Import/Export: A Guide to Growth, Profits, and Market Share.Welcome to Import/Export 101. Import/Export: A Guide to Growth, Profits, and Market Share looks and reads like a textbook. But just because you don't want to go back to school doesn't mean you should pass on this book. With the quickening quickening /quick·en·ing/ (kwik´en-ing) the first perceptible movement of the fetus in the uterus. quick·en·ing n. pace of the trade market, some "remedial reading" should be a blessing. If you're on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout a book to devour de·vour tr.v. de·voured, de·vour·ing, de·vours 1. To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat. 2. To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes. in one weekend, this isn't it. But if you want to be tutored in the proper ways of maneuvering through importing and exporting, then set aside your evenings and study this book. Chapter five, "Organizing for Exports," explains two sensible ways to get involved in exporting: as an export agent or export management company. Export agents hire overseas representatives to sell products by catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. or samples, and the reps get a percentage of the sales. As an export management company, you sell an array of products for several non-competing manufacturers. You can sell the goods under your firm's name and reap a commission--7.5% to 20%--of what is sold. After 200 pages of basic training, the author adds 262 pages of appendices ap·pen·di·ces n. A plural of appendix. that offer contacts to answer virtually any import/export question. Author Howard Goldsmith boasts 17 years in the field, and it shows. |
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