Browsing Tag Business
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25 April 2013 at 14 : 23 PM
Gringoes: why would you live in Brazil?
I'm a regular reader of the Gringoes.com website. It's a magazine for foreigners living and working in Brazil and the downsides of being in Brazil are a regular theme of articles and discussion, particularly in the associated Facebook group where readers can vent their opinion openly without the need for an editor to approve what they submit to the ...
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20 June 2012 at 13 : 19 PM
Economic nationalism: the way to go for Brazil?
The Brazilian government's measures such as the recent temporary tax breaks for car manufacturers and home appliances to maintain economic growth may signal the start of a new form of economic policy, according to specialists. Brazil’s upbeat economic performance slowed in the first quarter of this year, with GDP falling 0.35% in March, after activity ...
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20 June 2012 at 09 : 20 AM
Imagine if every resident of Mumbai had a car?
IT Decisions is in Rome this week at the Orange Business Live conference - an event packed full of CIOs and technology decision-makers from across the world. Professor Stéphane Garelli of IMD Business School and the University of Lausanne delivered one of the opening keynotes, describing the future of the world economy. One of the key points he made ...
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14 May 2012 at 18 : 49 PM
ITD Research: Social media and the CIO
Social media is now deeply embedded in the corporate world in Brazil. About 90% of Brazil-based businesses are using social networking tools to promote their products and services and many large organizations now turn to these tools as the first place to look when hiring new employees. ...
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3 April 2012 at 16 : 08 PM
ITD Research: How Brazil firms use IT as a business advantage
CIOs worldwide often talk about how "the business" does not appreciate how technology can be used as a competitive advantage. This ITD research report investigates how Brazilian companies are faring in that respect. ...
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30 December 2011 at 14 : 24 PM
A foreigner’s Portuguese language journey
I arrived in Brazil earlier this year and knew that I would need to use Portuguese to survive here, but my attempts to learn the language while I was still living in London were beset with problems. ...
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10 November 2011 at 09 : 31 AM
This much I know: Luiz Adolfo Gruppi, Cielo
Luiz Adolfo Gruppi Afonso is the strategy and architecture director at payment processing firm Cielo. The company is the largest credit and debit card operator in Brazil, with a 49% market share in terms of credit and debit card transaction volume and some 1.5 million active merchants in its client portfolio. In a few soundbites, the executive gives ...
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30 September 2011 at 11 : 12 AM
Brazil: where else would you rather be?
This is not strictly about IT, but there was a delightful column by Tyler Brûlé in the Financial Times last weekend where he outlined all the reasons why people sick of the economic gloom in Europe and the USA should come to Brazil. ...
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25 March 2011 at 08 : 20 AM
Getting LinkedIn Brazil
Popular business networking tool LinkedIn sent representatives from Canada and the US to host a workshop in São Paulo yesterday. The event was focused on speaking to their users in Brazil and gaining feedback on any local differences in networking behaviour here. ...
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21 March 2011 at 12 : 28 PM
Brazilian tech firms should look at the EU
When the subject is mergers and acquisitions involving Brazilian technology companies seeking more international exposure, there are many opportunities in Europe. Adam Rose, a partner in London at international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner comments on what should be at the top of the list for those planning to go shopping in the region. ...
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