PUBLICATIONS
As an association founded by international business faculty and trainers, NASBITE (i.e., North American Small Business International Trade Educators) has many qualified members who contribute to our resources and publications including:
- Trade educators from two-year and four-year colleges and universities;
- Trade advisors and specialists at all levels of federal, state, and local government;
- Trade service providers specializing in accounting, compliance, finance, legal, logistics, marketing and related fields;
- Small and midsize business owner-managers engaged in international business;
- BCO/Shippers and operating companies engaged in exporting and importing;
- Corporations engaged in manufacturing or producing goods and services worldwide.
THE GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR: TAKING YOUR BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL (4TH ED)
An excellent primer, The Global Entrepreneur uncovers all the hidden secrets to doing business in the real work. Author Jim Foley is praised for his street-smart advice. First printed in 1999, this text has been adopted by numerous colleges and universities for export and international trade education. It has also been used as a study resource guide for the NASBITE CGBP exam.
ROADMAP TO EXPORT SUCCESS: TAKE YOUR COMPANY FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL
The U.S. is a world leader in exporting – roughly $2 trillion in total export sales each year. Yet, astonishingly, only 1% of all U.S. companies and only 25% of our manufacturers are pursuing this veritable goldmine. If you are among the majority who are missing out because you are too afraid or don’t know where to begin, this book is for you. This book lays out the step-by-step export process that you can easily understand - the why’s, the how-to’s, the to-do’s, and the who’s who. It gives you the reasons for each step and provides useful links to all of the resources that you need to grow your successful export business. With this book as your guide, you are ready to build your export success story.
TRADE FINANCE GUIDE: A QUICK REFERENCE FOR U.S. EXPORTERS
Welcome to the 2022 edition of The Trade Finance Guide: A Quick Reference for U.S. Exporters. This guide explains the basics of trade finance so that U.S. companies, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), can evaluate appropriate financing options to help ensure they get paid for their export sales. This update of The Trade Finance Guide supports the Administration’s initiative to expand the number and diversity of U.S. businesses competing in global markets as outlined in the federal inter-agency Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee’s 2022 National Export Strategy. The updated Guide includes a new chapter addressing the recent surge in business startups and potential sources of capital that can help these new companies consider exporting and compete in niche markets globally.
ITA Trade Finance Guide Online
Bike-Makers, Inc. is a fictional case study about a family-owned bicycle manufacturing business located in the small and rural town of Peddle, North Carolina. The Bike-Makers management and leadership team embodies that of most small and midsize businesses, they are consumed with the relentless pursuit of becoming more competitive and profitable within the domestic U.S. market, and perhaps internationally.
The story of Bike-Makers has been written to promote learning transfer of global business competencies. These include export business planning; foreign market selection methods; foreign market entry strategies; finding foreign buyers and partners; selecting channels of distribution; mechanics of going global; and sustaining global success.
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AI-Integrated Export and Market-Entry Strategies: Evidence from SMEs in Resource-Constrained Emerging Markets
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets face persistent barriers to internationalization due to resource constraints, regulatory complexity, execution risk, and intense global competition. While artificial intelligence (AI) is widely recognized for enhancing strategic decision-making, its role in facilitating reliable export execution remains underexplored. This study synthesizes recent quantitative, qualitative, and conceptual research to assess the impact of AI integration on the export and market-entry performance of SMEs. This study synthesizes recent quantitative, qualitative, and conceptual research to assess the impact of AI integration on the export and market-entry performance of SMEs. While prior research has established that AI can enhance decision-making, productivity, and innovation, these benefits have often been examined in isolation from the operational and institutional conditions that shape cross-border trade. As a result, existing studies provide limited guidance on how AI-driven insights can be converted into compliant, executable, and financially viable export activities.
