The Antofagasta Nitrate Company, Chile. The challenge of its business modernization and strategic innovation

Authors

Keywords:

company, nitrate, Antofagasta, innovation, modernization

Abstract

This paper examines The Antofagasta Nitrate Company, which emerged after the
War of the Pacific and its change into a modern enterprise since its productive and
competitive nitrate strategy demanded a change in its administrative organization,
where technological innovation played a relevant role. In this sense, we show that
there reforms were implemented between 1916 and 1925. Once the number of nitrate
mines increased, the company had to face the challenge of synthetic nitrate and the
option of inventions to change the production system.

Author Biography

José Antonio González, Universidad Católica del Norte

Doctor en Historia por la Universidad de Navarra. Profesor Titular de la Universidad Católica del Norte. Director del Centro de Estudios Histórico-Jurídicos de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas.

Published

2019-04-26

How to Cite

González, J. A. (2019). The Antofagasta Nitrate Company, Chile. The challenge of its business modernization and strategic innovation. Estudios Atacameños, (60), 133-159. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/1735

Issue

No. 60 (2018)

Section

Historia

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