The 'Disguised' Foreign Investor: Brands, Trademarks and the British Expatriate Entrepreneur in Brazil

Teresa Da Silva Lopes, Carlos Gabriel Guimaraes, Alexandre Saes, Luiz Fernando Saraiva

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Abstract

This article examines the impact of the British expatriate entrepreneur, and his processes of knowledge transfer, on the industrialization and economic development of Brazil between 1875 and 1914. It focuses on the textiles industry, and combines original trademark data with conventional trade and investment statistics, and also case study analysis about firms and their entrepreneurs. It argues that British investment in Brazil was higher and had a deeper impact on economic development than considered by existing research, as expatriate entrepreneurs ‘disguised’ a substantial amount of foreign investments by acting as shareholders and top managers of newly established local businesses.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-26
Number of pages26
JournalBusiness History
Early online date20 Mar 2017
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 20 Mar 2017

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Keywords

  • foreign direct investment

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  • The Disguised Foreign Investor - Accepted Version - 24 January 2017

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