Based on original research, this book focuses on the importance of the producer-user connection, the changing balance between national and foreign firms and the need for learning in industry and government.
Author(s): Hubert Schmitz
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 352
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 11
List of tables......Page 12
List of contributors......Page 14
Foreword......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Abbreviations......Page 19
Fostering hi-tech industries in developing countries: introduction Hubert Schmitz and Jose Cassiolato......Page 21
An assessment of the market reserve for the Brazilian computer industry Hubert Schmitz and Tom Hewitt......Page 41
The user producer connection in hi-tech: a case-study of banking automation in Brazil Jose Cassiolato......Page 73
Software strategies for developing countries: lessons from the international and Brazilian experience Ftima Gaio......Page 110
Why the market reserve is not enough: lessons from the diffusion of industrial automation technology in Brazilian process industries Ruy de Quadros Carvalho......Page 144
Automation and work organisation: contrasts between Brazilian and British car factories Elizabeth Bortolaia Silva......Page 179
Employment and skills in the Brazilian electronics industry Tom Hewitt......Page 200
Revolution in a recession? advanced technologies and Brazil's machine tool sector in the crisis Mike Porteous......Page 226
State policies and private interests: the struggle over information technology policy in Brazil Maria Ines Bastos......Page 259
Learning in industry and government: achievements, failures and lessons Jose Cassiolato, Tom Hewitt and Hubert Schmitz......Page 293
Index......Page 337
