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Small Business Exports Edge Up

Posted February 6th, 2012 by Brahm Canzer & filed under Part 1 Business in a Global Environment, Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives, Part 4: Marketing Management, Part 5 Managing Technology and Information.

Description:  Small businesses have increased their share of exports in the two years since President Obama set a goal to double U.S. sales abroad by 2015, according to new federal data.

Source:  Businessweek.com

Date: 02/02/2012

Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/archives/2012/02/small_business_exports_edge_up.html

Questions for discussion:

  • What are the reasons for the improved exports by small businesses?
  • Can this be sustained? If so, how?

Tags: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility (p34) Competing in World Markets (p104) Customer-Driven Marketing (p350) Economic Challenges Facing Contemporary Business (p70) Human Resource Management : From Recruitment to Labor Relations (p252) Management Leadership and the Internal Organization (p216) Product and Distribution Strategies (p386) Production and Operations Management (p314) Promotion and Pricing Strategies (p426) The Changing Face of Business (p2) Top Performance through Empowerment Teamwork and Communication (p284) Using Technology to Manage Information (p466)

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