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Foreign Investments in Electric Utilities: A Comparative Analysis of Belgian and American Companies in Argentina, 1890–1960

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  • Lanciotti, Norma S.

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This article analyzes the performance of foreign electric-utility companies and the evolution of the electric-power industry in Argentina from 1890 until the end of the 1950s, when the electric utilities were nationalized. It focuses on the decisions and strategies of the subsidiaries controlled by two holding companies: the Société Financière de Transports et d'Entreprises Industrielles (SOFINA) and the American & Foreign Power Company. The study suggests that the divergence in the performance of these two companies was determined both by their investment patterns and by their financial styles and management decisions. The impact of private decisions and public regulation on the Argentinean electric-power system is also explored.

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  • Lanciotti, Norma S., 2008. "Foreign Investments in Electric Utilities: A Comparative Analysis of Belgian and American Companies in Argentina, 1890–1960," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 82(3), pages 503-528, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buhirw:v:82:y:2008:i:03:p:503-528_08
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    1. María Inés Barbero & Andrea Lluch & Norma S. Lanciotti & Alexandre Macchione Saes, 2014. "American & Foreign Power in Argentina and Brazil (1926–65)," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 54(2), pages 120-144, July.
    2. Saes, Alexandre Macchione & Loureiro, Felipe Pereira, 2014. "What developing countries' past energy policies can tell us about energy issues today? Lessons from the expropriation of American Foreign and Power in Brazil (1959–1965)," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 29(C), pages 36-43.
    3. Alexandre Macchione Saes & Felipe Pereira Loureiro, 2012. "From Foreign to State Investment in the Brazilian Electric Power Sector: the Expropriation of the American Foreign and Power in Brazil (1959-1965)," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2012_08, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).

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