Openness, international champions, and the internationalization of Multilatinas

Resumo

In the 1990s Latin American countries abandoned their policies of import-substituting industrialization carried out through fully-owned state enterprises (SOEs). They opened their economies to international competition and privatized their SOEs. We argue that this pragmatic adaptation did not necessarily constitute a fundamental change in policies, long followed by some Latin American countries, of state intervention in the pursuit of nationalistic objectives, but is instead a continuation of these policies by other means. Specifically, to safeguard their autonomy, some Latin American states have selected and nurtured domestic firms to become multinational enterprises (MNEs). They have kept- and obtained equity stakes in these national MNEs to influence them and to keep them out of the hands of foreigners. These policies explain the timing of the rise of Multilatinas and their, usually partial, state ownership. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2017

Instituição

Elsevier Science Inc

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso restrito

DOI

10.1016/j.jwb.2016.08.005

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/23766

Temas

Economia

Palavras-chave

MultilatinasInternationalizationState-owned enterprisesNational championsEmerging marketsNew varieties of state capitalismBrazilEconomiaGlobalização - América LatinaEmpresas públicasMercado emergente