The ‘disguised’ foreign investor: Brands, trademarks and the British expatriate entrepreneur in Brazil

Teresa Lopes, Carlos Gabriel Guimarães, Alexandre Saes and Luiz Fernando Saraiva

Business History, 2018, vol. 60, issue 8, 1169-1193

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.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2017.1287174

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