Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Brazil: The Formation of a Business Environment

by Sérgio Birchal

Overview

Examining the patterns of business development in backward economies, this book 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 processes observed in more advanced countries. In addition, comparison between Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro shows important differences among the three most important economies in Brazil.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349271177
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/12/1999
Edition description:	1st ed. 1999
Pages:	233
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

SÉRGIO DE OLIVEIRA BIRCHAL is Lecturer in Economics and Business at the Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is Internal Consultant of Corporate Development at Telemig (The Telecommunications Company of Minas Gerais).

Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations XIXth-Century Brazilian and Mineiro Economic History The Entrepreneur The Mineiro Firm Technology Conclusion Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

"Birchal presents an interesting account of the incipient phase of industrialization of Minas Gerais, today indubitably the second most important state of Brazil." - Choice

"This case study... makes an important contribution to the literature on the development of 'latecomer' economies." - EH.Net

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