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Brazil is the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The following statements describe current conditions in Brazil. Many companies see the event as a business opportunity.
Match the statement with the type of environmental challenge for international managers it describes.

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Responses:

German families are paid monthly by the government for each child, yet the birthrate remains low.

Cultural environment

Civil law concepts prevail over common law practices.

Political-legal environment

The government launched a $300 billion plan to improve roads, power plants, and ports.

Economic environment

When Germans go out to eat they usually leave the kids at home with Grandma.

German road signs have no North, South, East, or West posted. Drivers must know if the city listed is in the direction they wish to travel.

Brazil is the only Portuguese speaking country in the Americas.

Futebol, or soccer, is the most popular sport in Brazil.

It is a member of the Organization of American States (OAS) an intergovernmental organization of 35 independent states of the Americas.

Germans have 50-year mortgages that can pass from one generation to the next.

The German workforce is less willing to move than the American workforce.

It is regarded as one of the four fast growing developing economies. The others are Russia, India, and China.

Premises:

German families are paid monthly by the government for each child, yet the birthrate remains low.

Civil law concepts prevail over common law practices.

The government launched a $300 billion plan to improve roads, power plants, and ports.

When Germans go out to eat they usually leave the kids at home with Grandma.

German road signs have no North, South, East, or West posted. Drivers must know if the city listed is in the direction they wish to travel.

Brazil is the only Portuguese speaking country in the Americas.

Futebol, or soccer, is the most popular sport in Brazil.

It is a member of the Organization of American States (OAS) an intergovernmental organization of 35 independent states of the Americas.

Germans have 50-year mortgages that can pass from one generation to the next.

The German workforce is less willing to move than the American workforce.

It is regarded as one of the four fast growing developing economies. The others are Russia, India, and China.

Responses:

Cultural environment

Political-legal environment

Economic environment

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

German families are paid monthly by the government for each child, yet the birthrate remains low.

Civil law concepts prevail over common law practices.

The government launched a $300 billion plan to improve roads, power plants, and ports.

When Germans go out to eat they usually leave the kids at home with Grandma.

German road signs have no North, South, East, or West posted. Drivers must know if the city listed is in the direction they wish to travel.

Brazil is the only Portuguese speaking country in the Americas.

Futebol, or soccer, is the most popular sport in Brazil.

It is a member of the Organization of American States (OAS) an intergovernmental organization of 35 independent states of the Americas.

Germans have 50-year mortgages that can pass from one generation to the next.

The German workforce is less willing to move than the American workforce.

It is regarded as one of the four fast growing developing economies. The others are Russia, India, and China.