This article analyzes the politics of the International Business Machine's (IBM) expansion in interwar Brazil. It does so by focusing on Valentim Bouças, IBM's first representative in Brazil, and an outstanding figure in IBM trade press materials for the rapid pace at which he grew IBM's Brazilian operations. Grounded in the earliest recorded moment in which IBM was first threatened with expulsion from Brazilian markets, this article analyzes how IBM, led by Bouças, regained Brazilian markets and expanded its operations in the country through the political negotiations it entered into. Using approaches from global political economy and Latin American studies, this article builds on Latin American traditions of social studies of science and technology to analyze how IBM, as a U.S.-based multinational IT firm, first installed itself in Brazil's interwar authoritarian regime, helping restructure Brazilian administrative and financial apparatuses to its advantage.

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IBM 的世界公民：Valentim Bouas 和专制巴西的 IT 扩张政治

本文分析了国际商业机器 (IBM) 在两次世界大战之间的巴西扩张的政治因素。它通过关注 IBM 在巴西的第一位代表 Valentim Bouças 来实现这一目标，他也是 IBM 贸易新闻材料中的杰出人物，因为他快速发展了 IBM 的巴西业务。本文以 IBM 首次面临被驱逐出巴西市场的威胁的最早记录时刻为基础，分析了以 Bouças 为首的 IBM 如何通过其参与的政治谈判重新夺回巴西市场并扩大其在该国的业务。本文采用全球政治经济学和拉丁美洲研究的方法，以拉丁美洲科学技术社会研究的传统为基础，分析 IBM 作为一家总部位于美国的跨国 IT 公司如何，