Compare organizational environments in Sao Paulo, Paraty, and Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil course
Entrepreneurship in Brazil
Students examine how people identify opportunities, build organizations, and operate within Brazil's cultural, institutional, and market environments.
Course code: BUS 315
Credits: 3
Session: A2
Academic area: Entrepreneurship
What students study
Questions this course explores.
The final syllabus confirms assignments and assessment details.
- 01
How people identify and evaluate opportunities within Brazil's cultural, institutional, and market environments.
- 02
How organizations adapt their decisions and operations to local conditions.
- 03
How entrepreneurs in companies, nonprofits, and social enterprises respond to opportunities and constraints in Brazil.
- 04
How observations from the route can be used to examine entrepreneurship concepts in context.
Preliminary syllabus
Course outline.
A typical syllabus examines entrepreneurship within Brazilian cultural, institutional, and market settings, using the route to compare how local conditions shape organizational choices.
The final syllabus will confirm faculty, schedule, readings, assignments, and grading.
The shared Introduction to Brazil component accounts for 20% of this course’s grade. It is included in the course’s existing credits.
- 01
Opportunity in Brazilian settings
Examine how local needs and customer demand create opportunities for entrepreneurs in Brazil.
- 02
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
Map the institutions, markets, capital, networks, and cultural expectations surrounding organizations.
- 03
Entrepreneurship across organizational forms
Study companies, nonprofits, family businesses, social enterprises, and other ways people organize.
- 04
Culture, trust, and networks
Consider how relationships, local knowledge, and access to resources affect decisions.
- 05
Comparing São Paulo, Paraty, and Rio
Use field evidence to explain how entrepreneurial environments vary within Brazil.
- 06
Context-aware entrepreneurship
Develop an analysis or response grounded in the conditions observed along the route.
Typical coursework
- Organization-visit case notes
- Local ecosystem map
- Cross-city comparison memo
- Final context-aware entrepreneurship analysis or presentation
Learning across Brazil
Compare three Brazilian settings.
Class questions, faculty-led discussion, and written work help students compare what they observe.
Use examples from professional and cultural settings in faculty-led discussion and course assignments.
Session and program fit
How this course fits A2.
Take this morning A2 course for 3 credits, or pair it with afternoon POR 311 for 6 credits. BUS 318 and BUS 315 meet at the same time and cannot be combined.
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