Licensing: Companies granting permission to others, under certain conditions, to utilize their property rights, such as trademarks, patents, or technology. Franchising: A type of business consenting to another individual or group to utilize and sell its goods/services for a set of period of time, at a certain location. It involves contractual agreements, a share in the percentage of profits or revenue generated, as well as a fee in most cases. Joint Ventures: A formal agreement that takes place between two or more organizations or companies to come together and share assets, and the control of a new business to generate mutual gain. Foreign Direct Investment: A joint venture or subsidiary operation establishing in a new foreign country. It is used when a company in one nation wishes to expand its business operations to another nation. Wholly Owned Subsidiary: A firm whose entire voting shares are in possession by another (parent) firm. Economic Development Activities: The adaptation of new technologies, and universal improvements on living standards. Involves the transition from an agriculture-based economy to an industry-based …show more content…
Workers should be ready to retrain(learning new skills for new jobs) because most likely they will have more than one career in heir lifetime. The global workplace requires some invidiuals to work and live in a foreign country for a large quantity of time, this is called an expatriate. These individuals will have to do short-term or long-term assignments and whill also have a special requirements/training in their field of work. As an expatriate living in brazil, it is important to respect the Brazilian culture and awareness of the countries traditions(festivals, celebrations etc). As far as there is a lot of benefits working as an expatriate, there are also a lot of disadvantages. The main disadvantage is distance from family and friends. Family support is a key factor that helps the global workplace along with the desire to work interntionaly. A person is classified as a normad if he/she is living the international lifestyle and is separated from home and family for a lengthy amount of