A 2011 analysis of the rise of Brazilian multinationals, examining their competencies and competitive strategies in a variety of different settings.

List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; Part I. Developing the Analytical Framework and Contextualizing the Phenomenon: 1. Globalization and internationalization: the perspective of emerging countries; 2. The analytical framework: the multinational as a network of competencies; 3. The early-movers and the earliest internationalization theories; 4. The rise of Japanese MNEs and their impact on the international landscape; 5. Productive globalization, the restructuring of western MNEs and the rise of emerging countries MNEs; Part II. Multinationals from Brazil and Other Emerging Countries: 6. Brazil: from discovery to the end of the twentieth century; 7. The rise of Brazilian MNEs; 8. The most outstanding Brazilian multinationals; 9. Multilatinas; 10. Indian, Chinese and Russian multinationals; 11. The future of emerging countries multinationals; References; Index.