Orlando R. Kelm is an associate professor of Hispanic linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin and associate director of Business Language Education at the McCombs School of Business. His publications and consulting center on intercultural communication focus on Latin America and foreign language learning with emphasis on the use of innovative technologies. David A. Victor is a professor of management and international business at Eastern Michigan University. Victor has consulted and run programs for more than two hundred companies and organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, governments, and NGOs. He is the author of many business communication books and the editor in chief of the Global Advances in Business Communication Journal.

A state-of-the-art guide for North Americans on how to interact and do business in Brazil.

• Introduction1. Brazilian Language: That's a Lot of Portuguese!2. Brazilian Environment: What a Huge Country!3. Brazilian Social Organization: Let's Work on it Together4. Brazilian Contexting: I'll Call You, Really I Will5. Brazilian Authority Conception: Show Me Some of that Jeitinho6. Brazilian Nonverbal Communication: One Kiss Or Two?7. Brazilian Temporal Conception: Come On Over When You Can8. Case Study: Sitting Secure In Latin America, Brazilian StyleNotesIndexAbout the Authors

Orlando R. Kelm is an associate professor of Hispanic linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin and associate director of Business Language Education at the McCombs School of Business. His publications and consulting center on intercultural communication focus on Latin America and foreign language learning with emphasis on the use of innovative technologies. David A. Victor is a professor of management and international business at Eastern Michigan University. Victor has consulted and run programs for more than two hundred companies and organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, governments, and NGOs. He is the author of many business communication books and the editor in chief of the Global Advances in Business Communication Journal.

A state-of-the-art guide for North Americans on how to interact and do business in Brazil.

• Introduction1. Brazilian Language: That's a Lot of Portuguese!2. Brazilian Environment: What a Huge Country!3. Brazilian Social Organization: Let's Work on it Together4. Brazilian Contexting: I'll Call You, Really I Will5. Brazilian Authority Conception: Show Me Some of that Jeitinho6. Brazilian Nonverbal Communication: One Kiss Or Two?7. Brazilian Temporal Conception: Come On Over When You Can8. Case Study: Sitting Secure In Latin America, Brazilian StyleNotesIndexAbout the Authors

Orlando R. Kelm is an associate professor of Hispanic linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin and associate director of Business Language Education at the McCombs School of Business. His publications and consulting center on intercultural communication focus on Latin America and foreign language learning with emphasis on the use of innovative technologies. David A. Victor is a professor of management and international business at Eastern Michigan University. Victor has consulted and run programs for more than two hundred companies and organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, governments, and NGOs. He is the author of many business communication books and the editor in chief of the Global Advances in Business Communication Journal.

A state-of-the-art guide for North Americans on how to interact and do business in Brazil.

• Introduction1. Brazilian Language: That's a Lot of Portuguese!2. Brazilian Environment: What a Huge Country!3. Brazilian Social Organization: Let's Work on it Together4. Brazilian Contexting: I'll Call You, Really I Will5. Brazilian Authority Conception: Show Me Some of that Jeitinho6. Brazilian Nonverbal Communication: One Kiss Or Two?7. Brazilian Temporal Conception: Come On Over When You Can8. Case Study: Sitting Secure In Latin America, Brazilian StyleNotesIndexAbout the Authors