Cooperação e conflitoestudo de caso do complexo coureiro-calçadista no Brasil

Resumo

This paper presents the results of an investigation which constitutes part of a larger research project about Commodity Chain and Industrial Modernisation in Brazil aiming to inform public policies in two main areas: industrial development and employment. The empirical investigation was conducted in the three main footwear production clusters in Brazil: Vales dos Sinos (RGS), Franca (SP) and Ceará.
 Two main assumptions guided our investigation. First, that the analysis of organisations (entrepreneur associations, labour unions, etc) would reveal both the patterns and the rationale for co-operation or conflict in the footwear industrial complex. And second, that co-operation among the links of the chain (including labour–capital co-operation) is a key factor to understand employment creation and industrial success.
 The paper is divided into six sections. The firsts ones discuss the concepts of vertical and horizontal business associations, and present the guiding hypothesises . The next section examine de main features, economic performance of the leather and shoe production in the last 3 decades. The forth section deals with employment and labour relations in the shoe/ leather complex. The fifth section points out and discusses the main conflicts and difficulties in promoting co-operative relations among the sectors of this complex. The final sections discuss the main findings of the investigation and present suggestions aiming at informing public policies in this field.
 The main conclusion of the investigation is that Brazilian footwear industry is linked to the external market or the international part of this commodity chain in a dependent way. And internally one could not speak of a footwear commodity chain due to the lack of co-operation among the sectors that constitute this chain.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Estudo

Ano

2002

Instituição

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea)

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/2094

Licença

Licença Comum

Abrangência

Brasil

Temas

Políticas Públicas

Palavras-chave

Complexo coureiro-calçadistaModernização industrialCooperação industrialCalçadosCouro