Continuities and ruptures of the argentine largest companies in the period 1976-2019

Abstract

The paper will discuss the continuities and ruptures that occurred in the argentine largest companies during the years 1976-2019. The choice of this universe of actors is explained due to its high influence on the economy as a whole and the importance that it implies on the insertion in the international division of labor. On the one hand, the study aims to analyze the structural trends in the morphology of the largest companies that have been consolidated and are understood as continuities: deindustrialization, reprimarization and productive disintegration, increasing economic concentration and foreignization, etc.. On the other hand, there also were breaks regarding to which capitals were the winners and losers in each sub-stage based on the origin of capital and the activity sector.