Publication: Actores y estrategias en los orígenes de la industrialización argentina (1870-1930)
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2017-01-11
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La tesis se proponte contribuir, desde la historia de empresas, al estudio del proceso de industrialización en la Argentina agroexportadora, entre 1870 y 1930. Para ello analiza la trayectoria y las estrategias de tres tipos de actores representativos de dicho proceso: un grupo económico diversificado (el Grupo Devoto), una empresa industrial mediana, de origen inmigrante y propiedad familiar (Grimoldi) y una empresa multinacional con filial de producción en Argentina (Pirelli). Los tres casos son desarrollados incluyendo referencias al contexto histórico, a otros actores de características comparables y a aspectos teóricos relativos a su forma de organización. Para su reconstrucción se han utilizado fundamentalmente fuentes provenientes de los archivos de las empresas, guías de sociedades anónimas, informes del Departamento de Comercio de los Estados Unidos y fuentes judiciales. Objetivos y resultados Desde los estudios de caso la tesis tiene como uno de sus objetivos develar aspectos de la industrialización temprana de la Argentina que no son perceptibles en aproximaciones macroeconómicas o sectoriales, identificando los recursos y capacidades que sustentaron las inversiones de las empresas consideradas, así como los resultados de sus decisiones en el desarrollo de la industria local. A partir de la comparación entre los casos seleccionados se intenta también identificar algunos rasgos característicos de la primera fase de la industrialización del país y, más en general, de los procesos de industrialización tardía. En base a la evidencia empírica que ofrecen dichos casos, se busca asimismo establecer un diálogo entre teoría e historia que permita examinar, y eventualmente revisar, aspectos conceptuales referidos a los grupos económicos como forma organizacional, a la relación entre inmigración y empresarialidad, a la problemática de la empresa familiar y a la internacionalización de empresas...
This thesis aims to contribute to the study of the industrialization process in Argentina between 1870 and 1930, during the export-led growth period, from a business history perspective. To do so, it analyzes the paths and strategies of three representative types of player in this process: a diversified business group (Grupo Devoto), a medium-sized family-owned industrial company started by immigrants (Grimoldi), and a multinational company with a manufacturing subsidiary in Argentina (Pirelli). The three cases are examined with reference to the historical context, to other players with comparable characteristics, and to theoretical factors relating to their form of organization. The cases were mainly reconstructed using company archives, corporation records, reports from the United States Department of Commerce, and legal sources. Objectives and results Through the use of case studies, one of the objectives of this thesis is to reveal aspects of Argentina’s early industrialization that are not noticeable when using macroeconomic and sectorial approaches. The thesis identifies the resources and capabilities that supported investments in the companies in question, as well as the results of their decisions on the development of local industry. Through the comparison of the selected case studies, it also seeks to identify characteristic features of the first phase of Argentina’s industrialization and of the processes of late industrialization more generally. On the basis of the empirical evidence these cases provide, the thesis also aims to establish a dialog between theory and history that will enable the examination and review of certain conceptual aspects relating to economic groups as a form of organization, the relationship between immigration and entrepreneurship, some specific problems faced by family business, and the internationalization of firms...
This thesis aims to contribute to the study of the industrialization process in Argentina between 1870 and 1930, during the export-led growth period, from a business history perspective. To do so, it analyzes the paths and strategies of three representative types of player in this process: a diversified business group (Grupo Devoto), a medium-sized family-owned industrial company started by immigrants (Grimoldi), and a multinational company with a manufacturing subsidiary in Argentina (Pirelli). The three cases are examined with reference to the historical context, to other players with comparable characteristics, and to theoretical factors relating to their form of organization. The cases were mainly reconstructed using company archives, corporation records, reports from the United States Department of Commerce, and legal sources. Objectives and results Through the use of case studies, one of the objectives of this thesis is to reveal aspects of Argentina’s early industrialization that are not noticeable when using macroeconomic and sectorial approaches. The thesis identifies the resources and capabilities that supported investments in the companies in question, as well as the results of their decisions on the development of local industry. Through the comparison of the selected case studies, it also seeks to identify characteristic features of the first phase of Argentina’s industrialization and of the processes of late industrialization more generally. On the basis of the empirical evidence these cases provide, the thesis also aims to establish a dialog between theory and history that will enable the examination and review of certain conceptual aspects relating to economic groups as a form of organization, the relationship between immigration and entrepreneurship, some specific problems faced by family business, and the internationalization of firms...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Departamento de Historia e Instituciones Económicas II, leída el 13-10-2015