The Global Marketing Imperative

Book excerpt: The global imperative the world is your marketplace; Familiarity breeds success international research: the broad-brush approach; The closer, the better in-depth international research; Taking your first steps finding local guides and shipping the goods; Presence without proprietorship easing into the market through licensing and franchising; The art of negotiation: global style; What if the shoe doesn't fit adapting products for international markets; What price the world? global pricing strategy; The payoff establishing terms of payment; Tapping into public financing commercial loans and lines of credit; Countertrade the old barter system takes on new life; Betting on the winners foreign direct investment, joint ventures, and management contracts; Who'sat the whell? controlling foreign operations; Getting the word out global promotional strategies, policies, and ploys; Remarkable, risky, and rewarding global marketing into the 21st century.