Spanish direct investment in Latin America. A process driven from the State- owned firm?

Authors

  • Eloi Serrano Robles Universitat de Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rhi.v22i53.21004

Keywords:

International Factor Movements and International Business, International Investment, Long-Term Capital Movements, Multinational Firms, Latin America, Public Sector

Abstract

This paper aims to infer about the role of public enterprises in the development of the Spanish investment in Latin America over the period 1980-2007. Similarly, the research aims to refute the thesis of authors who have considered the privatization of certain Spanish public companies as a prerequisite for the promotion of this investment process. Thus, the research seeks to challenge this causal relationship and demonstrate that, while there is a coincidence in time between the two phenomena, a long-term analysis suggests that the public company and the political played, between the late eighties and early nineties of the last century, an essential role as initiators and promoters of this strategy internationalized.

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Published

2018-01-10

How to Cite

Serrano Robles, Eloi. 2018. “Spanish Direct Investment in Latin America. A Process Driven from the State- Owned Firm?”. Revista De Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review 22 (53):175-211. https://doi.org/10.1344/rhi.v22i53.21004.