...write about are Argentina and the Dominican Republic. Argentina is a country located in South America whereas; the Dominican Republic is located in North America. These two countries seem to be the most interesting and I hear about them quite often. Business ethics are a lot different in these two countries than they are in the United States. It is very interesting to see how much different the jobs are in Argentina and the Dominican Republic when comparing to the United States. Every country conducts business according to their laws and regulations which can also be very different. Argentina is a relationship driven culture, so it is important to build networks and use them. The people of Argentina like to do favors for each other, but if a favor is done for you than you will eventually be called upon. When it comes to business, Argentines only like to do business with people they know. This seems a little close-minded and could have a negative effect on their business relations. In the United States, we do a lot of our business over the phone and face-to-face, but Argentina prefers face-to-face meetings only. Once a relationship is built, Argentines will be loyal to you rather than the company you work for. Argentines focus most on looking good to others and are very judgmental. They do not only judge the way you speak, but the way you present yourself is more important. When dealing with Argentines, one should watch what they say and how they act. People from this country...
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...separate from and analyze. This is what I have learned from interacting and interviewing Luciana Cappuccino better known as “Lucky”. I was aware of her Spanish culture when I was first introduced to her just because of her first name. We sometimes forget how something as personal as our name is stamped by our cultural origin. I did further research into her name; I found out that Luciana is a typical Spanish name meaning light. The religious ties were very prevalent from the beginning even before I had started the interview. Argentina like most of Latin America and my own culture, the Caribbean has a deep history of colonialization; which is even more crucial part to the history of Luciana Cappuciano since she is of European ancestry. The Europeans arrived in Argentina 1502 this is most likely when Lucky’s ancestors first entered Latin America. One of the issues Lucky faced is being ethnically a Caucasian but identifying herself as a Latina. This is her avowal identity, meaning that is the identity “that [she] choose[s] to associate with and portray” (Willis-Rivera 28). However most American ascribes a Caucasian identity to her because of her blonde hair and fair skin; which is features attributes as white in America. This issue was something we discussed with great importance during our interviews. Lucky identifying herself as a Latina despite being of European descent is not strange in Argentina. Actually the predominant ethnic group in Argentina is white; with 97% coming from...
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...(Encyclopedia) Two of those twenty million of players happen to be David Beckham and Lionel Messi. They’re both really good players, but Lionel Messi is a better player than David Beckham. This is because: Messi is more productive, makes more money, and has a better reputation. So how is Messi more productive? Messi is more productive because he has scored more goals, had more assists, and done both in a shorter amount of time than David Beckham. He has been more productive than any other soccer player. Lionel Messi’s first goal...
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...but her mother decided that they would go back to South America when Carmen was 11 and Ale was 10.This family had their ups and downs which includes the near death of Carmen’s mother but also the adventure of Carmen in her native country of Chile and neighboring countries in South America. Carmen fell in love multiple times but one question to be asked was: “Could Carmen have loved her partners beside for the cause?” Carmen has had many partners in her life, many of whom where in part used for her as a cover to not get caught by authority for her involvement in the rebellion against Pinochet. One of her partners was Alejandro, he was also part of a group in Argentina called the Intransigent Youth: “I belong to the Intransigent Youth. But what about you...” (173). He wanted to know more about her since he trusted her even after she opened up to him about her fears when she was a child, more specifically when she was about to get “shot” by the secret police in a firing squad method of execution. .Alejandro and Carmen both got married in Villa Maria, Alejandro’s hometown, however, it was for political purposes as well as a cover for the resistance. They both knew it but eventually after the separation of the group she went to live her own life without giving time and effort to follow instructions which was to: “…be living in Neuquén, Argentina, where you will join the flying club. You will both learn to fly small planes and then you’ll figure out ways to fly to Chile undetected to...
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...Eva Peron Who would you say has made a big impact on the world? The first person that comes to my mind is Eva Peron. Evita they call her, it’s amazing who she turned out to be. She started from nothing, but became someone Argentina would never forget. She has done the unthinkable and the unexpected again and again. Who knew such a degraded girl immersed in poverty would rise to become Argentina’s first lady? Eva Peron was born on May 7, 1919 in Los Toldos, Argentina. At a very young age, Eva’s father, Juan Duarte died in an automobile crash sending Eva’s family into even more poverty due to one less working parent. Eva’s mother now had to take care of five people not including her. Some of Eva’s siblings got a job that didn't pay much while others tried to marry into riches. However, Eva had a dream. At age 15, she dreamt of fame and fortune. She wanted to be seen in movies and to be heard on the radio. Little did she know that she’d turn out to be so much more than she ever imagined....
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...The Argentine Tango is Argentina’s greatest contribution to the world of dance. Many Americans recognize the Tango as a sultry partner dance performed on shows like Dancing With The Stars or So You Think You Can Dance. However, there is a vast history behind the Tango and what we take pleasure in watching today. In fact, the establishment of the Tango is deeply rooted in the economic and migrant history of Argentina, more specifically Buenos Aires. In the late 1800’s, the impoverished state of Europe encouraged many people to migrate to the New World. Migrants from Spain, Ireland, Italy, Germany, and Turkey fled Europe with the common goal of a better life. Most migrants dreamed of settling in New York but instead many landed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. To their displeasure, Buenos Aires wasn’t the escape from poverty that they fantasized about....
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...where the climate and geographies are so much different than the one in the United States, we find growth in basketball. Though the NBA in Latin America is growing, it is still not a hit in Central and South America. Though whenever you go either it is Latin America, China, America, etc… there is always someone playing the game. Even in the likes of Mexico, they are mostly known for militant based political revolution than anything else, but basketball courts do exist. The courts might be used for other things like farming during the day, but you will always see some kid playing and working on his game. Just like what I do when I am in my hometown hooping outside of my house, no court just the concrete and the hoop I have next to my garage. The growth of basketball throughout Latin America region is unexpected, only because they compete for national attention in their number one sport soccer. Basketball has to compete in Central American countries like El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Brazil. Volleyball is also a sport that is highly accepted, but mostly in Brazil and Argentina. However, the basketball being played in soccer dominating countries is often influenced by soccer, but depends on the development of the country. “I know in Argentina [basketball] is very popular. Of course, not even close to soccer, and it never will be, but as far as a second sport in my country it...
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...Argentina Introduction Argentina has a population of 33 Million with an ethnic composition of 85 percent European descent, primarily Spanish or Italian. Indians, mestizos (people of mixed Indian and Spanish ancestry), and blacks together make up the remaining 15 percent. The Republic of Argentina is a democracy for now, but has had a long history of military power. Spanish is the official language, although many people speak English, Italian, or other languages. Argentine Spanish is heavily influenced by Italian and is unlike Spanish spoken anywhere in Latin America. Church and state are officially separate, but about 90 percent of the population considers itself Roman Catholic. Jews and Protestants account for 2 percent each. Argentina Fun Fact Argentina is the homeland the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church known as the Bishop of Rome. Jorge Bergoglio, is the first Pope selected from outside Europe in over 100 years and the first from the Americas. He will be known as Pope Francis. The longtime Bishop of Buenos Aires, the new Pope spent the majority of his career at home in Argentina with his roots in the Jesuit Order. As the Cardinal of Buenos Aires, he was known for humility, doctrinal conservatism and a commitment to social justice. Argentina is a country of wide-open pampas and ancient forests, in addition to very sophisticated cities, such as its capital, Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, has the largest number of Jews in Latin America; they are commonly referred...
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...Botulism in Argentina STUDENT’S VERSION Original investigators: Rodrigo G. Villar, MD,1 Roger L. Shapiro, MD,1 Silvina Busto, MD, MPH,2 Clara Rive-Posse, MD, MPH,3 Guadalupe Verdejo MD, MPH,4 Maria Isabel Farace, DVM,5 Francisco Rosetti, MS,5 Jorge A. San Juan, MD,6 Carlos Maria Julia, MD,MPH,3 John Becher, RPh,1 Susan E. Maslanka, PhD,1 David Swerdlow, MD1 1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2Ministero de Salud-Region V, 3Ministero de Salud y Accion Social, 4Pan American Health Organization, 5Departamento de Bacteriologia, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas, 6Hospital F. J. Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina Case study and instructor’s guide created by: Jeanette K. Stehr-Green, MD NOTE: This case study is bas ed on a rea l-life outbrea k investigatio n underta ken in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1998. Some aspects of the original outbreak and investigation have been altered, however, to assist in meeting the desired teaching objectives and allow com pletion of the case study in less tha n 3 hours. Students should be aware that this case study describes and promotes one particular approac h to foodb orne disea se outbrea k investigatio n. Procedu res and po licies in outbreak investigations, however, can vary from country to country, state to state, and outbreak to outbreak. It is anticipate d that the ep idemiolo gist investiga ting a foodb orne disea se outbrea k will work within the fra mework of a n “investig ation team ” which inclu des...
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...for Emilio to resolve this disagreement and to make significant changes within the organization to ensure that it does not continue or recur. The key steps will include: working with both Hernán and Alexey to defuse the current situation; changing the physical set up of the InterSoft lab to promote a better sense of team; and implementing new training procedures to prepare both Russian and Argentinian staff members for travel to either country. Alexey, Bruno, Hernán and Emilio were working on an important component of an updated version of IDEAFIX scheduled to be launched soon, so it was important that their programming progress on schedule. Tensions recently escalated between Hernán and Alexey because of a series of emails, initiated by Hernán, regarding the design of an event-handling algorithm of IDEAFIX. The email “conversation” between Hernán and Alexey seemed to occur after the first time that they could not reach an agreement even after much discussion. When Bruno became concerned that Alexey did not understand what needed to be done with the design of IDEAFIX, he informed Hernán. Because Hernán felt that he could better communicate with Alexey via written English, he began emailing Alexey instead of speaking directly with him, and forwarding the emails to Emilio for his input as well. The ensuing chain of emails would not have caused such a conflict if there had not already been some underlying tension. Hernán and Alexey have arrived at this disagreement because they...
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...was not. The Argentine military did not like that he was Jewish, but this was not truly what put his life at risk." Timerman was being interrogated by the President of Argentina during the time he was accused of being a communist. The questions arose first from him being a Zionist. Zionism is national liberation, and is a Jewish political movement. This generally meant that the political movement had supported the self-determination of the Jewish people seen in a sovereign Jewish national homeland. This was seen since the establishment of the state of Israel where the Zionist movement continued due to the advocates on behalf of the remaining Jewish state; this addresses the threats which continued to be prominent in its existence as well as its security. A Zionist, can also be seen in a less political term, also; this is known as cultural Zionism. It was in 1975 when the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution which stated that Zionism is a form of racism as well as racial discrimination. This was only two years before the abduction of Timerman. Zionists can be seen as liberals, because of its ideology of being a national liberation. Timerman was abducted because he was seen as a communist through his liberal and leftist newspaper; however, he was kept detained because of being a Zionist, which was considered to be a racist movement. Communism may not have been entirely the reason why Timerman had stirred up trouble in Argentina; he was the editor of a liberal...
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...s nmnsn m EAR GOVERNMENT COCA COLA SWISSAIR PASSENGERS 50 issue 25. summer 2006 EBF D6PTH By Dominique Turpin, IMD "No comment". Those two simple words can shatter a company's reputation and cost it millions in lost sales. So how can you turn a corporate crisis into competitive advantage? n October 2001, news of potentially harmful bacteria found in a McChicken Burger in Buenos Aires, Argentina, spread across South America via television and the internet. Although no one was proved to have been made sick or placed at risk, the incident cost McDonald's several million dollars in lost sales and damaged brand eguity {Turpin, 2002). Effective or ineffective communication during the first hours - or even minutes - of an emergency can have dramatic implications for the image of a company (Dawar and Pillutla, 2000). A study of 2,645 consumers conducted by the advertising agency DDB Needham showed that a company's handling of a crisis ranked as the third most important influence on consumer purchasing, after product quality and handling of complaints {Marketing News, 1995). issue 25. summer 2006 51 When disaster strikes: communicating in a crisis Crisis-management experts are unanimous in concluding that it is not a matter of if a company wiil be faced with a crisis, but when and how weii-prepared executives wili be to weather the storm {Albrecht, 1996). Indeed, no company is immune to a potential crisis created by flawed products, blackmail by unscrupulous...
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...what different things did they (Natura) learn in the new market? Did they introduce new products? Did they hire local employees? Did they provide some sort of different systems for the customers to buy their products? So what is the different system that they have changed? If they changed, give examples. 2. High level of energy and commitment: You remember we have talked about some markets that need more work to be done because they are not developed yet, they’re under developed. So what do you do? You provide more resources in there, you look after the market in order to mature the market. So give example, something like, when they (Natura) enter Russia market, how they commit to that market? Are they trying to provide extra credits to the manufacturers, or wholesalers in the market? Are they try to give extra offers to the customers? That’s commitment. 3. Control and effective monitoring: Have they decentralized their control in new markets? Or they centralize their control? Sort of control: how much they centralize/decentralized their control? What sort of activities they centralize or decentralize? First part of Task 1 can be breakdown into 3-4 paragraphs to talk about these 3-4 different things with examples to each of them. Sub section 2 - Competitive positioning: you may give examples of the new product portfolio that they may have introduced in there. This 2nd part is talking about competitve positioning...
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...Global Business Cultural Analysis: Argentina Brittnay Glover Liberty University Dr. John Karaffa October 16, 2015 ABSTRACT The Global Business Cultural Analysis of Argentina analyzes the cultural perspectives of doing business in Argentina. Additionally, the paper explores several scholar articles that are associated with the major elements and dimensions of the culture in the Latin American region, how these elements and dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in the nation, how the elements and dimensions compare with the United States culture and business. The paper outlines the communication in Argentina; verbal, non-verbal, communication style; the religion of Argentina, the business ethics of Argentina, the business values and attitudes in Argentina, the business environment in Argentina, social structure, customs, and the educational system of Argentina. The paper will allow the reader the opportunity to gain a wealth of knowledge on Argentina from various aspects. Additionally, the Global Business Cultural Analysis of Argentina provides knowledge on the implications for the United States businesses that are considering relocating to the country of Argentina and or the Latin American region. Global Business Cultural Analysis: Argentina Country Overview Argentina is a country geographically located in the continent of South America. Argentina is a vast country, encompassing most of the continent’s southern region between the Andes Mountains...
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...Lovely America Doing an exchange was like a dream to me. Since I started university, I’ve been planning this trip. I couldn’t believe when I received an email from my home university, telling me that I had a vacant in the University of Richmond. Everything was really fast, I when I realized I was I the plane, alone, flying to the United States. Thousand of thoughts came to my mind… “Did I take the right decision?”, “Do I have to stay at home and start to work, as all my friends are doing?”. However, I was already in the plane, I couldn’t go back! My first stop was in Washington, where I stayed in the house of a friend of my mom. One night I went out with his son, who invited me to a bar where his friends were. When we arrived, I tried to greet their friends with a kiss in the cheek… terrible mistake! Why anybody told me that in this country, it is not use to give kisses?!?! The girl seemed to be shocked, or scared, and the rest looked at me like thinking that I was crazy! And that’s how I learnt my first lesson… you don’t have to distribute kisses all around the world! A few days later, I arrived to Richmond. I couldn’t believe when I saw this place, I felt like in a movie. The campus, with its antique buildings, full of trees and a beautiful lake, it is really different from my home University. Moreover, I knew that my whole lifestyle was going to change. In Argentina, I live with my family, and I go to the University when I have classes, and then I go back home. Living in...
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