{"title":"‘Lateral’ Protégés, Risk Capital, and Manufacturing in Pre-Protectorate Morocco: Considering the Würth Case","authors":"N. Cigar","doi":"10.1353/tmr.2023.a901467","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT:The case of the Swiss businessman Armin Würth who, as a third-country, or what we might call a ‘lateral’, protégé of the United States, sought to invest in manufacturing in pre-Protectorate Morocco highlights both the dysfunctionality of the protégé system and the difficult environment, a reflection of the complex set of domestic and international dynamics, that worked to stifle initiative for economic development.","PeriodicalId":85753,"journal":{"name":"The Maghreb review. Majallat al-Maghrib","volume":"241 1","pages":"259 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Maghreb review. Majallat al-Maghrib","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/tmr.2023.a901467","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT:The case of the Swiss businessman Armin Würth who, as a third-country, or what we might call a ‘lateral’, protégé of the United States, sought to invest in manufacturing in pre-Protectorate Morocco highlights both the dysfunctionality of the protégé system and the difficult environment, a reflection of the complex set of domestic and international dynamics, that worked to stifle initiative for economic development.