Interview with Eliodore Matte Larraín, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Santiago, Chile
Contributors: Lluch, Andrea, interviewer; Harvard Business School
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Interviews; Industrialists; Forests and forestry; Banks and banking; Corporations; Finance; Industrial relations; International business enterprises; Diversification in industry; Business; History; Politics and government; Economic conditions; Commerce; Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones
Description: Mr. Matte discusses his family's involvement in the growth and diversification of Empresas CMPC and the marked effect of his experience at the University of Chicago on his view of free markets. He relates the history of deregulation in Chile and the policies instituted at CMPC to compete on an international level in both the finance and forestry sectors. He also covers the company's strategies implemented to weather regional and worldwide economic crises and CMPC's expansion into other Latin American markets. Mr. Matte further describes CMPC's history of labor relations and the social policies instituted in the areas where the company operates.
Notes: Interview translated into English. Transcript available in English and Spanish.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 18, 2014).

Interviewed in Spanish on 2008 May 28 in Santiago by Dr. Andrea Lluch, HBS Research Associate, through the sponsorship of the Business History Initiative, Harvard Business School.

Interview with Eliodore Matte Larraín, interviewed by Andrea Lluch, Santiago, Chile, May 28, 2008, Creating Emerging Markets Oral History Collection, Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.

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Eliodoro Matte holds a degree in civil engineering from the Universidad de Chile and received his MBA from the University of Chicago in 1972. Throughout his career he has been actively involved in a number of public and private organizations. His primary engagement for more than 30 years has been with Empresas CMPC, where he is currently chairman of the board. One of the largest forest products companies in Latin America, CMPC has operations in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, Colombia, and Mexico, and exports its products throughout the world. Mr. Matte is also involved with the financial sector (Banco Bice S.A.), electricity sector (Colbún S.A.), construction materials industry (Compañia Industrial El Volcan SA), and telecom sector (Entel Chile). He is chairman of the board of Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP), a prestigious think tank.

Forms part of: Latin American oral history collection, 2006-2009.

Forms part of: Creating Emerging Markets oral history collection, 2006-