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1、毕业论文外文翻译外文题目： CULTURE, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF PERU 出 处： Industrial & Labor Relations Review，Jul63, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p583-594, 12p 作 者： WILLIAM F. WHYTE. 原 文：CULTURE, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF PERU ropr_420 839.880 The economists
2、who give their attention to the study of the developing countries are now generally agreed that culture has an extremely important impact upon economic development and upon the pattern of industrial relations found in a given country. Nevertheless, the governments of these countries generally tend t
3、o neglect the culture and concentrate their attention upon capital, natural resources, transportation, technical education, and so on-all of these being factors which appear to be moreor less concrete.Why is culture generally neglected in development plans? There are certainly several reasons for th
4、is condition, and I shall focus our attention on only one of them. My theory is that in the planning of the economic policy makers, those factors for which measurements are readily available tend to receive attention, whereas the factors for which measurements are not readily available tend to be ne
5、glected. To the layman, culture appears to be a vague and nebulous notion. It is fashionable these days to acknowledge that culture is important, but if the government planner finds difficulty in understanding what it is and has no idea how many aspects of it might bemeasured, then he is unlikely to
6、 develop plans consciously designed to change culture.For this reason, the development of measuring instruments for cultures may be an essential step in the forward movement of the developing countries.This is a report on one such effort. It grows out of fifteen months of research in Peru on Human P
7、roblems of Industrial Development. The project was planned as a series of field studies in Peruvian industrial plants, to be carried out by four Peruvian research assistants, under my general direction. We did indeed carry out the factory field studies we planned, but in the early stages of the proj
8、ect, I became convinced of the necessity for a broad study of culture to provide interpretation for some of the behavior we were observing in the plants. Nobody who comes to Peru to take even a most casual look at industrial activities in the country can fail to be impressed by the scarcity of firms
9、 founded and developed by Peruvians, whose families had been in the country for several generations. A large part of the industry is in foreign hands.The railway system was pioneered bya U. S. engineer, Henry Meigs, and is now owned by the Peruvian Corporation, a British concern. The major internal
10、airline, Faucett, was founded by an American.More than 90 percent of the oil production is in the hands of foreign firms, the dominant one being International Petroleum Company, an affiliate of Standard Oil of New Jersey. In mining, the dominant firms are Cerro de Pasco Corporation, Southern Peru Mi
11、ning Corporation, and Marcona Mining Company, all American firms.The dominant company in shipping is W. R. Grace and Companywhich is also prominent in raising and refining sugar, in textiles and in chemicals. More important in the textile industry is Duncan Fox and Company, Ltd., a British firm. I h
12、e most important public utility, Empresas Electricas Asociadas, was founded and is still controlled by Swiss, although Peruvians have invested substantially in the company.The list could be extended, but perhaps this is enough to show the importance of foreign capital and explain why many Peruvians
13、look with some resentment upon what they consider the colonial status of their country. Why are foreign concerns so prominent in Peru? One American professor put this question to a group of Peruvianuniversity students. Their main reply was that Perus governments over the years have catered to foreig
14、n interests and given to foreigners advantages and help that they did not give to their own people.To examine the merits of this argument would require an historical study which is beyond the scope of this project. Let us simply examine the assumption underlying the argument: the assumption is that
15、industry cannot develop in Peru without special favors and assistance from the government. Is this true? Let us get down to cases. More than fifty years ago, the father of Antonio DOnofrio started in the ice-cream business with a pushcart. When Antonio DOnofrio was old enough to work, he went to wor
16、k with his father. Today, DOnofrio is the dominant concern in manufacturing chocolates and all kinds of candies, cookies, and ice cream. Thirty years ago, Oscar Ferrand, the son of a grocery-store owner, opened a small shop to experiment with the manufacture of glass. Today, Cristal Ferrand is the leading firm in the glass industry and
