Research parks: provide road map to new markets.

From: Plants Sites & Parks | Date: December 1, 2001 | Copyright information

The forest of foreign investment is overgrown with high overhead costs and misgiven market opportunities. To avoid getting trapped knee-deep in back-logged inventories or overdue loan payments, U.S. executives can find solace in numbers. Research and science parks can be havens where companies can get their feet wet in foreign business without getting soaked with budget burdens.

"When you first start pursuing markets in another country, it's really like starting your business again," says Jonathon Benson, president and CEO of The Ben Craig Center. The center is a nonprofit ...

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