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
Alba, Pedro (author), Blandford, David (author), Boisvert, Richard N. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University; Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 66 Document Number: C02562
Spatz, Karen J. (author / Agricultural Economist, Agricultural Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1991-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06151
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection; See C06148 for original, In: Nichols, John P.; Kinnucan, Henry W.; and Ackerman, Karen Z., eds. Economic effects of generic promotion programs for agricultural exports : papers presented at a symposium on evaluating economic effects of generic promotion programs for agricultural exports; 1990 February 22-23; Washington, D.C. College Station, TX : Agricultural and Food Policy Center, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 1991. p. 23-30
Wilson, Winston (author / President, U.S. Wheat Associates)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1991-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06152
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection; See C06148 for original, In: Nichols, John P.; Kinnucan, Henry W.; and Ackerman, Karen Z., eds. Economic effects of generic promotion programs for agricultural exports : papers presented at a symposium on evaluating economic effects of generic promotion programs for agricultural exports; 1990 February 22-23; Washington, D.C. College Station, TX : Agricultural and Food Policy Center, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 1991. p. 33-36
