Cultural Diversity, Negotiation, and Organizational Leadership

2022 ◽  
pp. 767-795
Author(s):  
Leidy Lorena Piñeiro-Cortes ◽  
Merly Maria Bernal ◽  
Tito Francisco Solano ◽  
Adolfo Hernando Hernández Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Small Extent ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Business World ◽  
International Context ◽  
Precise Information ◽  
Business Competitiveness ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Latin American Countries

In globalization, the business world is becoming increasingly complex and challenging for small and medium companies in Latin American countries. There are variables that determine the success of a national and international business. In the latter case, one must have a good knowledge of the country's environment with which a commercial operation is carried out (competitors, political, economic, socio-cultural, legal, technological, etc). All these factors are undoubtedly important in the field of international treaties or agreements, as well as the precise information of the negotiating company. However, variables such as leadership and organizational culture and, in particular, cultural diversity are to a small extent considered as decisive factors of business competitiveness. The chapter describes the importance of the three variables as tools for the performance of Colombian companies in an international context and shows the results of the CW Model of the Culture Assistant, where seven key elements of cultural diversity are evaluated in organizations.

Cultural Diversity, Negotiation, and Organizational Leadership

2020 ◽  
pp. 376-405
Author(s):  
Leidy Lorena Piñeiro-Cortes ◽  
Merly Maria Bernal ◽  
Tito Francisco Solano ◽  
Adolfo Hernando Hernández Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Small Extent ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Business World ◽  
International Context ◽  
Precise Information ◽  
Business Competitiveness ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Latin American Countries

In globalization, the business world is becoming increasingly complex and challenging for small and medium companies in Latin American countries. There are variables that determine the success of a national and international business. In the latter case, one must have a good knowledge of the country's environment with which a commercial operation is carried out (competitors, political, economic, socio-cultural, legal, technological, etc). All these factors are undoubtedly important in the field of international treaties or agreements, as well as the precise information of the negotiating company. However, variables such as leadership and organizational culture and, in particular, cultural diversity are to a small extent considered as decisive factors of business competitiveness. The chapter describes the importance of the three variables as tools for the performance of Colombian companies in an international context and shows the results of the CW Model of the Culture Assistant, where seven key elements of cultural diversity are evaluated in organizations.

EMERGING LATIN AMERICAN OIL SPILL REGULATION

1997 ◽  
Vol 1997 (1) ◽  
pp. 447-451
Author(s):  
Alicia Watts Hosmer ◽  
Ede J. Ijjasz ◽  
Gwen Fairweather
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
The North ◽  
Iso 14000 ◽  
Internal Pressures ◽  
Latin American Countries

ABSTRACT Environmental regulation in Latin America is currently undergoing radical change. In response to an increase in environmental awareness, internal pressures (including privatization of state-owned monopolies), and external standards (such as those of the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] Environmental Side Agreement and ISO 14000), a large number of Latin American countries have passed or will soon pass new environmental legislation. Although much of this legislation aims to develop or strengthen the general environmental frameworks of these countries, there are many emerging Latin American regulations and initiatives that deal specifically with oil spill prevention, preparedness, and response. As a first step toward understanding the impacts that these oil spill regulations and initiatives will have for individual Latin American countries and the region, this paper seeks to identify and explore the current forces driving the increase in oil spill regulation in Latin America; examine some new oil spill regulatory initiatives taking place in individual countries, including Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia; review relevant international treaties and regional initiatives; and discuss anticipated future trends for the region as a whole.

scholarly journals Intangible assets and business performance in Latin America

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Cristina Lopes ◽  
Luciana Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latin American Countries

Purpose The intangible assets of a company have been presented by national and international surveys as a resource to influence the creation of value and the increase in organizational performance. In view of this, this study aims to analyze the relationship between intangibility and the performance of companies in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, multiple regression with panel data was used and three perspectives for measuring intangible resources were defined: representativeness of the intangible asset, accounting measure for measuring the intangible, degree of intangibility and Tobin’ Q, the latter two representing economic and financial measures to determine intangibility. The study covered the period from 2011 to 2017 with a sample of 1,236 publicly traded companies located in some Latin American countries, namely, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Findings The results demonstrated the existence of a significant and positive relationship between the variables of intangibility, degree of intangibility and Tobin’s Q, and the performance variables, return on assets, operating margin and asset turnover, reinforcing the study hypothesis that the greater the investment in intangible resource, the greater the company’s performance. Research limitations/implications The limitations of this study involve the lack of complete information about intangible resources in the financial statements of some companies and some countries, making it hard to analyze the proposed relationship more broadly and accurately. Another limitation involves the causal relationship that may have existed between the regressors of the models defined in the study and their error, thus generating an endogeneity problem in the proposed models. It is recommended for future research to use specific methods to mitigate possible problems of endogeneity in regressions. Practical implications Mainly the possibility of deepening the relationship between intangibility and business performance, thus obtaining new knowledge through the reflexes of this relationship on companies in Latin American countries, finding more consistent results. Social implications The study contributes to the decision-making process in the business world by informing the primary users of accounting information such as investors, administrators, accountants, regulators and creditors. Originality/value This research contributes by addressing a theme whose studies present many gaps, making it possible to deepen the relationship between intangibility and business performance and gain new knowledge through the reflexes of this relationship on companies in Latin American countries.

Brazilian Relations with Portuguese Africa in the Context of the Elusive “Luso-Brazilian Community”

1976 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-58
Author(s):  
Wayne A. Selcher
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Foreign Minister ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Brazilian Culture ◽  
Latin American Countries

The year of 1972 brought the marked aggravation of a series of political-economic conflicts in Brazil's relations with developing countries outside the Western Hemisphere, calling into serious question the continued viability of its efforts of several years to maintain good relations with both Portugal and the nonaligned states (particularly those of Africa). Following successful tours of Latin American countries in 1971, Foreign Minister Mário Gibson Barboza termed 1972 the “Year of Africa” and visited Zaire and eight countries of West Africa to advance Brazil's ambitions as a leader of the LDCs by offering technical assistance, development financing, and increased trade, cooperation in commodity agreements, and cultural exchange based on the African component of Brazilian culture. This tour was intended to promote the image of Brazil as a peacefully multiracial, rapidly developing tropical civilization eager to share with others the solutions to economic growth which it had found.

scholarly journals Neo-liberalism and Global Economic Crises (The changing of the state-market relations in Indonesia)

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Malse Yulivestra
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
South African ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Liberal Ideology ◽  
Market Relations ◽  
Latin American Countries

In globalization era, intervention and influence of developed countries to developing countries are more exist. Those influences are not in form of war or radical ways but more moderate and well organized (deregulation, privatization, and liberalization) through international treaties in International organizations (IMF, WTO, and World Bank).  Many developing countries can describe how it occurs, for instance Latin American countries, South African Countries, and Asian Countries. The interventions give many impacts toward domestic policies in a country. Under Neo Liberal ideology, those international relationships and treaties have changed the paradigm of state, private, and society relations. 

The Challenges of the New Social and Scientific Realities in Private International Family Law – The Latin American Experience

2019 ◽  
pp. 268-292
Author(s):  
Nieve Rubaja ◽  
María Mercedes Albornoz
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
International Protection ◽  
American Experience ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Latin American Countries

Private International Family Law has been challenged by the impact of recent social changes. Such an impact is shaped by an increasing globalization, new types of families, and, especially, technology and biomedical developments. Some of the new complex situations call for the creation of original solutions. Latin American countries are making efforts to gradually include in their domestic Private International Law provisions that capture this scenario. However, some international treaties still in force in the region were drafted many years ago, reflecting cultural, religious and social conceptions which have been outgrown by new realities and principles nowadays prevailing. This chapter shows some of the difficulties, possibilities and challenges that the most relevant multilateral legal instruments currently face in Latin America. It also explores and highlights the work of several international bodies in order to achieve the international protection of families and, in particular, to guarantee the rights of children.

Mission in Latin America: Inculturated Liberation

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-239
Author(s):  
Diego Irarrazaval ◽  
Jorge Magrovejo ◽  
Steve Bevans
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The People ◽  
The Gift ◽  
Political Economic

Mission in Latin America today-whether inside the continent or abroad— is best conceived as a task of inculturated liberation. It must first of all be about the liberation of all from every form of oppression, whether political, economic, social, cultural, or spiritual; and such liberation must come from the people themselves, in all their cultural diversity and richness. Although this task is one that involves the entire Latin American church, it is best carried out by Latin America's poor, who, in imitation of Jesus, are called to give the gift of their poverty as co-workers with the Spirit in witnessing to God's kingdom.

scholarly journals Venezuelan migrants in Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Issel-Dombert
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Us ◽  
Humanitarian Crises ◽  
The Media ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Spanish Press ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Latin American Countries

Venezuela is experiencing an unprecedented exodus as a result of ongoing political, economic and humanitarian crises. While the majority of emigrants remain in neighbouring Latin American countries, the US and Europe are also among the preferred destinations. The way migrants are covered in the media shapes public opinion and has an impact on their integration into society. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the coverage of Venezuelan migrants in the Spanish press in a timeframe from 2015 to 2020. For this purpose, a linguistic discourse analysis is conducted. The results contrast with the current state of research. With the help of the sociological "othering"-theory and the concept of the so-called "aporofobia", it is possible to explain how the image of good (and "bad") migrants is discursively constructed.

scholarly journals The rise of the doctrine of neoliberalism

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Milan Jovanović
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Classical Liberalism ◽  
International Financial Institutions ◽  
Economic Liberalism ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Latin American Countries

The text deals with the analysis of the doctrine of neoliberalism as the dominant political-economic direction of a modern capitalist society. The paper first points to the meaning of the term itself, taking into account the numerous specificities and contradictions that this direction brings with it. An analysis of the works of the most significant representatives of neoliberal thought attempts to determine the basic values and principles governing neoliberal theorists, and whether neoliberalism can be considered the successor to classical liberalism or if it is a completely new direction in the development of economic thought. It pointed to the historical circumstances that led to the seemingly forgotten policy of economic liberalism becoming the mainstay of economic science in the 1980s. Also, the policy of neo-liberalism has had its practical operationalization, first in Latin American countries, but above all in the United States and Great Britain, where it is also known as "reganomics" or "Thatcherism". The transition of post-socialist economies has emerged as a major issue at the end of the last century, with a considerable number of countries approaching this problem in line with the recommendations of international financial institutions and programs based on the principles of neoliberalism. In this regard, the paper analyzes the main values of the neoliberal trend, as well as the historical circumstances that led to neoliberalism becoming the dominant socio-economic doctrine.

Consent, coercion and cooperativismo: Mining cooperatives and resource regimes in Bolivia

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Marston ◽  
Tom Perreault
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Mineral Water ◽  
Mining Activity ◽  
Resource Extraction ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Political Unrest ◽  
Historical Relationship ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Latin American Countries

This paper examines ways in which regional political, economic, and cultural hegemonies maintain “resource regimes” by exploring the emergence of mining cooperatives as central actors in Bolivia’s extractive economy. Like much of Latin America, Bolivia is experiencing a boom in resource extraction. Unlike other Latin American countries, in which the surge in mining activity is driven almost entirely by private, mostly transnational capital, relatively small-scale mining cooperatives play a major role in Bolivia’s mining economy. We draw on the Gramscian concepts of hegemony and the integral state to explore the historical and contemporary relationship between mining cooperatives and unfolding patterns of mineral, water, and territorial governance, particularly in Oruro and Potosí departments. We argue that the regional hegemony of the mining economy has been constructed and maintained by the close historical relationship between mining cooperatives and the Bolivian state. Since the 1930s, the state has supported the formation of mining cooperatives as a means of bolstering the mining economy and stemming political unrest; in recent decades, however, cooperatives have become more actively involved in the maintenance of mining’s regional hegemony.

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