Chilean Multinationals: Contexts, Paths and Strategies

BARBERO MARIA INES

Capitalists, Business and State-Building in Chile

Palgrave Macmillan

Año: 2019; p. 283 - 326

The objective of this research is to study the growth of Chilean multinational enterprises, analysing their expansion strategies and seeking to establish a dialogue between theory and history. This paper is divided into four parts. The first focuses on the phenomenon of the ?emerging market multinational enterprise? (EMNE), considering both historical and contemporary aspects. The second analyses diverse aspects of theories of multinational enterprise, with special emphasis on recent contributions that attempt to characterise and explain the emergence and development of EMNEs. The third focuses on Chilean multinationals from a historical perspective, identifying their general characteristics and analysing the paths, strategies, and capacities of the twelve companies with the highest index of internationalisation. The final reflections identify the most outstanding features of these enterprises and re-examine theoretical approaches based on the evidence of the leading Chilean multilatinas