HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR COMPANY?

Thomas M^cKaig  International Inc. and its team of multi-lingual advisors is pleased to provide your
firm with these complimentary on line needs assessment questions.
 
There is neither right nor wrong reply. We hope that some of your replies might stimulate new thoughts about corporate expansion. 

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Please indicate your professional title or designation:  Chairman President, Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Senior Management (Director, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Manager) Entrepreneur owner/self employed Engineer;  Doctor;  Dentist;  Barrister  Chartered Accountant   Other    SECTION ONE (OPTIONAL)   Mr.  Mrs.  Ms.  Dr  Other      Surname   Middle Initial   First Name:    Company/Organization Name:   Business Card Title   Street Address   Office Tower Name   Floor/Suite number   PO Box   City   Province/State/Territory   Country   Postal/Zip code   Telephone with area code   Office Extension   Telefax   E-mail   Web Site (URL)   Your Time Zone (TMI is in Toronto's time zone / same as New York (EST)   Your Company's/Organization's Office Hours    Number of Employees   SECTION TWO 1. Do you currently sell your goods/services locally ?  Yes  No    provincially ? Yes  No    inter-provincially ? Yes  No    state/inter-state ? Yes  No    territory/inter-territory ? Yes  No    inter-continentally ? Yes  No          Within NAFTA? Yes  No    Into other trading blocks? Yes  No    If so, Which ones? (Mercosur, Andean Pact, European Union)   Internationally? (Common Markets or other etc). Yes  No  2. Are your destination trading countries members of the World Trade Organization? Yes  No  3. How do you define international trade? 4. Are there any recurring market entry barriers inherent to your ongoing transactions?  Cultural  Government regulation 5. What are potential infra-structure impediments facing your international business. Distribution systems  Warehousing  Telecommunications Transportation  Other  6. How are your foreign business ventures funded? - privately? corporately financed?  7.  Have you ever enquired about funding from Chartered Banks or Multilateral Aid agencies ? [Canadian International Development Agency, the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, the European Bank for Re-construction and Development (EBRD)]  Yes  No    If so, do the disbursed monies actually meet your project's cash flow requirements? Yes  No  8.  Do you use letters of credit, or other such financing instruments? (open account, swaps, futures, etc) Yes  No  9. To what extent is your business now affected by foreign competition?   During the short to mid term period (1 to 5 years hence), do you see your current level of foreign competition remaining the same, decreasing or increasing? remaining the same  increasing  decreasing    Why?   Why not? 10. What are the most valuable qualities of your key personnel? 11. Are you or your staff uni-lingual, bi-lingual or multi-lingual?  uni-lingual  bi- lingual  multi-lingual    Which language(s)? 12. What are the five (5) core skills you expect from an international trade professional who conducts business abroad? 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.    What is the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT)?    What is a Certified International Trade Professional (C.I.T.P.)? 13.  What is/are your business's strongest asset(s)? 14. What is/are your business's biggest liability(ies)? 15  What kinds of technology did you use of in 1990?  16. Are you using more technology (computers, video conferencing, etc.) today than you were in 1990? Yes  No      We hope that this complimentary survey will equip your operations with new ideas about existing or new horizons. Let us now return you to TMI's Web Site! Please contact us for your international market entry  and education needs.

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