ABSTRACT

Based on census records (both of total population and commercial-industrial), and an extensive review and synthesis of the secondary literature, this article analyses the importance and impact of immigration on the economic development of Chile, in particular on entrepreneurship and the changing composition of the main business groups of the country. We provide a sketch of the main entrepreneurs among the immigrant groups, according to countries of origin and sectors in which they operated, who emerged as influential modern entrepreneurs in the country during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We also show how some of these foreign entrepreneurs (and their descendants) contributed to the renewal of the economic elites of Chile during these two centuries, by focussing on some case studies of the leading members of the most successful family business groups.

摘要

本文基于人口普查记录（总人口和商业工业），并广泛回顾和综合二手文献，分析移民对智利经济发展的重要性和影响，特别是对企业家精神和不断变化的构成国家的主要商业集团。我们概述了移民群体中的主要企业家，根据他们的原籍国和他们经营的部门，他们在 19 世纪和 20 世纪成为该国有影响力的现代企业家。我们还展示了这些外国企业家（及其后代）中的一些人如何在这两个世纪中为智利经济精英的复兴做出了贡献，