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Our Services

The Global Research Institute of International Trade, LLC is a private, innovative, award-winning international trade consulting firm and think-tank. We are dedicated to empowering small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in minimizing risks and maximizing opportunities in the global market and government entities to implement trade policies effectively.

We assist public and private sector clients in the United States and abroad and from various economic sectors enter, expand, and compete in global markets throughout North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Africa.

Our primary services include customized market research, market analysis and selection, export readiness assessments, trade facilitation and capacity building, market entry strategy development and implementation, competitiveness studies, trade policy analyses, and business training and workshops

Advisory

Our clients have benefited from our first-hand knowledge, experience, and insight into key areas of international trade. Those areas range from starting an import/export business to getting your product/service into an overseas market.

Clients have found value in the time saved trying to figure out the global expansion process alone plus the money saved by not making unnecessary costly errors. As a result, they can focus on enhancing their product/service and developing a strategy to compete over the long-term in the best market.

Our advisory services include a set schedule of in-depth one-on-one sessions, a roadmap of required activities to turn insight into action, an accountability framework, and connection to key resources to facilitate the import/export of a good or service.

Business & Policy Research

Our clients have found value in the time and money saved by having a systematic, targeted approach to identifying the best market for their product/service and their firm. Prior to spending money traveling to different markets and spending resources on a market just because of a few inquiries, our clients begin the global expansion process with a clear understanding of why a market(s) would offer long-term, consistent, and sustainable opportunities to grow their revenue and profit.

We provide customized market research and strategy recommendations that make sense for that particular company and its product/service.

In addition, we collaborate with organizations to offer research and analyses of global trade policies (e.g., trade agreements) and their impact on firms, industries, and larger economies.

eLearning

Our e-learning courses are designed to walk participants through the export process. Our main course addresses an overlooked aspect of international trade–exporting a service. By the end of our courses, students will have a preliminary export plan from which to build toward starting the export process.

Our courses are based on over 15 years of designing, teaching, and enhancing courses on international trade from the business, economic, and policy perspectives. These courses have been taught at a variety of institutions in the United States and overseas.

Workshops

We provide hands-on, interactive training in-person and virtually to business owners, executives, and representatives; students; and non-profit organizations. Our workshops can be customized to fit the needs of your organization and audience. Examples of past workshops have focused on conducting market research for global expansion, using international trade statistical databases, developing a sound global business plan, trade agreements and programs, and exporting goods and services.

Consulting

Whereas others focus on the what, GRIIT focuses on the why and how!

Our Approach

GRIIT relies on scholarly research to provide simple, yet sound, solutions for business associations, business owners, organizations and universities eager to compete in the global economy.

Approach

Individual clients benefit from a research-based analysis of their companies to determine the best market opportunities for their products and/or services, identify their competitive edge, understand the players in the same market, and develop the most appropriate strategy to enter these markets.

Impact

Clients in a various industries, such as food manufacturing, who have worked with GRIIT have commented that our targeted approach has saved them the frustration and energy of sifting through and trying to comprehend a lot of complex, oftentimes unrelated data; the time trying to figure things out during the export process; and money associated with making costly errors. Savings in these areas–frustration/energy, time, money–has allowed GRIIT clients to focus on what matters–manufacturing their product and building the right team.

Deliverables

With the help of several GRIIT researchers and a main advisor, clients receive a customized export-market analysis and strategy recommendations for entering those markets, among other firm-level data. Clients starting out with a long-term strategy in mind early on in the process benefit from additional GRIIT resources and contacts to actually guide them through the implementation phase of that strategy.

Our Methods

An Intake Questionnaire is available for potential individual clients, such as business owners and representatives for a company, who are interested in GRIIT’s services to complete and submit. This information helps the main adviser to determine the best short, medium and long-term approach to meet the potential client’s needs.

Connect With Us

GRIIT offers first-time potential clients a complimentary exploratory session, during which a consultant and the potential client will discuss the latter’s interests and needs based on answers provided in the Intake Questionnaire, identify areas where GRIIT can assist, and present an action plan. Request for a follow-up exploratory session after the complimentary session will require a minimal fee per hour that must be paid upfront. Should the potential client decide to move forward by signing a retainer agreement, he/she can use the follow-up session fee as a credit toward the deposit to retain GRIIT’s services. Click here to schedule your complimentary consultation today.

eLearning Course

The Basic of Exporting Services

This course offers students a practical step-by-step guide to delivering a professional service to consumers based in overseas markets.

Special emphasis is placed on how to identify global market opportunities, selecting the right market for a firm’s services.

Introduction to Exporting

We begin our journey into exporting a service by first understanding the importance of bringing services trade to the forefront of our discussions about international trade practices, strategies, and policies. Next, you will understand how the course is structured and what this course means for your global business goal

Planning & Preparation

At this step, we will walk through the steps of building a sound export plan to identify market opportunities, select the best market for a firm and its services, connecting with funding resources, ensuring payment, and using e-commerce and other forms of digital technology.

Bonus Material

Now, that we have gained the tools to develop a sound services-based export plan, let’s begin the process of finding contract and grant opportunities. This section offers us more in-depth insight into bidding on contracts and writing a grant for federal government funding.

International Trade Overview

Next, on this journey, we gain insight into the export of a service from a historical and contemporary overview. Then, we move toward examining the current trends in the global export of services and foreign direct investment in services.

Policies & Competitive Advantages

The final step of our journey will emphasize the role that trade policies and institutions have in shaping a firm’s ability to compete in any given market around the world. More specifically, we gain deep insight into leveraging the opportunities presented by preferential trade agreements (e.g., US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)) and preferential trade programs (e.g., African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA)). We will also look at policies set by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to promote cross-border trade in services and promote fair trade practices.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to access, simple tools to find the appropriate export market opportunities for any given professional service.

Workshops and Training

Participants leave our workshops and training sessions with credible information about at least one overseas market to get start with the export planning and execution processes.

Our workshops range from a general overview of the export/import process to in-depth focus on specific aspects of international trade (e.g., building your capacity to trade). The workshops are designed for agricultural producers, manufacturers, and service providers. Our workshops are conducted in English and Spanish.

Trade Tips

Trade On Tuesday @2!

Insight into trade policy and strategy by GRIIT President and CEO Sarita D. Jackson, PhD and our network of trusted advisors (university professors, management consultants, and international business attorneys, among others) Watch all Trade on Tuesdays@2 episodes with key tips.

Testimonials

Kognani Ouatarra
GRIT's research in the business plan really helped me to understand how to succeed in manufacturing, in selling, and the regulation also, about the food industry... how to import/export. All of it is well described in the business plan she gave me.
Kognani Ouatarra
Business Owner
Jordan Victor
GRIIT (as quoted on LinkedIn).
Jordan Victor
Research Intern / GRIIT (as quoted on LinkedIn)
Jennifer Grady, Owner, The Grady Law Firm, P.C.
It is clear from her depth and breadth of knowledge that she is an expert in her field. I highly recommend her seminars and consulting services to business owners who recognize that there are lucrative opportunities for American businesses exporting abroad and want to learn how to take advantage of the opportunities that best suit their capabilities and target goals.
Jennifer Grady
Owner / The Grady Law Firm, P.C.
Amarjit Singh, Globalization Specialist, California Center for International Trade (CITD)
“The presentation was very informative and Sarita’s personality and experience truly make it exceptional….essential for anyone looking to enter the world of international business. Overall a great interactive educational experience!”
Amarjit Singh
Globalization Specialist / California Center for International Trade (CITD)
Business Development Director, Wholesale Company of African-based Food Ingredient
Sarita was a great source of information for our company. Thank you again for your expertise and network.
Business Development Director / Wholesale Company of African-based Food Ingredient
Jessica Jimenez, Latin America/International Sales, Phenix Technology
I really wanted to thank you for all your information. It really helped me out. Everything is so brand new to me.
Jessica Jimenez
Latin America/International Sales / Phenix Technology

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Global Research Institute of International Trade
1171 S Robertson Blvd #387
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310) 912-7950
griit@griit-org.com


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