The Case of Brazil

Afonso Fleury

Chapter 12 in International Technology Transfer by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, 1997, pp 342-373 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The inflow of foreign capital to Brazil, especially in manufacturing industry, began initially at the end of the First World War. These investment flows intensified during the 1950s and there was a further expansion in the 1968–73 period. The participation indices of multinational companies (MNCs) in the Brazilian economy vary according to both the data base and sample adopted and the definition of different forms of foreign investment, but their presence is preponderant in the durable consumer goods sector and in the capital goods sector. They also dominate the pharmaceuticals, rubber, textiles, cosmetics and petrochemicals industries and others; and share the leadership, with a few large Brazilian firms, in the non-durable consumer goods sector.

Keywords: Technology Transfer; Foreign Firm; Local Firm; License Agreement; Compulsory License (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25686-0_12

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