INVESTIGADORES
BELINI claudio Fabian
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
"Origins and Expansion of a big company: Compañía General de Fósforos,1889-1929"
Autor/es:
BADOZA, MARÍA SILVIA Y BELINI, CLAUDIO FABIÁN
Lugar:
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Reunión:
Congreso; XVth World Economic History Congress. 2009; 2009
Institución organizadora:
International Economic History Association, Utrecht University, International Institute of Social History
Resumen:
This paper studies the history of the Compañía General de Fósforos, one of the first industrial stock companies in Argentina, during its forty years of existence, from 1889 to 1929. We aim at analazing the company's productive and finantial strategies, based on a research using the company archives. Compañía General de Fósforos started its operations at a time when modern industry started to developed in Argentina, based on the substitution of imported commodities, like matches. Our research intends to produce new evidence on the role of big companies in the industrial growth before 1930, paying special attention to issues like the formation of capital, industrial profiability and corporate strategies.