Team 1
Kent Copeland
 Population
 Birth
– 201,103,330 (5th largest)
rate – 18.11/1000 pop. (108th)
• Niger – 51.08/1000 (224th)
• Monaco – 7.03/1000 (1st)
• United States – 13.83/1000 (151st)
 Death
rate – 6.35/1000 pop. (155th)
• Haiti – 32.31/1000 (226th)
• UAE – 2.08/1000 (1st)
• USA – 8.38/1000 (91st)
 Age
Categories (0-14, 15-64, 65+)
• Brazil – 26.7%, 66.8%, 6.4%
• USA – 20.2%, 67%, 12.8%
 Gender
Composition
• Brazil – 0.98 male/female
• USA – 0.97 male/female
 Very
similar breakdowns across the
different age categories.
 Brazil
(6th)
has a labor force of 101.7 million
 Median
age – 28.9 (8 years younger than
USA)
 Increased mobilization of women
 Urban pop. – 86%
 Urban growth – 1.8%
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Bauxite
Gold
Iron ore
Manganese
Platinum
Tin
Uranium
Petroleum
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Hydropower
Coal
Coffee
Cotton
Brazil nut
Timber
Rubber
 GDP
(PPP)
• Brazil - $2.01 trillion (10th)
• USA - $14.12 trillion (2nd)
 Inflation
rate
• Brazil – 4.9%
• USA – (-0.3%)
 Unemployment
• Brazil – 8.1%
• USA – 9.3%
 Growth
rate
• Brazil – (-0.2%)
• USA – (-2.6%)
rate
 Currency
Regulations
• No restrictions on any currency up to BRL 10,000
(USD $5,820)
• Higher than BRL 10,000 – must be declared
 Exchange
rate – 1.7278 BRL per 1 USD on
November 27, 2010.
 Financial
System
• Historically unstable
• Increased reserve requirement
• Ban on short selling
• Credit Guarantee Fund (FGC) – provides capital
funding to banks to preserve system
 Tax
System
• Overall rate – 34%
• IOF tax – 4%
 Stock
Market
• BM&F Bovespa
• Market capitalization of $1.338 trillion (10th)
• 375 companies listed
 Key
Products
• Coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, sugarcane
• Textiles, chemicals, lumber, iron
• Steel, aircraft and vehicle parts
 Business
Segment (Ag, In, Ser)
• Brazil – 20%, 14%, 66%
• USA – 1%, 19%, 80%
IMPORTS
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Machinery
Electrical and transport
equipment
Chemical products
Oil
Automotive parts
Electronics
EXPORTS
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Transport Equipment
Iron ore
Soybeans
Footwear
Coffee
Autos
 Standard
of living and housing
• Urban areas are expensive
• Wealthy live in lavish houses
• Middle class live in small apartments
• Poor live in favelas, slums.
 26% below poverty line
 Poor infrastructure, water, sewage
 Claimed
by Pedro Alvares Cabral
(Portugal) in April 1500.
 Slaves imported in the 1600s
 Portuguese Empire headed in Rio de
Janeiro from 1808-1821
 Declared independence on September 7,
1822.
 Slavery abolished in 1888.
 Old
Republic – 1889 to 1930
 Populism – 1930 to 1964
 Military dictatorship – 1964 to 1985
 Democracy – 1985 to present
 Dilma
Rousseff elected President.
 Member of the Workers’ Party.
 Plans to continue social programs.
 Type
of government
• Federal republic
• Constitution ratified on Oct. 5, 1988
• 26 states and 1 federal district
• Bicameral legislature
• Similar to the USA
 Key
Issues and Controversies
• Gay marriage
• Privatization
• Capital punishment
• Drug liberalization
• Improving social welfare programs
 State
of Civil Liberties
• Title II, Ch. I, Article 5 – free speech, religion, etc.
• Bolsa Familia – Grants for education for poor
• Torture and Afro-descendents rights
• Manoel Mattos killed by gunmen
 Risk
Factors
• Political Instability Index
 Brazil – 5.4
 USA – 5.3
• Brazil’s score should decrease after the
successful transition of power in 2010 election.
 Derived
from Portuguese civil law
 Based on Roman Codes
 Based on statutes
 Introduced a form of stare decisis
 No compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
 Effectiveness
enforcement
is determined by
 Fine
individuals for criticism of
candidates 3 months before an election
($90,000)
 Brief
summary of Brazilian business law:
http://www.lexmundi.com/images/lexmun
di/PDF/guide_brazil.pdf)
 Eastern
South America
 Borders Atlantic Ocean
 Borders all South American countries
except Chile and Ecuador
 Total area – 8,514,877 sq. km. (5th)
 USA is third with over 9.8 million sq. km.
 Flat
to rolling lowlands
 Plains, hills, and mountains
 Narrow coastal region
 Arable land – Brazil 6.93%, USA 18%
 Highest point
• Brazil – Pico da Neblina 2,994 meters
• USA – Mt. McKinley 6,194 meters
 Six
regions:
• Tropical rainforest
• Tropical wet and dry
• Tropical monsoon
• Semiarid
• Humid subtropical
• Subtropical highland
 Temperatures
• High along equator
• Really high in Northeast
• Cold in the South
• Wide temp variations in Middle-West
• Warm in Southeast
 Rainfall
• Amazon – 80 in., long dry season
• Northeast – little rainfall, long droughts
• Middle-West – 60 to 80 in., smaller dry season
• Southeast – parts receive up to 175 in., no dry
season
• South – no dry season
 Conditions
• One of the most polluted countries in the world
• 91 million tons of carbon emissions
• About 1/10 the irrigated land of the USA
• Shortage of freshwater due to improper mining
techniques
 Key
Challenges
• Deforestation of Amazon Basin
• Illegal wildlife trade
• Air and water pollution
• Oil spills
 Response
• Increase law enforcement and land reform
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policy
Rehabilitate deforested areas
Increased public transportation
Rodoanel Mario Covas
Cleaner vehicles
Better monitoring and clean up
 One
of the BRIC countries
 Increased mobilization of women
 Improvements in social welfare programs
 More citizens becoming highly educated
 Several ports, good infrastructure
 High GDP
Adam Stone
Kent Copeland
 Parental
Roles
 Traditionally, women raised children,
men earned income.
 Currently, more dual-worker households
• Men take on more household chores
• Some men become insecure
• Women become stable force
• More share approach
 Child
rearing practices
• Expected to contribute to family
• Treated like adults
• Taught value of interpersonal relationships
• Nepotism is common
 Living
arrangements
• Nuclear families have close relationships with
extended families.
• Very common to have more than one generation
under one roof.
• Adult children expected to live at home until
marriage.
 Categories
and characteristics
• Social classes historically divided
• Workers’ Party been in power since 2002
• Bolsa Familia
• Improve social welfare programs
 Presence
of class barriers
• Education and income
• These two barriers are correlated
• Whites and Asians are the highest class
• Indians, pardos, and blacks are the lowest class
 Status
of Ethnic Groups
• The darker the skin the lower the status
• Lower class are typically maids, bus drivers, or
street beggars
 Ethnic
Issues
• Social apartheid
• Blacks deprived of educational opportunities
• Earn low wages
• Live in low income neighborhoods
• Spatial apartheid – separate building entrances
• Youth gangs
• Police violence
 Gender
Status and Issues
• 70% of women in the workforce are in the
service sector
• Wage disparity
• More women than men attend universities
• Dilma Rousseff elected President
BRAZIL
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Roman Catholic – 73.6%
Protestant – 15.4%
Other – 3.6%
None – 7.4%
USA
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Roman Catholic – 23.9%
Protestant – 51.3%
None – 4%
RITUALS
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Holy sacraments
Baptism
Confirmation
Communion
Penance
Anointing the sick
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Matrimony
Priesthood
Seven Penitential Psalms
Liturgy for the Faithful
Departed
Blessings
Processions
Exorcism
 Rites
• Roman Rite
• Latin Rite
• Lent
 Taboos
• Eating meat on the first day of Lent and Lent
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Fridays
Use of contraceptives
Sex with unclean women
Homosexuality
Celibacy of priests
Remarriage of divorcees
 Brazil
 White
53.7%
 Mulatto 38.5%
 Black 6.2 %
 Other 0.9%
 Unspecified 0.7%
United States
White 64.86%
Hispanic 15.1%
Black12.85 %
Asian 4.43%
Mix 1.61%
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North Region – Equatorial climate, almost all of this
region is covered by rainforest and it has the lowest
population density of the regions
Northeast Region - Very Hot Climate, this was the first
region discovered by the Portuguese. It is mainly coastal
areas with tourism being the biggest economic factor.
Central-West Region – Savanna Climate is very hot, most
of the land here is used for grazing livestock
Southeast Region – Tropical to Semi-arid climate, this
region is the major powerhouse of the Brazilian economy.
Heavily covered by highways, it is the most populous
region and home to three of the largest cities in Brazil
 Handshakes
are the most common form of
greeting between business colleagues.
 It
is polite to say ‘muito prazer’ (‘my pleasure’)
 Accept
any food or coffee offered to you.
Saying no can be seen as insulting
 Giving
a gift is not required at a first
business meeting; instead buy lunch or
dinner
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New Years Day – January 1
Carnival – varies February or March
Easter – same as U.S.
Tiradentes’ Day – April 21
Labor Day – May 1
Corpus Christi – varies May or June
Independence Day – September 7
Our Lady of Aparecida – October 12
All Souls Day – November 2
Republic Day – November 15
Christmas Day – December 25
 Usually
10%
 Portuguese
– Official language and
spoken by 99% of Brazilians
 International
business may also be
conducted in English, French, German,
etc.
 Good
conversation topics include soccer,
family, and children
 Do
not bring up topics of conversation
such as crime, corruption or
deforestation as these are sensitive issues
at the moment.
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Brazilians pride themselves on their ability to be in
control, so acting in a similar fashion will improve your
relationship and interactions with your Brazilian
counterparts.
Touching arms and elbows and backs very is common
Brazilians tend to stand close together when they
communicate and are not afraid to touch each other.
 Conflict
Style - How do they handle
conflict?
• Arbitration
• Mediation
 Negotiation
Style
• Person to person, not business to business
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If you are invited to a Brazilian's house:
– Arrive at least 30 minutes late if the invitation is
for dinner.
– Arrive up to an hour late for a party or large
gathering.
– Brazilians dress with a flair and judge others on
their appearance. Casual dress is more formal
than in many other countries. Always dress
elegantly and err on the side of over-dressing
rather than under- dressing.
– If you did not bring a gift to the hostess, flowers
the next day are always appreciated (Brazil Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette,
Website).
Chase Luft
 Availability
Population
174,500,000
Urban Households
83.7%
GDP
US$452.4 Billion
Illiteracy Rate
12.3%
Fixed Phone Lines and Cell Phone
Lines
38.5%
Personal Computers
6.3%
Internet
Level
of
Users
Sophistication
14,000,000
 Infrastructure Conditions
• World Cup 2014
• Olympics 2016
 Tariffs
Country
All Products
Avg.
Tariff*
United
States
4.3%
Standard
Deviation
#
11.3
Agricultural
Products
Avg.
Tariff*
8.5%
Standard
Deviation
#
30.2
Industrial Products
Avg.
Tariff*
3.7%
Standard
Deviation
#
5.1
 Bribery
 Level
of corruption
 Ethical
Brazil
or the use of influence
considerations of doing business in
 Who
why?
does Brazil do Business with and
 Stereotype
of Americans
• Perceived as cold people
 Business
Practices
Chase Luft
 Private
or Public Emphasis?
 Educational Attainment Levels
 Literacy Rate – 88.6%
 Resources Available for Govt. Funding
 Characteristics for High Education
Systems
 Good Training?
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Questions asked:
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11.
Are you required to take a certain amount of foreign language courses?
Do you take any courses in English? If so, how many?
Are your textbooks American textbooks or are they international versions,
Brazilian texts or something different?
Do you take any international business, management or any international
based courses?
If you were going to describe a day in your life at your school, how would
you describe it?
Would you say that there is bribery and corruption in Brazilian business?
What country(ies) does Brazil do most of its business with?
When comparing Brazil to what you know about the United States, what
would you say are significant differences and similarities?
In Brazil, do people look at business relationships or personal relationships
as more important?
Are women in upper management positions in Brazil?
From what you know about the computer company Dell, how much power
do you think they have in the Brazilian market and if you have any
knowledge of how they operate in Brazil, please include that.
Gustavo Alcimin
Livia Mello
Luiz Lamardo Alves
Silva
English required for University
acceptance
The english is very easy on the
admissions test – you don’t have to
really know it.
We are required to take foreign
language
Never took English courses in Brazil
I don’t have disciplines on english
only research material
My school doesn’t offer classes in
english
Textbook languages are usually in
sync with topic related to
We use all types, but it’s rare a
mandatory textbook.
Textbooks used are often in english,
portuguese when authors are
respected
Yeah, a bunch
We have management disciplines
and international market, elective in
my major
I don’t take any international courses
with that name in it
Spent more time outside of class
than inside
The classes are four hours each,
between classes we can do
internships.
Class in the morning, internship/work
during afternoon, study during night
6
Yes, as in any other country in the
world
Unfortunately in some fields, yes.
There is still some bribery and
corruption
7
USA, China, and other BRIC
countries.
China, South America, US, Europe
China, US, Latin America, Europe
8
Several, but a long discussion
needed to answer that.
Working and living similar, salary is
lower.
We have influenced American TV and
music. Food is different and way of life
9
N/A
Personal relationships even in
business. Makes it easier.
Personal relationships are more
important
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2
3
4
5
Brazillian elected president is a
Eric Hamilton
 Employee/Employer
Relations
 Importance of Personal Relationships at
work
 Typical Management Style
 Typical Leadership Style
 Decision Making Practices
 View of Authority
 Primary Means of Motivating Employees
 Common Types of Organizational
Structure
 Role/View of Women in Business
 Hiring
Practices and Preferences
 Compensation Structure
 Minimum Wage
 Key Employment Laws
 Benefits for Employees
 Appropriate
Business Dress
 Business Cards
 Work Schedule
 Measurement System
 Business Meeting Behavior
 After-Meeting Etiquette
 Do’s and Don’ts