Passport Brazil

Your Pocket Guide to Brazilian Business, Customs, and Etiquette

By Elizabeth Ann Harrington

ISBN 1-885073-18-6
US$6.95
96 Pages
Passport Brazil contains detailed information about business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more in Brazil. International businesspeople will discover a wealth of hard-to-find information to help them break through cultural barriers and ease their fears about doing business in Brazil. The book is attractive, portable, easy to read, and short enough to digest in one sitting.

Table of Contents

Overview

Chapter 1: Doing Business Across Cultures
Chapter 2: Country Facts
Chapter 3: The Brazilians
Chapter 4: Cultural Stereotypes
Chapter 5: Regional Differences

Business Environment

Chapter 6: Government & Business

Chapter 7: The Work Environment
Chapter 8: Women in Business
Chapter 9: Making Connections
Chapter 10: Strategies for Success
Chapter 11: Time
Chapter 12: Business Meetings
Chapter 13: Negotiating with the Brazilians
Chapter 14: Business Outside the Law

Customs & Etiquette

Chapter 15: Names & Greetings

Chapter 16: Communication Styles
Chapter 17: Customs
Chapter 18: Dress & Appearance
Chapter 19: Reading the Brazilians
Chapter 20: Entertaining
Chapter 21: Socializing

Additional Information

Chapter 22: Basic Brazilian Phrases

Chapter 23: Correspondence
Chapter 24: Useful Numbers
Chapter 25: Books and Internet Addresses

About the Authors

Elizabeth Ann Harrington lived in Brazil for 18 years, where she worked as a correspondent for several financial publications, as well as for a U.S.-based news agency. Since moving to New York City, she's written on Brazilian culture for Fodor's, Insight Guide to Brazil, and Varig Airlines' in-flight magazine, among others.