AUTOLATINA: An International Partnership that ended up in a Divorce: Ford - Volkswagen Joint Venture in Brazil Autolatina‚ a joint venture of Ford and Volkswagen (VW)‚ was created in 1987 in Brazil. The partners created the new company in order to serve the highly protected car markets of Brazil and Argentina from within. In addition‚ their goal was to create a giant theoretically invincible in the Latin American market. The partners’ strategy was to share the risk of operating in a volatile market
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Q1 Motives and objectives of Ford entering its collaborative venture with Volkswagen Prior to the formation of the Autolatina JV‚ both VW and Ford had long been investors in Argentina and Brazil. Both companies had major vehicle-manufacturing subsidiaries in the two countries. Each of these subsidiaries‚ in turn‚ had a number of subsidiaries of its own‚ engaged in financing or in component manufacturing. By 1985‚ Ford and VW operations both had something in common: they were doing poorly financially
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How Can The German Car Manufacturer Firm “A” Enter Brazil Market Firm A is a big multinational enterprise in Germany which focuseson vehiclemanufacturer. Now‚ firm A is planning to enlarge its business in the world. Brazil‚ the largest emerging economy in Latin America is their first choice. However‚ similar to other developing countries‚ the business and trade condition in Brazil is different from developed countries. So‚ firm A may face great political and cultural risk when doing business in
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CAVUMFM_i-1v2 10/12/07 4:42 PM Page i International Business Strategy‚ Management‚ and the New Realities S. Tamer Cavusgil Michigan State University Gary Knight Florida State University John R. Riesenberger Executive in Residence‚ CIBER Michigan State University Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey‚ 07458 CAVUMFM_i-1v2 10/12/07 4:42 PM Page ii Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cavusgil‚ S. Tamer. International business : strategy‚ management
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