Idioma: inglês Since the 1950s, subsidiaries of prestigious foreign multinationals have played a key role in Brazilian economic development, thus creating a very competitive domestic market. On top of this, government interventions in the last few decades have been inconsistent and contradictory, resulting in a series of economic crises. Only a resilient Brazilian firms have been able to survive and prosper in this environment. This book analyzes a variety of leading Brazilian multinationals and examines their competencies and competitive strategies in a variety of different settings. It develops an analytical framework based on international business, international operations management, and international human resources management. This framework is then applied not only to Brazilian multinationals, but also firms from Latin America, Russia, India, and China. This provides insights into the rise of Brazilian multinationals and the increasingly important role played by emerging economy multinationals in the global economy.