The Ford Motor Company in Argentina: from its origins to the end of the import substitution industrialization model

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational economic group specialized in the production of automobiles that settled in Argentina the first subsidiary of the Group in Latin America at the end of 1913. This paper aims to review the key developments in corporate strategy that characterized the acc...

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Autores principales: Santarcángelo, Juan E., Taraborelli, Diego
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Publicado: Centro de Estudios de Historia Económica Argentina y Latinoamericana (CEHEAL) 2023
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spelling I28-R145-2708_oai2025-02-11 Santarcángelo, Juan E. Taraborelli, Diego 2023-06-26 Ford Motor Company is an American multinational economic group specialized in the production of automobiles that settled in Argentina the first subsidiary of the Group in Latin America at the end of 1913. This paper aims to review the key developments in corporate strategy that characterized the accumulation of Ford Motor in Argentina, as well as the configuration of its activities as an economic conglomerate and its productive strategy deployed in the country between 1913 and 1975. We analyze not only their strategy of insertion and expansion during the agro-export and import substitution industrialization models but also the way in which the company (and later the conglomerate) had to articulate with the different national govern­ments as well as the concrete ways the group used to adapt to different sectorial regulations.   Ford Motor Company es un conglomerado económico multinacional de origen estadounidense especializado en la producción de automóviles que instaló en Argentina la primera filial del conglomerado en América Latina, a finales de 1913. Este trabajo tiene por objetivo revisar los principales acontecimientos de la estrategia empresarial que caracterizaron la acumulación de la empresa Ford Motor en Argentina, así como la configuración de sus actividades como conglomerado económico y su estrategia productiva desplegada en el país entre 1913 y 1975. Se analiza no sólo su estrategia de inserción y expansión durante los modelos agro-exportador y de industrialización por sustitución de importaciones, sino también el modo en el que la empresa (y luego el conglomerado) tuvo que articularse con los distintos gobiernos nacionales, así como las formas concretas que utilizó para adecuarse a diferentes regulaciones sectoriales. application/pdf text/html https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/2708 10.56503/H-Industria/n.32(17)pp.105-127 spa Centro de Estudios de Historia Económica Argentina y Latinoamericana (CEHEAL) https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/2708/3481 https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/2708/3482 H-industria. Journal of the History of Industry and Development in Latin America; No. 32 (17): First Semester; 105-127 H-industria. Revista de historia de la industria y el desarrollo en América Latina; Núm. 32 (17): Primer Semestre 2023; 105-127 H-industria. Revista sobre a história da indústria e desenvolvimento na América Latina; n. 32 (17): Primer Semestre 2023; 105-127 1851-703X Multinational corporations Automotive industry Economic development Corporaciones multinacionales Industria automotriz Desarrollo económico The Ford Motor Company in Argentina: from its origins to the end of the import substitution industrialization model Ford Motor Company en Argentina: desde sus orígenes al final del modelo de industrialización por sustitución de importaciones info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=hindus&d=2708_oai
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topic Multinational corporations
Automotive industry
Economic development
Corporaciones multinacionales
Industria automotriz
Desarrollo económico
spellingShingle Multinational corporations
Automotive industry
Economic development
Corporaciones multinacionales
Industria automotriz
Desarrollo económico
Santarcángelo, Juan E.
Taraborelli, Diego
The Ford Motor Company in Argentina: from its origins to the end of the import substitution industrialization model
topic_facet Multinational corporations
Automotive industry
Economic development
Corporaciones multinacionales
Industria automotriz
Desarrollo económico
description Ford Motor Company is an American multinational economic group specialized in the production of automobiles that settled in Argentina the first subsidiary of the Group in Latin America at the end of 1913. This paper aims to review the key developments in corporate strategy that characterized the accumulation of Ford Motor in Argentina, as well as the configuration of its activities as an economic conglomerate and its productive strategy deployed in the country between 1913 and 1975. We analyze not only their strategy of insertion and expansion during the agro-export and import substitution industrialization models but also the way in which the company (and later the conglomerate) had to articulate with the different national govern­ments as well as the concrete ways the group used to adapt to different sectorial regulations.  
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title The Ford Motor Company in Argentina: from its origins to the end of the import substitution industrialization model
title_short The Ford Motor Company in Argentina: from its origins to the end of the import substitution industrialization model
title_full The Ford Motor Company in Argentina: from its origins to the end of the import substitution industrialization model
title_fullStr The Ford Motor Company in Argentina: from its origins to the end of the import substitution industrialization model
title_full_unstemmed The Ford Motor Company in Argentina: from its origins to the end of the import substitution industrialization model
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