Internet Industry in Latin America

Prepared by Global Economic Analysts Ltd. March

For Business Discount Plan, Inc. 2000

This report is designed to provide the investor considering entry into the Internet industry in Latin America with the information needed to make an informed decision on the issue. To provide a logical flow of information to support an integrated assessment process by an investor, this report is structured in major sections, each of which provides information relevant to the investment decision in a sequence that leads from a basic familiarity with the Internet and the Internet industry to an in-depth review of the major players in the Internet industry in Latin America. To facilitate an investor's review and analysis of the information provided in this report, major sections and their sub-sections are identified both textually and numerically in the Report Contents page which follows this Introduction to the Report.

Sources of information presented in this report are identified through the use of a notation system. For the convenience of the reader of the report, notes are located at the end of each major section of the report and are identified as Section Notes. A Bibliography of all sources cited in the report is presented at the end of the report.

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mpany at any one time, management cannot assume that all values are common. Often the shared understanding of the role of management becomes an instrument of integration which is more powerful than formal structures and systems of the organization. The manager, therefore, becomes a vehicle of integration within the organization. Internationalization and cosmopolitanism are the new characteristics which are required of this person. The task of the top manager is not that of submitting the activities of a national organization to a central control, but rather that of co-opting abilities and obtaining the involvement of the national organizations; paradoxically, attention shifts from control of the strategic content to management of the organizational process. Evaluation and reward systems must favor the free exchange of information and commitment to global objectives over local interests, so as to obtain a positive attitude to integration and thus favor a climate of continuous improvement. 4.2.1 The Virtual Corporation The virtual corporation is based on the concept of the virtual product or virtual service that is produced instantly in response to customer demand. Davidow and Malone described the virtual corporation tha
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Approximate Word count = 9161
Approximate Pages = 37 (250 words per page)