The transformation of state-business relations in an emerging economy

Abstract

This is a post-print version of an article published in Critical Perspectives on International Business 10(4):291-309. (Special issue on Brazilian Corporations and the State.

Miners, politics and institutional caryatids: Accounting for the transfer of HRM practices in the Brazilian multinational enterprise

“…First, the state has played a key role in sponsoring the development of industrial companies in key economic sectors, including natural resources (Diniz, 1997;Hopewell, 2014). Second, Brazil has two parallel labor markets: one formal and highly regulated, the other poorly regulated wherein approximately forty percent of workers exist outside the protections normally afforded by the legal code (Barros, Cruz, Foguel & Mendonça, 1997).…”

Local-global linkages in the food regime: global history and the internationalization of Brazilian agribusiness

“…National governments also became shareholders of these companies. This strategy has allowed Brazil to internationalize capital through jointventures, mergers and acquisitions abroad (Hopewell 2014) Transnationalization is a strategy put forward mainly by multinational corporations that control food production chains beyond national borders. They create a transnational space in which countries in different regions of the world become main food producers and exporters, each country having a specific function in the production, processing, and export of the food.…”

Modelo de decisão multicritério para escolha do modo de transporte: um estudo do escoamento da produção de grãos de Mato Grosso do Sul

“…A agricultura voltada para exportação sempre desempenhou um papel central na economia brasileira, desde o açúcar, passando pelo café e atualmente com os grãos de soja e milho (HOPEWELL, 2014). Todavia a produção que começou no litoral se expandiu para o continente e a região Centro-Oeste que se tornou o grande polo produtivo agrícola brasileiro.…”