This paper discusses how Prebisch and Fajnzylber, two authors representative of the thought of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA), interpreted the industrialization crisis experienced by many Latin American countries beginning in the mid-seventies. The focus of the paper is on the...

Some evidences and theories point to the existence of a relationship between economic growth and current account balance. According to this approach, the external sector performance is a key element for an economy to reach sustainable rates of investment and economic growth. On the other hand,...

The theoretical foundation for this text is the one presented by Florida (2002a, 2002b, 2005). He discusses the importance of a vibrant society and also of a highly diversified population for the attraction of talented and creative people. This attraction would promote a concentration of this...

The rise of global value chains (GVC) across sectors raises new challenges to the analysis of countries' competitiveness and their industries. This paper analyzes how the leather-footwear complex is positioned in the global market after the reconfiguration of the international market occurred...

The main objective of this paper is to provide for more and better evidence allowing the examination of Brazil's position within Global Value Chain on leather & footwear Industry. To do so, we analyzed the pattern of international integration in Taiwan and Mexico as remarkable experiences for...

The rise of global value chains (GVC) across sectors raises new challenges to the analysis of countries' competitiveness and their industries. This paper analyzes how the leather-footwear complex is positioned in the global market after the reconfiguration of the international market occurred...

The main objective of this paper is to provide for more and better evidence allowing the examination of Brazil's position within Global Value Chain on leather & footwear Industry. To do so, we analyzed the pattern of international integration in Taiwan and Mexico as remarkable experiences for...

O estudo analisa as condições dos processos de aprendizagem tecnológica em setores industriais tradicionais enfatizando os esforços internos das empresas, a utilizações das fontes de informação externas a elas, e as características das inovações resultantes destes processos....

This article describes the main changes suffered by the textile industrial complex in the 1990’s and the options for growth it has today. After a brief description of the complex, Section 3 will show how the changes in the internal and external markets during the 1990’s affected job...