.... | Country Analysis | Brazil | | . | [Pick the date] | AHMEDABAD MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION | Submitted to Prepared by Dr.P.V.Desai Sagar Sakariya CONTENT Introduction | | Brazil annual report: Economic Indicator | | Government and Politics | | Foreign Relations | | States and Municipality | | Geography | | Climate | | Component and Energy | | Transport | | Demography | | Main Drivers for Doing business in Brazil | | Mani Challenges of Doing Business in Brazil | | Summary of Indicator- Doing business in Brazil | | List of Procedure | | PESTLE | | Political * Political system * Change in government * Lula administration focus area * Law | | Economic * Economy of Brazil * Industrial output * Key industries * FDI | | Sociological * Culture * Language * General attitude * Personal appearance | | Technological * Technology research * Information technology * R & D * Technology policy of Brazil * Brazilian industry and Technology | | Legal * Legal system of Brazil * Municipality * Court and justice | | Environment * National * The Future | | Introduction Brazil is the largest and most powerful country in South America and has become one of the world's most...
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...| 2015 | | | [Cultural Analysis - brazil] | MKT 6003 RESEARCH PAPER | Abstract I currently lead a team called Pontonet as part of my responsibilities as Sr. Strategic Customer Manager who is based in Brazil. When I began my job in August I was quickly introduced and held meetings with my manager and a co-worker. I noticed very quickly that our abrasive American ways of communicating was not effective by listening in on conference calls with the three of us. I noticed as well that there was a seemingly deep sense that creating a more relation type of Management/Vendor management style was would make for a clearer and cleaner method than the alternative. I learned in haste that my report Jurandir at Pontonet began to surpass expectations quickly in comparison to other vendors in a surprisingly quick time frame. This paper shall also attempt to analyze the business and social culture of Brazil from an American point of view. In addition my purpose is to help achieve the most success when participating in a leadership activity with Pontonet. By having a better grasp of the cultural norms I believe that it will greater help me to have an advantage as a leader for this 3rd party management role I have accepted as part of my responsibilities. It is my understanding through research that Brazil’s business culture is much more stringent than the United States. In this paper it will be my intent to provide analysis and review the current business culture and...
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...Analysis of Democracy in Brazil and Chile Hagopian vents her frustration towards the democratization of Latin American countries by describing it as “flawed both because it does not take account of differences across the region and because it is overly static” (pg.125). The clarity in transitioning into a democracy in Latin American countries has not been defined uniformly that there are clear differences amongst the effectiveness of democracy in specific countries. Hagopian specifically uses Chile and Brazil as her examples of “the dimensions of Democratic quality.” She uses these two countries as a comparison to distinguish the characteristics of a “good” democracy, which would include both the participation and satisfaction of the citizens of the country. Amongst most of the Latin American countries, Chile and Brazil has become amongst the strongest democratic countries and can become a lot stronger with improvements. However, both countries vary in strengths between different dimensions of quality that defines a “good” democracy. These variances are analyzed by Hagopian to determine the degree of effectiveness by considering accountability, participation and responsiveness between governance and individuals as a reciprocal relationship. Recommendable changes are necessary for both Chile and Brazil to continuously prosper politically, civilly and together economically. Although both Chile and Brazil are developing predominant democratic reputations, their contrasts in democratic...
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...Brazil is much like the United States, it has a broad and eclectic population that includes many different nationalities from all over the world. After conducting a little research on Brazil, I would consider them to be a very forward and outside the box thinking country. Much of their exports are derived from services which ranks #1 at 66% of their total GDP. Most of these services include mail, banking, telecommunications, energy, commerce and computing. In 2011 Brazil boasted a positive trade balance of $20 billion, nothing to scoff at in today's economy. Agriculture has boosted some of Brazil's economy, although the total agriculture exportation is not very high at 6% of the total GDP, the expansion of their agricultural boom has negated the need for vast imports of most of their agricultural needs. This has showed a significant reduction in their total imports of food, from 22% in 1970 to a paltry 8% today. Brazil began blazing a trail of economic prosperity way back in 1985, when the country was delivered from a dictatorship governed by the military, to a democracy. The past 15 years Brazil has been consistently electing presidents into office that cared deeply about moving their country ahead and brand it as a serious contender in the world economy. The most current president, Dilma Vana Rousseff a female, made a landslide election with over 60% of the popular vote. She is a staunch supporter of a world economy, and is a powerful leader for Brazil. What I found...
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...Executive Summary Investing in Brazil, as with any country, entails exposure to a variety of political, social, economic, and other risks, but also entails potential benefits for multinationals corporations. Political Risk- Brazil has been a stable democracy for 25 years. Despite some unique risk as corruption, Brazil has been rating overall medium risk for dynamic risks, governance framework, political violence and business and macroeconomic environment. Financial Markets in the country & Sources of Capital for the multinational corporation Brazil is now the eighth-largest economy in the world and will continue to seek a growing international role. The country has also been considered a confident player on the world stage and also seat temporary at the UN Security Council. The Brazilian Bovespa index of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange has been doing very well with several shares from different sectors which are providing steady growth to the Bovespa index. There are many financial service as the private multi-purpose commercial banks, universal banks, play the leading intermediary role in the country’s financial sector. Public financial institutions are also among the leading intermediaries, promoting rural economic activity and agricultural production through the provision of subsidized loans. Tax Structure & Investment Incentives for which foreign based companies are eligible Brazil’s Tax Laws and system, Brazil's corporate tax rate for 2010 around 34%...
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...International Business Business Customs Paper County: Brazil When conducting business in Brazil, there is a lot to know about how this country interprets gestures, how they perceive Americans and the best ways to conduct business that will impress them. There are some formalities and policies we may not be aware of in the US. They are important to know in order to conduct successful business in Brazil. Relationship building is key, along with formal attitude and attire and always showing professionalism. Brazil is quite different from the US, so remembering and practicing all of the following will help to insure your business will be successful in Brazil. One important aspect to understand when conducting business with Brazil is their negotiations. In Brazil, business is negotiated in a way that shows Brazilians expect things to go “their way.” This is because they do not have a lot of experience negotiating with other countries. However, younger generations may be more flexible in this aspect. (Global Negotiation Resources) Brazilians also do not like loud and boisterous behavior or anyone who acts rude or impatient towards them. No matter how enthusiastic or heated a discussion may get, theses emotions should never be shown. When initiating contact with a Brazilian, choosing to use a local intermediary, or despachante, is highly recommeneded. This will help create a connection between US and Brazilian culture and business will be more effective. (Global...
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...Exploding across the region: On Dec 1, the World Health Organization cited the laboratory proof linking Zika to microcephalus in an consultative to its member countries. it'll think about on Tuesday whether or not to declare a global emergency. The United Nations agency aforementioned in Geneva on Thursday that Zika within the previous few months has unfold "explosively" to over twenty different countries within the Americas and will infect as several as four million folks. Whether the health authorities in Brazil and also the leadership at the WHO have taken too long to urge to the current purpose may be a subject of discussion among the international health community. The Brazilian government says its response once it had been 1st alerted by the doctors regarding the weird symptoms they were seeing was driven by the proof. “It was too early," told Claudio Maierovitch, director of the health ministry's Dept of malady investigation. "There were such a lot of different infectious prospects and Zika had ne'er been seen during this half of a sphere." And the person told that once Zika was known, the authorities’ response was supported information of the malady. Previous outbreaks of Zika, an epidemic 1st known in 1947 in Republic of Uganda, had occurred in little and scattered rural populations in Africa and Southeast Asia and also the symptoms were relatively kind. "We based mostly our response on the knowledge base obtainable, that Zika caused a gentle unwellness...
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...Brazil Studies: Brazil socio-cultural factors and Cross-cultural issues By: Lawanda Timmons Date: January 31, 2015 Instructor: Minsky TROY Managing in a Global Environment MGT-4478 Introduction I am pleased our company decided to expand the W Hotel to Brazil. Brazil is a great place to start a new service business at, especially a hotel. Brazil is a place where the culture believes in diversity. Also they consider themselves to be Americans as well. Therefore they do not mind using U.S products or services. They are a people that believe in family and that family is a key part to life. Brazil is a place that is filled with variety and is not afraid to allow new cultures to their part of the world. Cultural Analysis In Brazil, the primary language is Portuguese. It was the Brazilians’ first language, but over time immigrants such as Italians, Germans, Japanese, and Spanish-speaking introduced new words and expression to their language. It is much easier for some Brazilians to understand Spanish language than other Latin American countries. The Portuguese they speak in Brazil is different from what they speak in Portugal. The language is so different. It’s just like the English spoken in the United States. However, in Brazil there are many customs. In fact, their daily communication style of Brazilian locals is typically relaxed and relatively informal. It is not unusual during a conversation to be interrupted. Although it’s not rude in...
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...you are Joan Beal. Prepare a list of all the options, and give the advantages and disadvantages of each. It appears The McGrew Company has been utilizing the indirect exporting phase as its primary business model in Brazil. Rather than simply exporting its products to Brazilian distributers and selling it for a markup, McGrew could exercise different options. OPTIONS * Direct Exporting Direct exporting would allow for The McGrew Company to handle its own sales and marketing within the country of Brazil. This would enable manufacturing to continue to in its current location while also cutting mark-up costs from the local distributors. Employees within the current manufacturing location may handle the documentation such as billing, shipping, and other activities while a team in Brazil will work in a local parent-type company. This local Brazilian company will perform as a distributor however it will be owned and operated by the manufacture directly. By working this option you allow for the opportunity to cut cost without moving your manufacturing capital to a foreign country. * Turnkey Project This opportunity is facilitated by a contractor who will basically build a business from the ground up within the country of choice, in this case, Brazil. The name Turnkey project is taken literally in that the materials, equipment, land, building and personnel are put into place and the company begins operations before it is turned over to the main company. The McGrew business...
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...Introduction Brazil is the economic leader in South America. It is located in eastern South America bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Almost 85% of South American countries border Brazil. Most of the country is located below the equator and it has a total area of 8,511,965 square kilometers (Brazil Facts) making it the fifth largest country in the world behind the U.S. Brazil has a distinctive topography, in the north and west you can find the Amazon Basin with tropical-like weathers. Brazil is also facing deforestation losing about 52,000 square miles of amazon each year. In the south east of the country you will find its highlands and plateaus. Brazil also has a distinctive climate. The climate is generally classified into five subtypes: equatorial, tropical, semiarid, highland tropical and subtropical but 90% of the country is mostly considered tropical. (Climates of Brazil) Social Economic and Cultural Factors As for being the fifth largest country in the world land wise, Brazil is also the fifth largest country when it comes to population. According to the CIA Brazil’s population in 2012 was over two hundred million. 26.2% of the population in 2011 is between 0-14 years of age, 67% of the population in 2011 is between 15-64 years of age, and 6.7% of the population in 2011 is 65+ years of age.(CIA Fact book) Because Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese the primary language in this country is surprisingly Portuguese! Other slightly common languages you might also hear are...
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...I. The Brazilian Macro-Environment Investment Climate Analysis Brazil is quite interesting place for investment and many companies are entering this developing market. Its high GDP growth, large economy, developed infrastructure, liberalisation of public sector and many Foreign Direct Investments have turned this struggling country into developing nation that holds 2nd place (China is 1st) in amount of foreign capital invested into the economy. In last 5 years, Brazilian government has been quite stable and it seems that Brazil has a sound strategy when it comes to taking its economy into top performing ones. Government is introducing new, more liberal competition laws and it is introducing new forms of investments, such as PPP, or Private Public Property, where both the investor and government share the risks by holding equal stakes in the investments. But, let us not be blinded by the Brazilian marketing skills and their portraying of real investment climate. There is for sure a lot of space for improvement. We will perform a few analyses, which will give us precise insights into the environmental conditions for investing in Brazil, and through analysing this country; we shall decide what type of investment is the most suitable for Red & Green. PESTL Analysis Investment climate is the economical, institutional, policy, and regulatory environment in which firms operate. A PESTL analysis is an analysis of the external macro-environment that affects all firms....
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...UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE La Verne, CA Group Assignment: Panda Express Prepared by 05/21/2014 College of Business and Public Management Department of Business Administration Business overview In 1973, Andrew Cherng opened the first Panda inn in Pasadena, one of America's great ethnic melting pots. In 1983, He realized that Southern California offered an excellent market for fast food. So he launched Panda Express and opening the first Panda Express in a mall in Glendale, California. It proved to be a very successful beginning because the Panda Express was one of the few quick-service restaurants with full-service concept. The early Panda Express was usually located in shopping malls, but eventually they spread into other spots. They first in its home base of Southern California, then eastwardly, to the Western states of Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah and eventually to the East Coast. In 2007, Panda opens its 1000th location in Pasadena and achieves 1 billion in revenue. In 2013, Panda Express achieves with 23,000 employees and over 1600 stores in 51 States and abroad. ("Cherng. A," 2012). Panda’s annual sales is about 9.2 millions. Panda Express Motivation of Expanding Panda Express has already enter into the foreign market-Mexico in 2011. Until now, it has the Canada and Mexico foreign market. Panda Express has the goal that becoming the largest and a leader in the quick-service Asian restaurant and inspire everyone to better their lives. Panda Express...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS EXCUTIVE SUMMARY 2 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 2.1 Economic Outcome of London 2012 4 2.2 Brazil- Getting Ready to Shine 4 2.3 Exploiting the Opportunity 4 2.3 Porters Five Force and PESTEL analysis 5 2.4 SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE BRAZILIAN LUXURY SECTOR 6 3.1 THE PLAN 7 3.2 OBJECTIVES OF THE PLAN 7 4.1 Justification Of The Plan 8 4.2 EXPERIENCE REALMS MODEL 9 4.2 THE BRAND IDENTITY PRISIM 11 5.1 PRICE AND PRODUCT 13 5.2 TIME FRAME AND LOCATIONS 14 5.3 IN-STORE EVENT 14 6.1 THE BUDGET 15 6.2 IMPLEMENTATION ISUUES 17 7.0 CONCLUSION 18 APPENDIX 1 19 APPENDIX 2 20 APPENDIX 3 ...
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...Executive Summary Brazil is Latin Americas largest economy and since the 1990’s has shown steady economic reforms. These reforms were necessary as Brazil suffered years of hyperinflation as high as 1000% and deficit spending. The government decided to pursue economic policies that changed the Brazilian economy into a dynamic market based system. Some of the key policy changes made were the privatization, of state owned enterprises, deregulation that allowed for greater domestic and foreign competition, perusing regional and multinational free trade agreements and the removal of red tape associated with foreign investment. The mainstay of all these reforms was the Plano Real (Real Plan). This real plan involved the scrapping of the old currency, the cruzeiro and replacing it with a brand new currency the real. The plan was to drive out inflation by adhering to strict monetary policies. The government decided to peg the real to the United States (U.S.) dollar and not allow it to depreciate more than 7.5 % against the US dollar per year. The government also increased the interest rates repeatedly to maintain the value of the real against the dollar. The economic reforms in Brazil were fairly successful, the country saw the inflation rate drop to 2% by 1998 and the economy grew by 3 to 4% annually as well as foreign investment soaring to $ 22 billion in 1998, but not all was well. Brazil was facing a huge trade deficit due to an overvalued real. There were also huge budget deficits...
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...Brazilian market for Crosswell International (U.S.). Crosswell’s president and CEO, Hector Lans, is convinced that Precious Ultra Thin Baby Diapers will be a big seller in Brazil. In their role as brokers for Crosswell, the Mathieuxs have been exploring a number of different distribution channels in the Brazilian market. To date, the distributor response to Precious diapers has been enthusiastic, particularly in light of Precious diapers’ superior quality compared to locally manufactured alternatives. The problem, however, is the price. Brazilians base many purchasing decisions — at least in regard to disposable diapers — on cost, not on quality. The Mathieuxs find that distributors do not believe they can compete in the market with the relatively high prices offered by Crosswell, even with higher quality diapers. After much debate over how to improve the price competitiveness of Precious diapers, the Mathieuxs believe they may have found a solution. Their proposal is to combine extended credit terms to local distributors with Brazil’s high domestic interest rates to effectively lower the diapers’ price to Brazilian consumers. The Brazilian Diaper Market Until the latter part of the 1980s, most Brazilians had never heard of a disposable diaper, and not surprisingly, the disposable hygiene market in Brazil was virtually non-existent. By 1995, however, the personal care market was booming. This growth was largely a result of new-found economic stability and a growing middle...
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