Entrepreneurship in nineteenth-century Brazil : the formation of a business environment / Sérgio de Oliveira Birchal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birchal, Sérgio de Oliveira, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship--Brazil--Minas Gerais--History--19th century.

Entrepreneurship.

Industries--Brazil--Minas Gerais--History--19th century.

Industries.

History.

Minas Gerais (Brazil)--Economic conditions.

Minas Gerais (Brazil).

Brazil--Minas Gerais.

Physical Description:

xvii, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills [England] : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Nineteenth-Century Brazilian and Mineiro Economic History 1

Nineteenth-Century Brazil 1

Nineteenth-Century Minas Gerais 14

2 The Entrepreneur 21

A brief review of the literature 21

The mineiro entrepreneur 23

Social background 24

Economic background 42

3 The Mineiro Firm 68

A brief review of the literature on organization theory 68

The scope of activities 69

The size of the firm 69

The market structure 92

The administrative structure 106

4 Technology 128

A brief review of the technological progress literature 128

The process of transfer of technology 132

Reliance on foreign technologies and the limits of indigenous technology 133

The handling of the technologies 151

The process of selection 152

The user-supplier relationship 158

Installation, maintenance and adaptation 164.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London [date not given].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-224) and index.

ISBN:

0333724682

0312217161

OCLC:

39391255