Tag Archives: small business exports

How U.S. State Governments Can Help Small and Mid-sized Firms Become Exporters

This is co-authored with Jessica Lee, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and highlights our new report. Out of all the companies in the United States, only 4 percent are exporters. This statistic is surprising given the outsized role that … Continue reading

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Aid for eTrade – Accelerating the Global eCommerce Revolution

Some days ago I presented at CSIS a new paper, Aid for eTrade – Accelerating the Global eCommerce Revolution, that I wrote as CSIS Adjunct Fellow with the support of eBay. The paper argues that a quiet revolution is taking place … Continue reading

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Use Crowdfunding to Fuel Your Global Business

I recently wrote a piece for SmallBiz Daily: http://www.smallbizdaily.com/17305/use-crowdfunding-fuel-global-business/ As the global economy rebounds, exporting is a great way to grow your small business. Consumer wallet space and infrastructure spending is booming in the emerging markets, frontier economies of Africa, … Continue reading

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eTrade Readiness Index by EIU – My interview on catalyzing cross-border ecommerce

I was recently interviewed about the reforms needed for fueling cross-border eCommerce for the new “The G20 e-Trade Readiness Index“, and Economist Intelligence Unit report, commissioned by eBay Inc. The report is based on a quantitative index ranking of countries … Continue reading

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Why Is ExIm Bank Having Such Hard Time with Reauthorization?

The U.S. Export-Import Bank (ExIm Bank) is in the throes of its toughest experience yet. Congress is heatedly debating whether to reauthorize the ExIm Bank’s charter, and if it doesn’t act by September 30th, the agency will no longer be … Continue reading

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