Evolution of U.S. Trade Intermediaries: The Changing International Environment

Perry traces and analyzes the evolution of U.S. international trade intermediaries (ITIs) who perform a variety of functions essential to international trade on behalf of manufacturers unable or unwilling to assume them. This volume provides previously unavailable empirical data on ITIs and their strategies for survival in the turbulent international environment. Successful ITI strategies are identified, and implications for practitioners and policymakers are drawn.