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Puerto Rico’s economy was transformed from the agricultural base to a manufacturing base by strategy plan known as Operation Bootstrap or in Spanish “Manos a la Obra”. The Industrial Incentives Act applicable to Puerto Rico helped to establish businesses through tax exemptions on income and property for a period of 10 years, marking the era of industrialization.

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    188 Act of May 11, 1942, as amended known the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company Law.

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    Data of Planning Board of Puerto Rico.

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Juma’h, A.H., Morales-Rodriguez, D., Lloréns-Rivera, A. (2015). Introduction. In: Labor Markets and Multinational Enterprises in Puerto Rico. SpringerBriefs in Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17178-4_1

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