An online digital printing platform may seem like the perfect business model to focus exporting, as the need for business cards transcends cultures and languages, but MOO.com didn't launch with an international campaign.
Export growth became dominant in the 1980s, when many countries abandoned closed economic policies and focused on export growth to increase their competitiveness in international trade.
According to Glanbia's chief executive Jim Bergin the plant will be entirely focused on export markets and will supply a range of nutritional powders to an increasing number of regions including the Middle East, Africa, Central America and Asia.
Beijing wanted to rebalance the Chinese economy, to make growth less focused on exports and more reliant on consumer spending.
To put things differently, agriculture in Latin America is mostly focused on exports, whereas for African and Asian LDCs, agriculture serves a subsistence purpose.
The remaining 70% is earmarked for small and medium-sized companies, and particularly for those focused on exports and high-technology.
Jeffrey Schwartz, GLP's boss, says that, whereas his clients were once focused on exports, most are now using his facilities to serve the local market.
As founder and CEO of Benetech, Fruchterman is focused on exporting tech innovation outside of Silicon Valley.
China's government was until the global downturn only modestly committed to solar power as an energy alternative so Chinese producers focused on exports.
It focused on exports; benchmarked with the best global companies; followed the finest principles of corporate governance; created the largest number of jobs in the organized sector; and demonstrated that Indians, too, could succeed in the most competitive global markets.
Its spending on R&D has risen steadily over the last decade to $26bn £16.3nn) in 2011, but that's only about half that of South Korea, which is also focused on exporting tech products.
