Determinants of Firm Entry into the Brazilian Automobile Manufacturing Industry, 1956–1968

Bibliographic Data

ID9623013
AuthorsHelen Shapiro (Helen Keller International, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume65
Issue4
Pages876-947
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3117267
OpenAlexW1986880664
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited22

This article examines the negotiating process between the Brazilian state and transnational auto companies. It argues against dichotomous frameworks that emphasize either economic or political variables in shaping foreign direct investment and in favor of a more complicated bargaining framework that takes into account the strategic objectives of state policy as well as the form and timing of firm investment. Using archival evidence and interviews, the article documents the implantation of the industry; it concludes that the process of firm entry into Brazil must be understood in light of the policies and institutions that made the threat of market closure and the deadlines credible and made it costly for firms not to participate on schedule

Business · Closure (psychology · Economics · Foreign direct investment · Industrial organization · Investment (military · Macroeconomics · Management · Market economy · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Schedule · State (computer science · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Brazilian History and Foreign Policy

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