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Learning unit: Foreign trade and business in Miami Florida. Syllabus:


- About Florida.
- The economy of Florida and Miami. Economic profile of Florida’ s regions.
- International trade. International Advantages of Florida.
- Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Florida.
- Florida industry clusters.
- Doing business in Miami.
- Setting up Business in Florida: Corporations and Limited Liability Company (LLC)
- Case study: Burger King.

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Course: Doing Business in the United States - Course North America - Master America . (Es):  Florida

Course summary (Business in Miami Florida)

The economic growth of Florida is one of the success drivers for companies that choose to locate in Florida.

  • If Florida were its own nation, Florida would be the 19th biggest economy in the world.
  • Florida is not only one of the biggest States in the United States, but also one of the fastest growing, in terms of population, economic growth, personal revenue or employment.
  • Florida is host to some 300 regional and hemispheric headquarters of companies from all over the world, making it a bearing of International business and trade.
  • Many international companies base other facilities (warehousing, distribution, manufacturing) in Florida to take advantage of its easy access to Global markets.
  • International companies use Florida to access Latin American and Caribbean markets, as well as the United States market.
  • Florida is consistently ranked as one of the top pro-business states. Florida has a favorable business environment, with a low corporate revenue tax rate and no state personal revenue tax.
  • Florida offers competitive cost of doing business, especially when compared to other high tech states. Florida is also one of only a few right-to-work states in the United States

Example of the course doing business in Miami Florida:
Business Miami Florida

The economy of Florida promotes the growth of high tech firms. Florida led the Southeast of the United States and ranked 4th in high tech employment.

Other sectors that have recorded important economic growth in Florida include professional and business services, International trade, international transport, construction, leisure and hospitality, education and health services.

Florida leads in Foreign trade and Foreign direct investment (FDI). The total value of International trade flowing in and out of the United States via Florida has duplicate in the last 10 years (109.75 billion USD in 2006).

Florida is a leader in Foreign direct investment. Ranked 13th between all United States states in total holdings by non-United States companies in 2005 and 5th in terms of employment by foreign-affiliated firms, Florida has emerged as a hotspot for Foreign direct investment.

Another area important to Florida economy is the creation of corporate headquarters in Florida. Corporate headquarters is defined as those facilities that support international, local or regional (multi-state) operations for moderately mature companies with distributed operations and centralized strategic and management activities.

A corporation is a distinct legal entity formed for the express goal of conducting business activities, while protecting its shareholders from personal liability. The LLC (Liability Limited Company) is a moderately new type of hybrid business structure that is now permissible in most states. LLC is intended to provide the limited liability protection of a corporation and functional flexibility and pass-through taxation advantage of a partnership.

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