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Thursday, April 19, 2007

American FCPA law reaches Brazilian companies

The American law “Foreign Corrupt Practices Acts (FCPA)”, valid only for companies of North American nationality gained new understanding and its reach was extended for any company that operates in the U.S.A. financial market. With this, the 37 Brazilian companies that negotiate ADR (bonds receipts) in the New York Stock market are now under the same law, even in business done outside the U.S.A.

This is an important step in assuring transparency in international trade operations.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Achieve sustainable, successful international businesses

In today’s global market, businesses are trying to deal with high expectations and margin pressures.

One way to cope is by increasing the company participation in international markets (like Brazil), reaching to achieve sustainable and successful international businesses.

To do that and increase international market share, companies must focus on three main levers: accelerating innovation, enhancing local operational excellence, and empowering local information workers.

The ability to execute these strategies better and faster than your competitors is critical to success, and it requires new business processes or modification of existing ones...