Saxowsky, D.M. (author), Krause, J.H. (author), and Gustafson, C.R. (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
1998-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 107 Document Number: C10133
Notes:
search from AgEcon., Agricultural Economics Report 405. September 1998, 47 pages; Adobe Acrobat PDF K bytes, Literature reports that small and medium firms face greater difficulty in obtaining the necessary export market information and in obtaining financing than do larger firms. Accordingly, the United States has many export promotion and enhancement services, but there is little documentation on the impacts of these services on small and medium rural and
agricultural firms. The objectives of this project were to 1) analyze the export assistance needs of small and medium rural and agricultural firms operating in the Northern Plains region at different stages of the export or internationalization process, 2) identify available export assistance and promotion services offered at the federal and state levels to meet the needs of these firms, and 3) identify factors that may increase the effectiveness of export assistance programs. The primary assistance these firms wanted from the government was help in documenting their exports. The primary reasons firms did not seek government assistance were a lack of knowledge of the service and the service is not useful. The most often used non-government information sources were trade or industry associations and banks. Accordingly, policy makers should emphasize programs that complement efforts of private organizations and that target the needs and interests of the firms. Keywords: export, rural, agriculture, export assistance, Northern Plains, government
Hallman, W.K. (author / Rutgers University), Metcalfe, J. (author / Rutgers University), and Ecosystem Policy Research Center, Cook College, Rutgers University
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: C10253
Kinsey, Jean (author) and Ndayisenga, Fidele (author)
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
1994-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: C10325
Journal Title Details:
Staff paper P94-25, 19 pages
Notes:
This staff papers is derived from the Ph.D. dissertation by Fidele Ndayisenga titled the "Impacts of Farm and food Firms' Lobbying Expenditures on Transfers to Agriculture, 1994, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota., Staff Papers of University of Minnesota
