Capacidades estatales: agentes clave para el desarrollo nacional e internacionalización de empresas: un análisis del BNDES en Brasil

Debates on Brazilian development in the social sciences are diverse. Areas such as sociology, economics, business administration, political science and history have developed diagnoses and methods to shed light on the causes and effects of development problems, which consequently opens up analytical and methodological possibilities with the aim of promoting alternatives for national development from the point of intersection between the state and capital. This paper investigates the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), its policies to promote the internationalization of national companies and its economic growth in the period from 2003 to 2010 in terms of increased production and the participation of Brazilian companies in the global market. We analyze state capacities and organizational capabilities, relating them to national development around economic growth and the change of a bureaucratic structure capable of articulating development with the internationalization of firms in narrow time intervals. We also found that to promote development, a combination of state institutions and enterprises in a synchronized manner and with affinities that allow for the rapid growth of specific productive sectors is necessary.