Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso de Graduação
Lobby e o poder legislativo: uma análise da prática a partir da internacionalização da JBS/SA nos Estados Unidos da América (2004-2017)
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MARCHETTI, T. Lobby e o poder legislativo: uma análise da prática a partir da internacionalização da JBS/SA nos Estados Unidos da América (2004-2017). 2023. 79 p.
Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Relações Internacionais)-
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, 2023.
Autor
Marchetti, Thamires
Institución
Resumen
The internationalization of brazilian companies is highlighted in the process of consolidating the
country's image as a major business player. Given the significant increase in international trade
flows since the 1990s, global groups have expanded their capacities through the reconfiguration
of their strategic plans. Free-market, a consequence of economic policies aimed at globalization,
has generated organizational challenges for Brazilian companies. Not alone, their
decision-making also became increasingly correlated with the government's economic agenda. A
complex interaction between all institutions (RÊGO, 2015, p. 27) demanded equally complex
relationships. In this sense, the business lobby acts as a tool for dialogue between the public and
private levels, acting between the lines of legality and corruption, under the abandonment of the
legislative system where, in most countries, does not regulate its practice. This work seeks to
formulate an analysis capable of identifying, in the strategic plans of companies and in the
activities of lobbyists, the mechanisms used by brazilian business groups in the american
legislative scope to achieve their internationalization goals. Another objective, equally important,
will focus on a case study, specifically on the multinational JBS/SA. The choice of analyzing this
company makes it possible to, in an in-depth way, verify the dynamics of lobbying in the
decision-making processes that led to JBS/SA success in american acquisitions and, on the other
hand, generated conflicts with justice in Brazil. The specific objectives are: (I) to carry out a
literature review in Political Science to deepen the conceptual understanding of business
lobbying; (II) to carry out a literature review on International Negotiations; and (III) to produce a
case study through qualitative and quantitative analysis of investor reports, highlighting the points
of internationalization in the american scenario, relating to BNDES financing. When using a
multidisciplinary overview of theories, the methodology will be based on a systematic review of
the bibliography; and for the case study it will be used documental analysis. It is intended,
therefore, to identify “the trail” in the correlation between the donation of money by the lobbyists
of that company in the US Congress and the approval or shelving of legislative policies that can
contribute or hinder strategic business planning.