Abstract The Chilean wine industry performed remarkably well over the past decades. Wines from Chile have found their way to consumers all over the world. This paper explores the factors that have supported the successful performance. In particular, through a questionnaire to key informants it tries to measure to what extent conscious collective action by local stakeholders to solve common problems of the industry in Chile and thereby create a shared basis for upgrading, have been relevant. The conclusion is that natural endowments, commercial and technological impulses from abroad and a favo…
En 2003, los flujos de inversión extranjera directa (IED) recibidos por América Latina y el Caribe siguieron disminuyendo en forma sostenida, por cuarto año consecutivo. Debido al descenso del último año, la región mostró el peor desempeño en el ámbito mundial. Esta situación se vio agravada por el aumento constante de las remesas de utilidades y otras salidas de recursos derivados de la IED, razón por la cual se han restringido sus efectos en lo que respecta a la balanza de pagos. No obstante, la declinación de las entradas de IED durante los últimos años ha variado de una subregión a otra …
In 2003, flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Latin America and the Caribbean continued to shrink for the fourth year running. With this latest decline, Latin America and the Caribbean turned in the worst performance of any world region. This situation was exacerbated by the steady increase in profit remittances and in outflows of other FDI-related resources, which has diminished its impact on the balance of payments. The decrease in FDI inflows over the past few years has varied across subregions and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, however. In Mexico and the Caribbean bas…
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