The article's statement that "Brazil contributed approximately 19% of IBM's revenue in 2011" is completely wrong. Actually the four BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) together contributed approximately 19% of IBM's revenue in 2011. This should be clear not only to myself from my 6 years fairly recently as an executive in IBM's Corporate Strategy Department, but also to anyone who follows IBM's public quarterly earning reports.
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The article's statement that "Brazil contributed approximately 19% of IBM's revenue in 2011" is completely wrong. Actually the four BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) together contributed approximately 19% of IBM's revenue in 2011. This should be clear not only to myself from my 6 years fairly recently as an executive in IBM's Corporate Strategy Department, but also to anyone who follows IBM's public quarterly earning reports.