Capitalists, Business and State-Building in Chile (Studies of the Americas)

Throughout the twentieth century, the Chilean business elite has played a central role in the country, not just as entrepreneurs but also as political and social actors. The chapters in this book, the first in English on the history of Chilean business, focus on the importance of diversified family business groups in twentieth-century Chile, their dynamics, organisation, and management, and their interaction with foreign investors and the state. Using a range of company and government archives, as well as other contemporary sources in Chile, Britain, and the United States, the individual authors pay particular attention to many key topics: the evolution of the Edwards family businesses, those of Pascual Baburizza, Chilean corporate networks, British firms in the nitrate industry, the Anglo South American Bank, the Copec group, Compañía Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego, the energy sector, SOFOFA (the industrialists’ association), and the recent growth of Chilean multinationals. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Introduction: Business History in Chile in the Twentieth Century (Manuel Llorca-Jaña, Rory M. Miller, Diego Barría)....Pages 1-32 Entrepreneurial Families, Inheritances and Wealth Transfers: The Edwards Family and Their Transition from Entrepreneurs to Rentiers, 1880–1914 (Ricardo Nazer Ahumada)....Pages 33-66 Baburizza: A Business Group in Chile in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (Gonzalo Islas Rojas)....Pages 67-96 Managed Decline, Headlong Retreat or Entrepreneurial Failure? British Nitrate Producers and the Withdrawal from Chile, 1920–1930 (Robert Greenhill)....Pages 97-138 Riding on a Roller-Coaster: The Rise and Decline of the Anglo South American Bank (Rory M. Miller)....Pages 139-168 Economic Policy and Foreign Capital in the Creation and Rise of Copec (Marcelo Bucheli)....Pages 169-184 Chile’s Business Network in 1939: Between the Global Crisis and Adaptation to State-Led Industrialization Policies (Erica Salvaj, Andrea Lluch, Constanza Gómez)....Pages 185-216 Electricity Generation and Electric Power in Chile Before 1975 (César Yáñez)....Pages 217-245 On the Origins of the ‘(Neo)liberal Project’ in Chile: Entrepreneurs in the 1950s (Luis Ortega)....Pages 247-281 Chilean Multinationals: Contexts, Paths and Strategies (María Inés Barbero)....Pages 283-326 Back Matter ....Pages 327-332 Throughout the twentieth century, the Chilean business elite has played a central role in the country, not just as entrepreneurs but also as political and social actors. The chapters in this book, the first in English on the history of Chilean business, focus on the importance of diversified family business groups in twentieth-century Chile, their dynamics, organisation, and management, and their interaction with foreign investors and the state. Using a range of company and government archives, as well as other contemporary sources in Chile, Britain, and the United States, the individual authors pay particular attention to many key topics: the evolution of the Edwards family businesses, those of Pascual Baburizza, Chilean corporate networks, British firms in the nitrate industry, the Anglo South American Bank, the Copec group, Compañía Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego, the energy sector, SOFOFA (the industrialists' association), and the recent growth of Chilean multinationals. Manuel Llorca-Jaña is Professor of Economic History at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile. Rory M. Miller is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool Management School, UK. Diego Barría is Professor of Public Administration and Policy at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile. La quatrième de couverture mentionne "Throughout the twentieth century, the Chilean business elite has played a central role in the country, not just as entrepreneurs but also as political and social actors. The chapters in this book, the first in English on the history of Chilean business, focus on the importance of diversified family business groups in twentieth-century Chile, their dynamics, organisation, and management, and their interaction with foreign investors and the state. Using a range of company and government archives, as well as other contemporary sources in Chile, Britain, and the United States, the individual authors pay particular attention to many key topics: the evolution of the Edwards family businesses, those of Pascual Baburizza, Chilean corporate networks, British firms in the nitrate industry, the Anglo South American Bank, the Copec group, Compañía Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego, the energy sector, SOFOFA (the industrialists' association), and the recent growth of Chilean multinationals." "Throughout the twentieth century, the Chilean business elite has played a central role in the country, not just as entrepreneurs but also as political and social actors. The chapters in this book, the first in English on the history of Chilean business, focus on the importance of diversified family business groups in twentieth-century Chile, their dynamics, organisation, and management, and their interaction with foreign investors and the state. Using a range of company and government archives, as well as other contemporary sources in Chile, Britain, and the United States, the individual authors pay particular attention to many key topics: the evolution of the Edwards family businesses, those of Pascual Baburizza, Chilean corporate networks, British firms in the nitrate industry, the Anglo South American Bank, the Copec group, Compañía Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego, the energy sector, SOFOFA (the industrialists' association), and the recent growth of Chilean multinationals."--Provided by publisher.