Abstract
This paper examines the transfer of technology to latecomer economies by investigating the case of <19>^<th>-century Minas Gerais, Brazil. It discusses the dependence of various firms on foreign technical knowledge and the limits to the development of an indigenous technology during this period. It also examines the main sources of technology of mineiro firms during the <19>^<th> century and the nature of the technological dependence of each industry investigated. As local production of technical knowledge was virtually non-existent, most industries in <19>^<th>-century Minas Gerais relied on foreign technology.
