Security Planning

Security Planning

Brazil

The diversity of risks affecting companies requires an open mind and wide-ranging knowledge and skills. Fraud, corruption, money-laundering, information security, business continuity, crisis management, reputational risks and other issues oblige organisations to take a holistic approach to risk management. Commercial pressures to operate in hostile or complex environments have also helped change the perception of corporate security: from an obstacle and cost centre to a business facilitator and value-adder - from being the 'internal policeman' to helping the organisation take risks and maximise opportunities. (Kienzle & Matthew, 2010)

Russia

The need for information about post-Soviet circumstances in Russia has continuously been at a high level. The Doing Business Safely in Russia project has strived to produce up-to-date security-related information that serves business operation in the Barents region. Projects concentrating on business security have not been started earlier in the Barents region, but the topic has been discussed during the entire postSoviet period in all the Scandinavian countries and also in Russia. The Doing Business Safely in Russia project and its continuation project have strived to respond to the need and demand for security information (Varian, 2011).

India

In India, customer requirements change by each state and within the state. The staple food of North Indians is wheat, and of South Indians is rice. Due to differences in religion, culture, language, weather and infrastructure, customer demands changes nearly every 100 kilometer. Hence, though on the surface the market size is huge for the country, the products have to be localized according to customer tastes. This means, multinationals have to enter a number of niche markets and may not enjoy the large economies of scale for selling a single product across the country.

The second premise for entering Indian market is to use the workforce at a lower cost. India has a huge young population. Multinationals entering India assume that India has a large workforce. However, most of Indian population resides in rural areas and illiteracy rates are still high in India. Secondly, a high percentage of people even in urban areas are self-employed. Moreover, with increase in urban middle class incomes, the percentage of working women have decreased. Hence, the employable English-speaking workforce is less than quarter of the urban population. (Anderson, 2012)

The next aspect is that India's traditional culture is subservient to elders and seniors. The power distance index is high which makes an Indian employee far more compliant than a western employee. The downside ...