Purchase Solution

Export payment risk minimization

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Export payment risk minimization

The final hurdle to successful exporting is actually getting paid. In the past a sizeable % of small to medium Irish exporting firms has admitted that securing payment was a weakness in their export performance. Successful completion of the export cycle involves an extensive knowledge of:

 The payment risk that the firm faces and
 The payment risk minimisation options which are best suited to the firm in question.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

The final hurdle to successful exporting is actually getting paid. In the past a sizeable % of small to medium Irish exporting firms has admitted that securing payment was a weakness in their export performance.

Solution Preview

Payment risk that a firm faces in exports:

An exporter faces several types of payment related risks in exports, such as:

Credit Related Risk: While doing business internationally, trading can seem complicated and risky. Besides political, legal and other risks, the most common problem businesses face is the risk in the transaction. It is very difficult to conduct a background check of buyer located in different locations across the world due to physical distance, lack of information, etc. Therefore, an exporter faces risk of non-payment.

Legal risks: At domestic level, business are subject to a myriad of laws, regulations, restrictions. But internationally, there are much more complexities. International transactions are governed by unilateral measures, bilateral relationships, multilateral and regional agreements. This difference in law may have impact in such areas as taxation, currency dealings, property rights, employment practices, etc. Such regulations can cause payments to be blocked due to mistakes in paperwork, etc.

reference: http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/in-depth/2008/Mar/27/minimizing-risks-in-export-business.html

The payment risk ...

Solution provided by:
Education
  • BCom, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi
  • MBA, Rochester Institute of Technology
Recent Feedback
  • "Thank you. "
  • "Thank you"
  • "Thank you. I got 20/20 last week for my discussion you help me out with."
  • "Thank you. Great Job. "
  • "Thank you. Great Job. "
Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
IPOs

This Quiz is compiled of questions that pertain to IPOs (Initial Public Offerings)

Business Processes

This quiz is intended to help business students better understand business processes, including those related to manufacturing and marketing. The questions focus on terms used to describe business processes and marketing activities.

Academic Reading and Writing: Critical Thinking

Importance of Critical Thinking

MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.

Marketing Management Philosophies Quiz

A test on how well a student understands the basic assumptions of marketers on buyers that will form a basis of their marketing strategies.