INTERNATIONAL MARKETING STRATEGIES: A CASE STUDY WITH ORGANIC COFFEE PRODUCERS IN BRAZIL / ESTRATÉGIAS DE MARKETING INTERNACIONAL: UM ESTUDO DE CASO COM PRODUTORES DE CAFÉ ORGÂNICO NO BRASIL

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2007

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Coffee is the world`s second biggest wealth producer, but only 9% remain with the coffee producers. In Brazil, world`s major producing country and exporter of green coffee, the small and medium producers, through the harvesting of special coffees (such as the organic) and through the production of industrialized coffee, try to increase the value of their exported products. By doing so, they expect to increase their profitability. However, few small and medium size Brazilian organizations are able to successfully establish themselves in the international marketplace, especially in the industrialized coffee segment. Given this situation, it becomes relevant to analyze the companies with this profile, that already export, in order to identify the strategies adopted by them for commercializing the product in the international marketplace, and also to identify the outcomes obtained by the adoption of these strategies. In order to do that, a case study was conducted with two Brazilian organic coffee exporter companies, both aiming at both coffee segments, green and industrialized. The analysis` outcomes indicate that, although the small and family-run business characteristics affect the export business in a negative way, especially when regarding the necessary financial and managerial compromises, and the fact that each adopts different international marketing strategies, both are successful in exporting the green coffee. Still, it cannot be determined which company has the best performance in this segment. This doubt does not exist when analyzing the industrialized coffee segment, since only one of the studied companies is successful in exporting its product in this segment. Lastly, it was revealed that, independently from the strategies adopted by the companies, the external environment, which surrounds the studied organizations, present far more advantages for the export of the green coffee, rather than the industrialized.

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international marketing brazilian organic coffee producers green coffees cafes industrializado marketing internacional cafes verde green industrialized cafeicultores organicos brasileiros

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