In grad school, we had a little fun with different countries. My teams was Argentina. There are only 14 slides, but we had a good 45 minutes of talking about Argentina (I wish I still had the notes to upload with this). I wouldn\'t mind visiting Argentina!

1. Argentina
• Kimberly Bisson
• Emily Gagnon
• Xin He (Holly)
• Jaruwan
Jiampiromsuk (Nok)
• Yanling Long (Ivy)
• Amanda Walton

2. Argentina’s History
• Second Largest Country in South America
• Argentina is derived from the Latin argentums
or “silver”
• Founded by Juan Diaz de Solis
• October 8, 1515
• 1536 Settled by Spanish
• July 9, 1816 Declaration of
Independence
• Today’s Cellular Industry

3. Demographics
• Population
• Age Structure
• Geographic Distribution
• Ethnic Mix
• Income Distribution

4. Socio-cultural
• Telecommunication In Argentina
• The Effects of Telecommunication on
Workforce Composition

5. • Trompenaars’s Cultural Dimensions
USA vs Argentina
a. Universalism vs Particularism
b. Individualism vs Communitarianism
c. Neutral vs Emotional
d. Specific vs Diffuse
e. Achievement vs Ascription

6. Political/Legal Environment
• Original constitution of 1853 modeled after
US constitution
• Government is willing to step in and
provide subsidies to key industries in order
to keep prices stable.
• Commercial Loyalty Law requires certain
information to be included on labels, and
outlaws misleading advertising
• Differences in corporate tax structure

7. Technology in Argentina
• Telecommunication develop rapidly
excellent telecommunication infrastructure
• Internet is moving from dial-up to broadband
access
• IT development completely depends on
outside world
• E-commerce neither bad nor good

8. 0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Telephone main
lines ('000)
Mobile subscribers
('000)
Internet users ('000)
Broadband
subscriber lines
('000)
Personal computers
(stock per 1,000
population)
Sources: Pyramid Research; IDC, Economist Intelligence Unit.

9. The economic segment
 Argentina’s economy crisis
- economy collapsed
- devaluate the Argentina peso
 Recovering
 Economic structure
- GDP
- Inflation
- Trade surpluses/deficits

10. Economic structure

11. Three People & Conclusion
• Karen Martin
• Jack Crane
• Mary Ford
• Around-The-World, Inc doing business in
Argentina

12. References:
• Books:
• Hodgetts, Luthans, & Doh. (2006). International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Publishers.
• Pope, Thomas; Anderson, Kenneth; & Kramer, John. (2007). Federal Taxation 2007
Comprehensive. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Publishers.
• Journal Articles, Online:
• Austrade. (April, 2007). Information and Communications Technology to Argentina. Retrieved on
May 15, 2007 from: http://www.austrade.gov.au/ICT-to-Argentina/default.aspx.
• International Monetary Fund. (2007). IMF Executive Board Concludes 2006 Article IV
Consultation with Argentina. Retrieved on May 8, 2007 from:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pn/2006/pn0693.htm
• Eiras, A. & Schaefer, B. (2001). Argentina’s Economic Crisis: An “Absence of Capitalism”.
Retrieved on May 4, 2007 from: http://www.heritage.org/Research/LatinAmerica/BG1432ES.cfm
• Nilles, Jack K. (2000). Electronic Commerce and New Ways of Working in Argentina. Retrieved
on May 1, 2007 from: http://www.ecatt.com/country/argentina/inhalt_ar.htm
• Reuters.com. (2007). Telecom Argentina sees operating margin rising. Retrieved on May 11,
2007 from: http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1145521020070511
• Journal Articles, Published:
• Telecoms & Technology Forecast. (2005). Argentina: Industry Forecast. The Economist
Intelligence Unit Limited, Dec 2005, 21-27.
• Levitsky, Steven. (2000). The ‘Normalization’ of Argentine Politics. Journal of Democracy 11,
(2), 56-69.

13. More References:
• Websites:
• Argentina.gov. (2007). About Argentina. Retrieved on April 30, 2007 from:
http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=1470
• Britannica Online. (2007). Argentina. Retrieved on May 8, 2007 from: http://
www.britannica.com/nations/Argentina
• CIA World Factbook. (2007). Argentina. Retrieved on May 4, 2007 from:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
• EIU.com. (2007). The World Leader in Global Business Intelligence. Retrieved on
April 30, 2007 from: http://www.eiu.com/
• Infoplease.com. (2007). Argentina. Retrieved on May 1, 2007 from:
http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/argentina.html
• ITU World Telecommunications Indicators Database. (1995). Information Technology
in Argentina: Privatization and Deregulation. Retrieved on April 30, 2007 from:
http://www.american.edu/initeb/dh7566a/private.htm
• U.S. Department of Commerce. (2007). IT Landscape in Argentina:
Telecommunications Infrastructure. Retrieved on May 2, 2007 from:
http://www.american.edu/carmel/gg7870a/infrastructure.htm
• Viewswire.com. (2007). Argentina. Retrieved on: May 1, 2007 from:
http://www.viewswire.com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/index.asp? layout=VWcountry
VW3&region_id=440000444&country_id=1470000147

14. Questions?
• Thank you for your time!