España información general y negocios

1. Españainformación general y negocios Español 4 Juan josé Vázquez-Caballero

2. Datos de interés • Tan grande como Florida • 45 millones de habitantes (5 son inmigrantes) • 17 comunidades • 4 lenguas diferentes (catalan, castellano, eusquera, gallego) • Muchísimos dialectos

3. ¿Dónde está España? • Está en la penínsulaibérica • Está al suroeste de europa. • Compartefronteras con Francia, Portugal, Gibraltar y Marruecos.

4. Respecto al mundo

5. Geograf´â de España • Segundo país con másmontañas de europa • Hay metesas entre lasmontañas (plateau). • Costa y playas • Gran parte de los ultimosaños solo hubopequeños pueblos y aldeas • La modernización y el tursimos ha traidociudades y zonasurbanascerca de lascostas.

6. Gobierno Españatiene un gobiernosocialista La seguridad social es gratis (estácambiando). Tambiénmuchasmedicinas. Las medicinas son económicas. La educaciónpúblicaes gratis. Los doctores y los profesores de universidad no ganan mucho dinerocomo en EE.UU. For example: My aunt took my cousin, Giancarlo, to the emergency room in Spain in a private hospital for the price of $200, while St. Christopher´s Hospital in Philadelphia would have charged around $9,000!

7. KING JUAN CARLOS I SOCIAL AND DEMOCRATIC STATE UNDER THE RULE OF LAW LONGEST PERIOD OF PROSPERITY IN SPANISH HISTORY: Spain is the world´s 8th economy 17 AUTONOMOUS REGIONS, 55 provinces, and 8.000 municipalities CONSTITUTION OF 1978

8. Dinero • En España 1 Euro esigual a 1.33 dolares de USA • El impuestopara la comida es de 7% (meals) • When tipping a waiter or waitress, • they give 5-10% tip of what their bill is. • When tipping a taxi drivers and other people along those lines, they normally give a 5% tip. • En EE.UU el símbolo del dollar es ($), el del euro es(€) cunado se escribe

9. Recursosnaturales • Sol y playas • Carbon • Hierro • Acero • Uranio • Mercurio • Zinc • Plomo (lead) • Bronce (copper) • hydropower (There is a Spain hydropower company named Gamesa who are now putting a hydro plant near us in Langhorne, PA. They also manufacture windmills that generate power in Morrisville, PA.) • solar power

10. La escuela • La educaciónes gratis de 6 a 16 • Los niñospuedenasistir a la guarderia (pre-school) de los 3-5 (gratis-free) • Elementaria de 6-11 • Secundaria de 12 a 15 • Se puedetrabajar con 16 • The current education in Spain is known as the Fundamental Law of Education.

11. Comida • Desayunoligero • Merienda a las 11 más o menos (un bocadillo) • Almuerzo entre las dos y tres (comida principal) • La cenaes entre las 8 o 9 de la tarde/noche. • Comida puedesermuyvariadasegúnregión o comunidad, centro o costa y niveleconómico. • Normalmenteessana y se conocecomo: DietaMediterranea.

12. History of Spain • Spain became a part of the Roman Empire in 206 B.C., where it then was conquered by Scipio Africanus. • Aragon and Castile were the most important Spanish states from the 12th to the 15th century combined with the marriage of Ferdinand II and Isabella I who established the Inquisition. • Roman Catholicism was established as the official religion in Spain and most Jews and Muslims were expelled. • The War of the Spanish Succession, which took place from 1701 until 1714, resulted in Spain's loss of Belgium, Luxembourg, Milan, Sardinia, and Naples. • The civil war that followed lasted three years, and had nearly a million deaths. • The war ended when Franco took Madrid on March 28, 1939. • The leader of the Popular Party, José María Aznar, became prime minister, and in the year 2000, he and his party won reelection. • Aznar's backing of the U.S. war in Iraq was very unpopular because 90% of Spaniards opposed the war. • On March 11, 2004, Spain suffered its most horrific terrorist attack: 191 people were killed and 1,400 were injured in bombings at Madrid's railway station. • In June 2005, Spain legalized gay marriage. • On March 24, 2006, the militant Basque separatist group, ETA, was responsible for more than 800 deaths and for terrorizing Spanish society with its bombings and other attacks. • The government dissolved Parliament in January 2008 and called for new elections. • A new citizenship law was passed in December 2008, allowing descendants of those exiled from Spain during the Spanish Civil War to lay claim to Spanish citizenship.

13. SpanishEmpire (15-16 century)

14. KING-Head of State (commander in chief, diplomacy, sanctionslaws, …) PRESIDENT-Head of Government PARLIAMENT (Congress and Senate)-leader of themostvotedparty in CongressisthePresident PRESIDENT- Head of State and Head of Government PRESIDENT-electedseparatelyfronCongress and Senateelections. CONGRESS AND SENATE-majority can be of anotherpartythanthat of thePresident. SPAIN-US(Parliamentary-Presindential)

15. 20th century and 21st century • 1981: coup d´Etat • 1982: NATO, divorce, abortion • 1985: EEC • 1999: € (2002) • 2005: same-sex marriage, • 2007: equility law (50% women in party election lists, women CEO in companies), 1st government 50% men and women. • Foreign Policy: EUROPE, LATINAMERICA, MEDITERRANEAN (Arab world)

16. Some names and data… • JAVIER BARDEM-Best actor Oscar 2008 • PENELOPE CRUZ-Bestsupporting Oscar 2009 • PAU GASOL- Los AngelesLakers • RAFAEL NADAL- # 1 Tennis ATP player • 2008 European Soccer Champion • ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, DAVID BISBAL, ALEJANDRO SANZ…. • PEDRO ALONSO: 1st vaccinagainst malaria • Europe´sLargesteolicstationis in Spain (Tarifa)…. • MADRID 2016 OLIMPIC GAMES • SPAIN EU PRESIDENCY 1ST SEMESTER 2010

17. Negocios

18. El euro es la monedaúnica de la comunidadeuropea Can be used everywhere in the euro area 4Coins:one side with national symbols, one side common 4Notes:no national side EU countries using the euroEU countries not using the euro

19. Dress code • The way you look is important in Spain and this fact is borne out by the way in which people dress for work. Styles of dress will vary from industry to industry with the more conservative professions of finance and the law favouring suits and ties and mainstream industry being somewhat less formal. • What is universally true, however, is that managers will invariably be very well-groomed wearing good quality, well-cut clothes. 

The importance of appearance should not be taken underestimated - if you want to be respected look the part! This applies both in formal business settings and in more informal social situations. 

As it can get very hot in the summer, do not arrive with heavy clothing in June - lightweight fabrics will make your visit much more comfortable.

20. Culture in negotiating styles • Culture can be a major factor in the success or failure of business negotiations • Be aware of the differences in buyer-seller negotiation styles in selected countries

21. Culture In negotiation with a distributor, or potential customer culture can be a vital ingredient for a successful outcome. How should we approach the meeting, and what signs should we look for in the decision maker. Under the 4 headings below which of these very different words best describes what we can expect in our next overseas meeting?

22. Spanish Communication Styles • Communication within Spanish organisation is very often on a 'need to know' basis. This is not necessarily defined by rank on an organisational chart, but more likely by networks of relationships. A manager will inform those that he feels he should inform and this is very probably determined by strength of personal relationships. Departments do not, necessarily, freely communicate across departmental lines, as any such communication is more likely to be at a more senior level - peer to peer. • As with many Latin countries, communication tends to be predominantly oral rather than through the medium of the written word. Some cultures don't believe things until they are in black and white, other cultures don't really believe things until they hear them from people that they have a trusting relationship with. Spaniards tend to put the spoken before the written word. When sending something in a written format it is usually a good idea to follow it up with a phone call or a visit. • Verbal communication in Spain can often be viewed from a distance (particularly from a northern European distance) as theatrical and over-emotional. In Spain, if you feel something strongly, you show it. Overt signs of emotion do not imply lack of conviction or bluster and should be taken as the deeply felt belief of the speaker. The ability to use a large volume of language and a sincere manner are key management tools. • Humour is not used in very serious situations, where it can be seen as lacking the necessary decorum. However, in everyday situations it is important to be seen as good company and entertaining. Life is to be lived and enjoyed.

23. Economic strengths • Spanish companies invested in fields like: • renewable energy (Iberdrola was the world's largest renewable energy operator[49]), • technology companies like Telefónica, Abengoa, Mondragon Corporation, Movistar, Hisdesat, Gamesa, Indra, train manufacturers like CAF, Talgo, • global corporations such as the textile company Inditex, petroleum companies like Repsol • infrastructure, with six of the ten biggest international construction firms specialising in transport being Spanish, like Ferrovial, Acciona, ACS, OHL and FCC.[50]

24. Green guide Spain • http://www.greenguidespain.com/andalucia/energy/

25. Spain’s Top Five Renewable Energy Waste Examples: A Lesson for the U.S. • http://blog.heritage.org/2012/05/31/spains-top-five-renewable-energy-waste-examples-a-lesson-for-the-u-s/

26. Agriculturaorgánica en España • http://www.foodsfromspain.com/icex/cda/controller/pageSGT/0,9459,35868_6865989_6908352_4504673,00.html

27. Compañias en USA: • Talgo • http://www.talgoamerica.com

28. Below are the leading U.S. exports shipped to Spain in 2009, based on dollar value. • The harmonized tariff schedule (HTS) code is shown within brackets for each product classification. The percentage to total U.S. exports is also shown inside brackets. • Antidepressants and tranquilizers (HTS code 3004909135) … US$1.1 billion (12.7% of total) • Other medications in measured doses (3004909190) … $810 million (9.3%) • Civilian aircraft and parts (8800000000) … $450.7 million (5.2%) • Fresh or dried almonds (802120000) … $211.1 million (2.4%) • Bituminous coal (2701120010) … $185.8 million (2.1%) • Soybeans (1201000040) … $174.9 million (2%) • Light fuel oils … $171.9 million (1.96%) • Blood fractions (3002100190) … $142.8 million (1.6%) • Zinc (2608000030) … $117.8 million (1.35%) • Othermedicationswith mixed constituents (3003900000) … $110.6 million (1.3%).

29. Top US Imports from Spain • While Spain also supplies medications to American importers, the top Spanish imports are more diversified. Leading imports from Spain include wind-power generators, artwork and Spanish red wine. • Other motor fuels (HTS code 2710111550) … US$828 million (10.3% of total) • Other medications in measured doses (3004909190) … $321.1 million (4.1%) • Wind-powered electric generating sets (8502310000) … $303 million (3.85%) • Unleaded gasoline (2710111519) … $194.9 million (2.5%) • Blood fractions (3002100190) … $191.5 million (2.4%) • Paintings, drawings and pastels (9701100000) … $181.4 million (2.3%) • Agricultural or forestry machinery parts (9817006000) … $179.3 million (2.28%) • Cardiovascular medications (3004909120) … $157.3 million (2%) • Red wine (2204215030) … $123.9 million (1.6%) • Civilian airplane or helicopter parts (8803300030) … $107.7 million (1.4%).

30. Economíasostenible

31. Turismosostenible • El primer video (perfecto) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkYyAqJXvtE • Ventajas y desventajas: • http://html.rincondelvago.com/turismo-rural_1.html • Guiaturismo rural: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZuOhZZg3TE • Ejemplos: • http://www.ecotur.es/turismo-ecologico-en-huelva/alojamientos/finca-montefrio_2430_1_ap.html • Balnearios: • http://www.balnegal.com/es/node/43 • Ejemplos: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AEWMx6Pzf0 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK9Q8uGn55c • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZh5WzV-f-A

32. Alimentacionsostenible • El Segundo video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS4iWH4GAyg • ventajas y desventajas de los porductosecologicos • http://u1t3edderguerrerocordova.blogspot.com/2011/10/desarrollo-de-ventajas-y-desventajas-de.html • ventajas de la alimentaciónnorganica • http://noticias.agroterra.com/empresas/ventajas-de-la-alimentacion-ecologica/61020 • la agriculturaecologica • http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/alimentacion/temas/la-agricultura-ecologica/ • ganaderiaecologica • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJu50ahvaNE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1c1E-jOyMo • ganaderiaecologica en cazorla • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BCbnJMIwas&feature=relmfu

33. Bibliografia • www.ukti.gov.uk • http://www.worldbusinessculture.com/Business-Facts-and-Figures-on-Spain.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Spain • http://suite101.com/article/us-versus-spain--top-export-and-import-products-a246909