伊利诺伊大学香槟分校商学院选聘董事的政治视角

无论是政党领导还是普通市民，拉丁美洲的左翼人士通常认为外国投资者和右翼政客是一伙的。这就为欲进入拉美市场的外国公司带来了麻烦，因为左翼政府不信任这些公司，并会严格限制这些公司的活动。请关注西班牙的跨国公司近年来在智利市场所取得的成功，他们知道怎样把左翼政治家的情绪转化为自己的优势。     

Jorma Ahvenainen. The European Cable Companies in South America before the First World War. Helsinki, Finland: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2004. 427 pp. ISBN 951-41-0947-3, X35.00.

After the wars of independence in the first half of the nineteenthcentury, Latin American countries embarked on a process of insertioninto the world economy, opening their doors to foreign investmentand specializing in the exportation of raw materials. In freemarkets and in an alignment with the British imperial economicsystem, Latin American elites saw a road for economic prosperityand political stability. Between the 1880s and 1914, Latin Americabecame more integrated into the     

Multinational Corporations,Property Rights,and Legitimization Strategies: US Investors in the Argentine and Peruvian Oil Industries in the Twentieth Century

Multinational corporations in the extractive sector have historically faced challenges to their property rights, particularly in oil. International business scholars argue that firms can decrease these challenges by approaching domestic legitimating actors or seeking home government support. Through a study of the operations of Standard Oil of New Jersey in Peru and Argentina in the twentieth century, we find that these legitimating strategies can backfire due to two main elements: first, the multinational might approach actors with a different agenda from those defining, delineating, and enforcing property rights. Second, host countries can use home government support to multinationals to delegitimise foreign firms' operations.