Brazil is the 9th largest global economy with a Nominal GDP around US$ 2 trillion and has the 6th largest population. Diversity and creativity combined with a huge potential market. Goldman Sachs has projected that Brazil´s economy will be the fourth largest in the world by 2050, overtaking economic heavyweights France and Germany. It is a country with tremendous potential. Thus, executives, companies and business schools have increasingly sought to understand the Brazilian environment either to gain a global perspective about emerging economies or to understand and enhance their capability to invest and operate in Brazil. **Some more highlights you should know: ** - Brazil has one of the largest natural areas in the world. At the same time, it’s a world leader in food production. - The country has one of the largest oil reserves on the planet. At the same time, it’s a leader in the production of renewable energy and leading experts in biofuel technology. - Brazil still has a tradition of peaceful relations with the international community and an outstanding capacity for articulation. **Fundação Dom Cabral** Brazil is also home to the best business school in the southern hemisphere and the 7th best in the world, according to the ranking published by the British newspaper Financial Times in 2023. Fundação Dom Cabral is a world-class school with a unique way of being and teaching that combines executive, academic and social education to offer a systemic and humanistic view that delivers positive impact and aligns performance and progress. **The New Frontier of Global Impact** As a world-class Brazilian business school that operates internationally, and whose mission is to contribute to the sustainable development of society by educating, we develop and build the skills of executives, entrepreneurs and public managers.
**Discover Latin America's Largest Capital City** One of the most global metropolises on the planet. Latin America’s economic engine and a bustling and diverse cultural center. In 2023, the city achieved 14th place in the global prosperity ranking of “World’s Best Cities”. This ranking takes into account the number of Global 500 corporate head offices, GDP per capita, unemployment rate and income equality. - 17th richest city in the world - 23.000 restaurants offering cuisine from all over the world - 119 theaters, 126 parks and 184 nightclubs - 14 million tourists visit the city with the largest hotel industry on the continent - 54 malls with the best national and international brands **24 hours a day. São Paulo never stops.**
Our program is designed as a custom program - the content and teaching methodologies are developed around the particular needs of each partner, in order to provide participants with knowledge, skills and insights to successfully invest and operate in or with emerging economies, like Brazil, or to implement new practices in their own business environment. The Program will enable to meet the shifting needs of global business, particularly to gain insight into the challenges and opportunities that doing business in an emerging market creates. A FDC “Doing Business in Brazil” Program offer an immersion in various aspects of the Brazilian business and society, such as: cultural and social; environment and sustainability; legal aspects; economics and the market and government relations.
- History of Brazil - Global geopolitics - Cultural aspects - Sustainable Business - Innovation Ecosystems - Governance, Risk & Compliance - Institutional and Governmental Stakeholders - Foreign Trade - Finance, Capital and Consumer Markets in Brazil **Culture, Society and History of Brazil** Understanding the formation of the Brazilian community, the natives and the Brazilian society. Its history from the times of Portuguese colonization to the present. Going through the processes of mineral exploration, industrialization and economic growth. **Environment and Sustainability** Broaden your gaze on a country with one of the largest biodiversity in the world. Mining and natural riches and many challenges regarding balance and production with sustainability. Connect the challenges with the reality of mobile and global companies that guide their governance based on the precepts of ESG. **Legal Aspects** Processes and legal aspects for bureaucratic traffic in the country; Tax and legal aspects and access to credit; labor legal aspects and system functioning; **Government Relations** Broaden the look and understanding of the functioning of government relations in Brazil for all strategic decision and business operations. Challenges of the link society, business and government and paths for decision-making and influence for discussion with decision makers in matters that are of interest to social and economic actors. **Economics and Market** Better understand of the potential of this huge country and its contradictions. The Brazilian reality opens issues linked, on the one hand, to the strong increase in commodities globally and aggressive growth of Brazilian agriculture, high level of investment in infrastructure in the country, and on the other hand, growing public debt and high level of unemployment in the country. It is configured, in general balance, as an attractive market for companies due to its diversity of industries, abundance of natural resources and an expressive consumer market.
World renowned and accredited universities have already worked with FDC to deliver their Learning Journey Program: - Brown University - Cheung Kong Graduate - School of Business (CKGSB) - Indian School of Business (ISB) - Johns Hopkins University - Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University - University of Texas at Dallas - Rotman School of Management, - University of Toronto - Hult International Business School - Schulich School of Business - York University - Skema Business School - Skolkovo Moscow School of Management - University of St. Gallen - Vlerick Business School
