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

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  • Teresa da Silva Lopes
  • Carlos Gabriel Guimarães
  • Alexandre Saes
  • Luiz Fernando Saraiva

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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.

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  • Teresa da Silva Lopes & Carlos Gabriel Guimarães & Alexandre Saes & Luiz Fernando Saraiva, 2018. "The ‘disguised’ foreign investor: Brands, trademarks and the British expatriate entrepreneur in Brazil," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(8), pages 1169-1193, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:60:y:2018:i:8:p:1169-1193
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2017.1287174
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    1. Caterina Moschieri & Maria Fernandez-Moya, 2022. "A dynamic long-term approach to internationalization: Spanish publishing firms’ expansion and emigrants in Mexico (1939–1977)," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 53(5), pages 818-849, July.
    2. Maximilian Scheu & Andreas Kuckertz, 2023. "Explorers of the twenty-first century? A systematic literature review of the scholarship on international entrepreneurs from developed economies," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 177-235, March.

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