The foreign direct investments in Brazil and the impacts on the agribusiness - 2002-2008

Abstract

ABSTRACT The present study intends to analyze the effects of foreign direct investments on the agribusiness in Brazil. To reach this objective we intend to deepen the studies on the main conditioning factors existent in Brazil and other countries of the world, identifying the strategies of the foreign companies when entering the Brazilian market. The next step addresses to deepen the discussion on the effects of the foreign direct investments on the production and the exports, indentifying the possible relationship between FDI, market structure and industrial concentration in Brazil. Key words FDI; agribusiness; Brazilian market. Artigo recebido em mar. 2012.