to operate outside your comfort zone, but that’s where the magic really happens in terms of flourishing, shining and achieving your goals.
19/08/2014
But even if you have a product or service that seems to have international appeal, your company may not actually be ready for international trade. Doing business overseas is much more complicated than staying at home, and any successful exporter will tell you that they looked very carefully at their company before they decided to go abroad.
08/08/2014
Ted Benson has over forty years of experience in international trade. He has learned through trial and error, time and again, that skills development is essential to be successful in the industry.
18/07/2014
A company that has decided to export its products to a new market or to buy from a new supplier in a different country cannot take for granted that the potential transaction(s) will be viable, profitable or provide goods at a price and quality that are competitive. From a financial point of view, a transaction may prove unrealistic if the cost of entering a market is too high, the competition is gruelling, or the price the company needs to charge in the new market is not competitive.
15/07/2014
We recently had a chat with Scott Forbes, Director of Human Resources at Emerson Process Management’s Canada Engineering Center in Calgary, AB, who has volunteered…
10/06/2014
Like many before him—and some after as well—Dieter Hollweck learned how to do international trade from the ground up; through the school of hard knocks.
“Learning that way is very expensive, and can sometimes be deadly for your business,” says Dieter, the Forum for International Trade Training’s (FITT) founding father. “But everybody had an international trade horror story back then!”
11/02/2014
Are you looking for a career in international trade? It is not all about searching, it is also about researching and showing potential employers that you are serious and that you make contact with them having already done your research.
25/06/2013
Daniela Diaconu had a problem. She enjoyed considerable experience working in global business in Canada and her native Romania, completed many courses in commerce, business administration and international trade, and yet she had no formal accreditation to show for her vast experience and deep knowledge.
10/06/2013
No one needs to convince Emiliano Introcaso that earning the CITP designation was a wise move. He has no problem rhyming off the job and…
17/04/2013
Heinrich Stubbe and Pilar Arjona of Stubbe Chocolates, and Ian Clark of Bridgehead. Photo courtesy of Adrienne Jarabek, Co-VP Communications, OWIT-Ottawa Last week the Organization…
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