Engines of Growth - The State and Transnational Auto Companies in Brazil

Klappentext The author looks at the economic and political motivations behind Brazil's industrialization policy and their prohibition of car imports in the 1950s. Zusammenfassung The author looks at the economic and political motivations behind Brazil's industrialization policy and their prohibition of car imports in the 1950s. It explains the economic and political motivations behind the plan and why Brazil relied on foreign firms to do the job. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; 1. Approaches to state intervention; 2. Why auto?; 3. The determinants of firm entry; 4. Rent redistribution and linkage effects; 5. The automotive parts sector; 6. Conclusion; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Shapiro Helen, Helen Shapiro, Helen (Harvard University Shapiro, Shapiro Helen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521025003
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02500-3
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Brazil, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Automobile Industry, Road vehicle manufacturing industry, Vehicle and transport manufacturing industries