Contemporary Influences on International Business in Latin America

1. Building a Whole from the Parts: Environmental, Firm and Individual-level Factors; William Newburry, Leonardo Liberman and Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr..- 2. Public Instruments to Support Internationalization: The Case of Brazil Machinery Solutions; Diego Bonaldo Coelho.- 3. Regime Structure, Institutional Stability and Pro-market Reforms; Elizabeth Marie Moore, Luis Alfonso Dau and Catherine Bradley.- 4. Country Development Stage and the Level of Corporate Social Disclosure; Simone Ruchdi Barakat, Greici Sarturi and Keysa Manuela Cunha de Mascena.- 5. Overcoming Institutional Barriers when Entering Brazil: A Legitimacy Perspective; Jason A. Hoop, Daniel Rottig, Nicholas J. Cid and David M. Peterson.- 6. Internationalization and the Tale of the Cabo Frio Beachwater Cluster; Angela Da Rocha, Batriz Kury and Jorge Ferreira da Silva.- 7. Investigating the Export Behavior of Family SMEs from Chile; Constanza Bianchi.- 8. Acculturation Process in Cross-Border M&A: A CaseStudy of a Brazilian Automobile Firm; Bruno de Oliveira Carvalho and Mario Henrique Ogasavara.- 9. Exploring the Relationship between International Service Performance and Personal Characteristics in the Latin American Context; Leonardo Liberman and David Kimber.- 10. Examining the Influence of Self-efficacy, Optimism and Curiosity on the Performance of International Locals; Leonardo Liberman, David Kimber and Javier Pinto.