In Brazil, the nature of demands on Information Technology capabilities has varied from the times of the market reserve policy of the 1980s. Now in a more open market, the demand for technical capabilities shifted from hardware design and manufacturing engineers to software and data processing; opportunities in Brazil are now increasing in developing and updating business applications. ICT jobs tend to be concentrated around major cities.

Brazil is considered to be the first e-commerce market in South America and is expected to account for US$ 67.6 million of the total revenue collected by regional vendor sites in 2003. Two of the main factors that have set Brazil apart from its neighbors are the country's high rate of computer penetration and its technically sophisticated banking system.

B2B in Brazil has great potential of e-commerce growth. B2B trade in Brazil resulted in US$ 3.3 billion in 2000, and it will increase to US$ 76 billion in 2004, according to Márcio Mansur, director of business development in B2B site of e-commerce. Overall, Brazil e-commerce is growing rapidly. Brazil’s B2B e-commerce practices are at Stage 3 and will move to Stage 4 when more trading partners enter the e-commerce channel.

Members

Peter Lyons
Nicole Stroh
George Pineda

Resources

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