British investments in the gas industry in Spain: the role of the free-standing companies
Title
British investments in the gas industry in Spain: the role of the free-standing companiesDate
2021Citation
Martínez López, A., & Mirás Araujo, J. (2021). British investments in the gas industry in Spain: the role of the free-standing companies. In Mercedes Fernández-Paradas y Carlos Larrinaga Rodríguez (Eds.), Business History in Spain (19th and 20th centuries) (pp. 113-129). Peter Lang
Abstract
[Abstract]: Foreign investment played a relevant role in launching the gas industry in many
countries, including Spain. The British, along with the French, were the main investors.
In the British case, one of their favorite instruments for foreign investment were the
free-standing companies (FSC), whose corporate flexibility provided them with several
advantages. The aim of the chapter is the analysis of the profile, behavior, and results of
these companies in the context of the Spanish gas industry during the second half of the
nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth. Primary sources from British
and Spanish archives have been used, in order to better contrast the global approach of
the FSC to these specific cases.
Description
Version of Record that has been published in "Business History in Spain (19th and 20th centuries)" edited by Mercedes Fernández Paradas and Carlos Larrinaga Rodriguez. The original work can be found at: https://doi.org/10.3726/b17988 . © Peter Lang, 2021. All rights reserved.
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ISBN
978-3-631-84385-7