TY  - JOUR
AB  - The paper examines the State of California’s new international trade and investment strategy through the lens of strategic management. This examination, embedded in a discussion of the history of the state's involvement, focuses on critical issues influencing strategy formulation and implementation. Findings indicate conceptual strategy design issues, political constraints, budgetary limitations, and organizational and managerial deficiencies contributing to a limited state engagement in international trade and investment with emphasis on leveraging existing resources rather than providing primary services. Unless California finds ways to deal with these issues, desired outcomes such as increased exports and investments will be lacking. Several lessons are offered to inform future state government efforts aimed at promoting international trade and investment.
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SN  - 1093-4537
DO  - 10.1108/IJOTB-13-03-2010-B004
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-13-03-2010-B004
AU  - Kress Guenther G.
AU  - Miller Randi L.
AU  - Koehler Gus
PY  - 2010
Y1  - 2010/01/01
TI  - Strategic perspectives on state government as a promoter of international trade and investment: the case of california
T2  - International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 378
EP  - 407
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -