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Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction: Business History in Chile in the Twentieth Century; Introduction: The State of Chilean Business History; The Late Development of Chilean Business History; The Sources for Chilean Business History; Chilean Business History in an International Context; The Contribution of This Book; Chilean Business History in Latin American Context; Concluding Comments; Bibliography
Chapter 2 Entrepreneurial Families, Inheritances and Wealth Transfers: The Edwards Family and Their Transition from Entrepreneurs to Rentiers, 1880-1914An Entrepreneurial Business Elite, 1830-1880; Inheritances, Wealth Transfers and Fascination for the Belle Époque, 1880-1914; The Example of the Edwards; The Attractions of Santiago and the Migration of the Elite; The Edwards Family in Santiago and Europe; Concluding Comments; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Baburizza: A Business Group in Chile in the First Half of the Twentieth Century; Introduction; Business Groups: Theory and Evidence
The Baburizza GroupThe First Period: The Mining-Financial Group; Vertical Integration and Minority Investors; The Second Period: The Agricultural Group; Baburizza's Last Will and Testament and the Instituto Agricola Pascual Baburizza; Ownership Structure, Network and Corporate Governance; Ownership Structure and Market Capitalisation; Networks; The Baburizza Group: Analysis of Networks; Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 4 Managed Decline, Headlong Retreat or Entrepreneurial Failure? British Nitrate Producers and the Withdrawal from Chile, 1920-1930; The Background
The Nitrate Market After the First World WarMine Closure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technological Change; Investment; British Withdrawal and the Creation of COSACH; Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 5 Riding on a Roller-Coaster: The Rise and Decline of the Anglo South American Bank; Introduction; The Early Phase; The Second Phase (1900-1918); The Third Phase (1918-1931); The Final Phase: The Failure of the Rescue Attempt, 1931-1936; Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 6 Economic Policy and Foreign Capital in the Creation and Rise of Copec; Introduction
Chile: Oil Nationalism Without Oil, 1899-1931Economic Recovery, the Oil Market and Industrialisation Policies in the 1930s; Copec and the Alliance Between the Government and the Industrial Bourgeoisie; The Opposition of Multinational Companies to Copec and the Creation of the Chilean Oil Cartel; Development Policies and the Consolidation of the Oil Cartel in Chile, 1938-1954; Challenges to the Cartel During the Christian Democrat and Popular Unity Governments; Conclusions; Bibliography
Chapter 2 Entrepreneurial Families, Inheritances and Wealth Transfers: The Edwards Family and Their Transition from Entrepreneurs to Rentiers, 1880-1914An Entrepreneurial Business Elite, 1830-1880; Inheritances, Wealth Transfers and Fascination for the Belle Époque, 1880-1914; The Example of the Edwards; The Attractions of Santiago and the Migration of the Elite; The Edwards Family in Santiago and Europe; Concluding Comments; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Baburizza: A Business Group in Chile in the First Half of the Twentieth Century; Introduction; Business Groups: Theory and Evidence
The Baburizza GroupThe First Period: The Mining-Financial Group; Vertical Integration and Minority Investors; The Second Period: The Agricultural Group; Baburizza's Last Will and Testament and the Instituto Agricola Pascual Baburizza; Ownership Structure, Network and Corporate Governance; Ownership Structure and Market Capitalisation; Networks; The Baburizza Group: Analysis of Networks; Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 4 Managed Decline, Headlong Retreat or Entrepreneurial Failure? British Nitrate Producers and the Withdrawal from Chile, 1920-1930; The Background
The Nitrate Market After the First World WarMine Closure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technological Change; Investment; British Withdrawal and the Creation of COSACH; Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 5 Riding on a Roller-Coaster: The Rise and Decline of the Anglo South American Bank; Introduction; The Early Phase; The Second Phase (1900-1918); The Third Phase (1918-1931); The Final Phase: The Failure of the Rescue Attempt, 1931-1936; Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 6 Economic Policy and Foreign Capital in the Creation and Rise of Copec; Introduction
Chile: Oil Nationalism Without Oil, 1899-1931Economic Recovery, the Oil Market and Industrialisation Policies in the 1930s; Copec and the Alliance Between the Government and the Industrial Bourgeoisie; The Opposition of Multinational Companies to Copec and the Creation of the Chilean Oil Cartel; Development Policies and the Consolidation of the Oil Cartel in Chile, 1938-1954; Challenges to the Cartel During the Christian Democrat and Popular Unity Governments; Conclusions; Bibliography