Entrepreneurship in Argentine Culture : Torcuato di Tella and S.I.A.M. / Ruben E. Reina, Thomas C. Cochran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cochran, Thomas C., Author.

Reina, Ruben E., Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Case studies.

Economic development.

Entrepreneurship.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Reprint 2016.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A case study of the introduction of mass production of machinery into the grain and cattle economy of Argentina. Torcuato di Tella was an Italian immigrant; his entrepreneurial enterprise was S.I.A.M. (Sociedad Industrial Americana de Maquinarias).

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

I. Argentina: The Country and the People

II. An Italian Family Immigrates to Argentina

III. S.I.A.M. : The Critical Years, 1928-1938

IV. S.I.A.M.: Di Tella Expands in South America and Abroad

V. The Rising Entrepreneur

VI. S.I.A.M.: Di Tella's Final Decade

VII. What Di Tella Did Not Live to See

VIII. Entrepreneurship, Industrialization, and National Culture: A Conclusion

Appendix A. S.I.A.M. The Corporation

Appendix B. Di Tella the Man

Appendix C. The Image of S.I.A.M: Interviews with Company

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512815276

1512815276

OCLC:

979911712