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Entrepreneurship, Business History - General & Miscellaneous, Economic Conditions in Latin America, Brazil - History, Social Conditions - Latin America, General & Heavy Industries - History - General & Miscellaneous

Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Brazil The Formation of a Business Environment

by Sergio De Oliveira Birchal
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This book examines the patterns of business development in latecomer economies by studying the formation of a business environment in nineteenth-century Minas Gerais, Brazil. As it demonstrates, the rate and character of business development in Brazil were to a large extent determined by its degree of backwardness, intellectual climate and natural potentialities, and accordingly the course of development of the Brazilian economy differed considerably from the process observed in more advanced countries. In addition, comparison between Minas Gerais, San Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro shows important differences among the three most important economies in Brazil.

About the Author, Sergio De Oliveira Birchal

SΓ©rgio de Oliveira Birchal is Lecturer in Economics and Business at Catholic University of Minas Gerais.

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Examines the process of economic development and business formation in latecomer economies by studying the formation of a business environment in 19th-century Minas Gerais, Brazil, with focus on non- agricultural enterprises. Investigates the social and economic background of mineiro entrepreneurs, structural development of firms, and the process of technology transfer, and looks at the dependence of various firms on foreign technical knowledge and limits to the development of indigenous technology in the region. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Details

Published
January 1, 1999
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Pages
253
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312217167

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