The case describes the internationalization process of emerging markets multinational enterprises in other emerging markets. Marcopolo, the largest manufacturer of bus bodies in Brazil and one of the largest in the world, started several joint ventures to manufacture bus bodies. After years of...

This study proposes and tests an extended model for consumer adoption of high technology products in a Latin American country (Brazil) by integrating concepts present in the consumer behavior literature: the Consumer Acceptance of Technology model (Kulviwat et al., 2007) and the technology...

This case describes the trajectory of Leblon, a cachaça producer that since its inception regards the world as a market for its product. Founded by entrepreneurs in 2005, the firm's production process is divided between Brazil and France, and it serves several world markets besides the U.S. and...

This study presents a taxonomic classification of manufactured products exporters based on strategic orientation which is the result of an analysis of a sample of 414 Brazilian exporters of manufactured goods. The analyses used Cluster analysis, MANOVA, ANOVA, post-hoc tests and crosstabs. The...

This case provides an opportunity to discuss the internationalization process of a very successful emerging market multinational firm from Brazil and the specificities of entering a psychically-distant market, China. The case describes the internationalization process of Marcopolo, the largest...