The Export Import Bank of the U.S. (ExIm) is set to expire at the end of the month, which has spawned a brawl between Boeing and U.S.-based airlines over the lower-cost financing that it provides to foreign-based air carriers. ExIm versus MAP The Export Import Bank of the U.S. (ExIm) is set to expire at the end of the month, which has spawned a brawl between Boeing and U.S.-based airlines over the lower-cost financing that it provides to foreign-based air carriers. ExIm operates under a required target that 20 percent of its financing benefit exports by small businesses. Proponents of reauthorization argue that the vast majority of its loans benefit small business. However, on a total U.S. dollar basis, the vast majority of funds finance...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.