Governments are increasingly faced with the delicate task of balancing the need for effective management and control of trade, rather than stifling its development. These controls should be again, losing their old garments as hard barriers to trade, to show more recent date facilitate trade and improve performance. Tatis Ltd, a Geneva-based startup company, is developing a comprehensive web-based solution for managing the pre-shipment inspection in developing countries and in countries with a key component of trade and customs administration. But how can you start to extend the Swiss Statement on five continents for its decisions in a constantly changing world of taxes and tariffs? The case investigates problems of business and government (B2G) activity, the development of a global partnership in order to implement solutions with a leading consulting firm, to raise funds with a leading venture capitalist and balance the needs of end users (user services in developing nations) to those sponsors solutions (mainly multinational and donor organizations such as the World Bank and World Trade Organization). "Hide
by Benoit Leleux, Georges Haour, Mwezi Schuepbach Source: IMD 10 pages. Publication Date: February 21, 2002. Prod. #: IMD272-PDF-ENG
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