Export Compliance Challenges: The Role of Corporate Culture and Management of Costs

Abstract

How can we understand why one company is successful at regulatory compliance where others are not? This article goes beyond canned export compliance programs to examine "cultural" factors that may play an important role in this challenging arena. While there may be no single reason for one company's success and another company's failure, the writer's observations-based on more than 40 years of experience-suggest that there is an organizational ambience that is crucial and factors that play important roles in achieving that ambience.