Below is a directory of Massachusetts-based organizations that can assist businesses in doing business overseas.
Business Innovation Research Center
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Telephone: 508-999-9187
Website: www.umassd.edu/charlton/birc
Contact: Dr. Angappa Gunasekaran
Email: agunasekaran@umassd.edu
Description: Business Innovation Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has been established to nurture economic growth and address the concerns of business in an increasingly global economy. Operating under the auspices of the Charlton College of Business, BIRC provides advice and information to local businesses on successfully participating in the international market.
Global Vision International Inc.
276 Turnpike Rd., Ste. 234
Westborough, MA 01581
Telephone: 508-616-6660
Fax: 508-355-0708
Website: www.globalvis.com
Description: Global Vision assists companies in avoiding technical, linguistic, and logistic problems when trying to launch new products or websites for foreign markets. Global Vision is a for-profit organization.
Massachusetts Alliance for International Business
222 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02117
Telephone: 617-262-1180
Contact: Kristin Rupert, Executive Director
Email: krupert@aimnet.org
Website: www.aimnet.org/maib
Description: The Massachusetts Alliance for International Business (MAIB), a research and educational foundation affiliated with Associated Industries of Massa-chusetts, helps Massachusetts businesses identify and profit from opportunities in global commerce. MAIB educates and assists companies new to international trade as well as experienced global competitors.
Massachusetts Export Center
State Transportation Building
10 Park Plaza, Suite 4510
Boston, MA 02116
Telephone: 617-973-8664
Fax: 617-973-8681
Website: www.mass.gov/export/pub.htm
Contact: Paula Murphy, Director
Email: paula.murphy@state.ma.us
Description: The MEC has designed a wide array of publications to help small business gain an understanding of the steps that are necessary to expand into the foreign sector. It also provides contact lists that assist Massachusetts exporters.
Massachusetts Office of
International Trade and Investment
State Transportation Building
10 Park Plaza, Suite 4510
Boston, MA 02116
Telephone: 617-973-8557
Fax: 617-227-3488
Website: www.moiti.state.ma.us
Contact: Patrick Bench, Director of Business Development
Email: Patrick.Bench@state.ma.us
Description: The Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment (MOITI) is a not for profit agency that works to expand the Massachusetts economy by marketing the state’s business internationally through: focused export promotion, attracting foreign companies to invest into Massachusetts, and handling protocol as it relates to trade and investment. It is a sister company of the Massachusetts Export Center.
Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network
MSBDC Network — State Office
227 Isenberg School of Management
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Telephone: 508-673-9783
Fax: 508-674-1929
Website: www.msbdc.org/semass
Contact: Georgianna Parkin, State Director
Email: gep@msbdc.umass.edu
Description: The MSBDC provides free and confidential business advisory services to existing or prospective small business people. They also offer training seminars on a variety of topics, including starting a business, financial planning, government procurement, marketing and strategic planning.
Massachusetts Software and
Internet Council
One Exeter Plaza, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02116
Telephone: 617-437-0600
Fax: 617-437-9686
Website: www.swcouncil.org
Contact: Joyce L. Plotkin, President
Email: joyce@masstlc.org
Description: The mission of the council is to promote the software and Internet industry; to assist executives in starting, managing and growing their companies; and to help software and Internet companies be successful in global markets. Services include making available reference sources, statistics, training programs, and advocacy initiatives. The MCIC is a nonprofit, membership-based trade association.
Massachusetts Technology Center
265 Essex Street, Suite 205
Salem , MA 01970
Telephone: 978-744-8104
Contact: Elaine Zhang, Director of Business Development
Website: www.matechcenter.com
Description: The Massachusetts Tech-nology Center offers free, one-stop-shop consultative services for Massachusetts enterprises and organizations to export and sell products and services to the China market.
Directory compiled by Daniel Bierfeldt.
