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Briefing on Mexico and South America by Dr. Manuel Chavez Associate Director CLACS-MSU
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Business Practices Guidelines Is the role of the international corporation understood?…it depends! Mexico as a partner or as an employee SA and the future of business expansion Reality vs Assumptions What is the importance of culture in business?
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International Business Guidelines Differences by industry. Local culture really matters. Differences high level executives vs operations staff. The role of NorthAmerican Teams. National cultures vs Corporate cultures.
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Mexican Perceptions of U.S. Americans Superficial Moralistic but Hypocritical Informal in Behavior and Dress Distrustful Independent Inflexible/Routine Oriented Informed but not Educated Monolingual Arrogant
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Business Guidelines in Latin America Don’t be ethnocentric. Don’t assume anything; please ask. Don’t assume homogeneous patterns within Mexico or SA. Don’t use language carelessly. Don’t stereotype.
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What is the importance of Regionalization? Formation of an economic bloc Interdependence and proximity Competitive advantage Suplementation Complementation Mobility of capital and labor Political, Social and new economic formations
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The New Political Economy of North America Post-industrial USA, from manufacturing based to technology based. North American vertical integration, the role of Canada and Mexico Post-NAFTA
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NorthAmerican Economic-Integration a.Corridors : a. Calif-Baja (tech- computers); b. Ariz-Sonora (manufacturing- tech); c. WTex-Chihuahua (Htech-compt- manufact); d. SETex-NL and Tamps (manufact- tech-compt)
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NorthAmerican Competition a.Economic regional INTERDEPENDENCE b.Competition against the EU + EE countries c.Corporations in the move: TNCs, MNCs, RNCs d.Players: a. 3 Countries b. 96 states or provinces c. 436 cities (400 US, 25 MEX, 11 CAN)
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What variables have a critical role for The USA? AAddition of Eastern European countries to EU PPolitical stability in the continent–a premium variable for The USA SSustainable economic growth
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From NAFTA to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) a.Summit of the Americas 1994 b.Countries participating, all but… c.Expected to take place in the year 2005 d.Requirements, political and economic e.The role of MERCOSUR f.International- regional tensions
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