TY - JOUR
T1 - Harnessing globalization
T2 - Rio grande do sul's successful effort to attract Dell Computer Corporation
AU - Nelson, Roy C.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - Dell Computer Corporation's recent site selection process for its manufacturing plant in Brazil involved bargaining with five of Brazil's 26 states. The state government of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), eager to transform the state into a centre for high technology investment, offered Dell generous incentives and "won" this large investment project. Although the incentives were important, Rio Grande do Sul's success can also be attributed to the government's ability to work effectively with a private development agency, Pólo, which provided the state with a domestic embeddedness and a transnational strategic network that facilitated its ability to attract foreign investment.
AB - Dell Computer Corporation's recent site selection process for its manufacturing plant in Brazil involved bargaining with five of Brazil's 26 states. The state government of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), eager to transform the state into a centre for high technology investment, offered Dell generous incentives and "won" this large investment project. Although the incentives were important, Rio Grande do Sul's success can also be attributed to the government's ability to work effectively with a private development agency, Pólo, which provided the state with a domestic embeddedness and a transnational strategic network that facilitated its ability to attract foreign investment.
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U2 - 10.1177/0169796X0301900206
DO - 10.1177/0169796X0301900206
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33751295277
SN - 0169-796X
VL - 19
SP - 268
EP - 307
JO - Journal of Developing Societies
JF - Journal of Developing Societies
IS - 2-3
ER -