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The document provides information about Brazil and doing business there. It discusses Brazil's population, major cities, languages, ethnic groups, religions, flag, trading partners, exports, imports, industries, business etiquette, negotiating style, and sensitivities to avoid when interacting with Brazilians. It also provides details about two Mexican companies, Homex and Coppel, that have expanded their operations to Brazil.
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- 3. Title Text Major Cities: Brasilia (capital), S叩o Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte Languages: Portuguese (official); Spanish, English, and French. Monetary Unit: Real
- 4. Ethnic Groups Other Religion Black 1% 6% Other 10% Mixed Herita Cauca ge Roman ssian 38% Catholi 55% c 90%
- 6. The green, symbolic of Brazil's lush fields and forests. A large yellow diamond, symbolic of Brazil's wealth in gold. Its center floats a blue celestial globe. 27 white five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over Brazil. Order and Progress
- 7. Primary Trading Partners: United States, Argentina, the Netherlands, China, Germany, M exico, Nigeria, Japan. Key Exports: iron ore, soybean bran, orange juice, and footwear Key Imports: capital goods, chemical products, oil, electricity. Major Industries: textiles and other consumer goods, shoes, chemicals
- 8. Greetings Shake hands upon meeting. If you leave the group, shake hands with everyone. Good friends often embrace and women kiss each other on alternating cheeks. They use the first name BUT you have to wait until they tell you to do so. Come vai? (How are you) Business cards
- 9. Conversation Talk about their country卒s rapid development, its industry, and natural resources of the country. Soccer is the national sport (Pele), basketball is also popular. Be expressive. Brazilians enjoy conversation and are very expressive and passionate in their point of view.
- 10. Conversation DONT ask personal things (e.g. salary or age) Learning some Portuguese phrases can be good. Physical distant is one foot away from you.
- 11. Sensitivities Avoid Talking about politics or religion Saying something about the deforestation of Brazilian forests. Saying Americans to refer to US people. Brazilians are Americans too.
- 12. Sensitivities Speaking in Spanish, can be offensive. Dont refer to Brazilians as Latin or South Americans; they considered themselves independent DONT use ok sign, its and obscene gesture.
- 13. Brazilians like to bargain, they tend to make concessions slowly and grudgingly. Be punctual for your negotiating sessions. Engage in general conversation before you get down to business Develop a solid relationship Try to be expressive
- 14. Avoid public statements that could embarrass your counterpart. Don卒t mistake for anger the passion with which Brazilians may argue. Get a written agreement. Speak English or use an interpreter unless you speak Portuguese A knowledgeable local is essential to help you to manage the government bureaucracies
- 15. Business Entertainment Guidelines Meal=social event. Business is occasionally discussed during meals in Sao Paulo or Rio If you are invited to a private home for dinner, bring a small gift such as candy or wine. ≒A conta, por favor: if you want the check. Tips are included, if not you can leave 10 to 15%
- 16. Table manners and Food Avoid touching your food with your fingers while eating. Wipe your mouth before taking a drink. Conversation after a meal often takes place over a cup of strong coffee (cafezinho)
- 17. In Rio, the favourite dish is feijoada (black beans with beef, pork, sausage, tongue, p ig卒s ears, nose and tail. This is the national dish. The favourite national drink is caipirnha, a tasty drink made with pinga (sugar cane liquor), sugar, and lemon
- 18. International businesswomen find a favourable business climate in Brazil There is less machismo in Brazil than in Mexico. Brazilian men tend to stare at and make comments about women passing by the street. Brazilian women are slowly starting to attain managerial positions.
- 19. Brazil is a good long-term market with almost 190 million people. It has the largest economy in Latin America, and the eight in the world. Theres a positive attitude about doing business with the United Stares.
- 20. Brazilian economy has been helped by substantial foreign investment Brazil is going through several economic reforms, focusing on privatization, reducing corruption and the historically high inflation.
- 21. The inverted American OK sign is an obscene gesture. Making a fist with one hand and slapping the top of it with the other once or twice means screw you and I got screwed or I screwed up
- 22. Extending the middle 鍖nger upward is also vulgar. Extending the index and little 鍖nger upward while making a 鍖st with the other 鍖ngers means, Your wife/girlfriend is cheating on you.
- 24. Standard monthly income of an average worker Teacher ( Net monthly income) Dollars $ 299 Employees, Dec 2004 http://www.worldsalaries.org/brazil.shtml
- 27. HOMEX Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B. de C.V. Is an international (Brazil and Mexico) construction company, from Culiacan, Sinaloa; since 1989. 01.800.22.46.639 Blvd. Alfonso Zaragoza Maytorena # 2204 Culiac叩n - 80020 Sinaloa As in Mexico, this company focus they production in Viviendas de interes social that equals to three and six salaries.
- 28. HOMEX En Brasil tambi辿n construimos en el segmento de inter辿s social; la principal fuente y la 炭nica de financiamiento de nuestros clientes es a trav辿s del programa que apoya el Gobierno federal que es el Minha Casa, Minha Vida, explic坦 Fueyo. They also have a financial institucion called Minha Casa, Minha Vida. The average price for a house is about 39, 857 dlls. (They build as they need it)
- 29. BRAZIL: Mato Grosso do sul, Sao Paulo, Paran叩, Par叩. 2.6% of the incomes.
- 30. COPPEL 01-800-2207735 Coppel is an enterprise dedicated to offer credit to their clients in order to buy goods. Expansion a Argentina and Brazil (North America) The strategy is to manage the stores with local directives and workers that already know the market and the inicial inversion is of 50 million dollars. (Agustin
- 31. COPPEL The goal is to star with 4 stores, and taking as the most important the one on Curitiva city. (Culiacan) Slow and no mistakes (Elektra) C and D poblation Why brazil? Big poblation
- 35. Frank L. Acuff. "Brazil". How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere around the World. USA; AMACOM, 1997 Taboos. Culturecrossing. (2012). 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.culturecrossing.net/basics_business_student _details.php?Id=14&CID=30> "Bienvenido." Bienvenido. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.homex.com.mx/index.php>. "Minisplit LG VM122CL 1T 220V INVE." Coppel. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.coppel.com/>.
- 36. The Flag. worldatlas. (2012). Web 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/sam erica/brazil.htm> Income." worldsalaries. (2008) Web. 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.worldsalaries.org/brazil.shtml>. Homex." Vivelohoy. Web. 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.vivelohoy.com/noticias/negocios/8054238/co nstructora-mexicana-aumenta-ventas-en-brasil>. Coppel." Zocalo. Web. 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.zocalo.com.mx/seccion/opinion- articulo/217431/>.