Domestic Politics and Foreign Investment
British Development of Mexican Petroleum, 1889–1911
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9628133 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan C Brown (0000-0001-6849-3962, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 387-416 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3115461 |
| OpenAlex | W1919080880 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 10 |
Business historians and students of political economy quite often analyze the success of foreign investors in the periphery in terms of the entrepreneur's competitive advantage and of the host country's beneficial economic policies. One cannot explain the extraordinary success of British engineer Sir Weetman Pearson in Mexico's early oil history according to such criteria, however, for his American competitors had experience in the technologically advanced U.S. petroleum industry and should have prevailed. Sir Weetman succeeded because Mexican politicians, pursuing their own internal political interests, willed and nurtured his success
Business · Economics · Economy · Foreign direct investment · International trade · Investment (military · Petroleum · Political science · Politics · Geology · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development
The Rise and Fall of Pemex's Petrochemical Arm
The Revolution, the State, and Economic Development in Mexico
Patriotism, Self-Interest and the ‘Empire Effect’
Mexico's Business and Entrepreneurship in the Era of Nationalism
Major Trends in the Historiography of the Latin American Oil Industry
Bargaining for oil
The Politics of National Development in Late Porfirian Mexico
How Machines Make History, and how Historians (And Others) Help Them to Do So
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2026 (39) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |