Evolução tecnológica no setor de máquinas de processar cereaisum estudo de caso

Resumo

This paper treats the technological evolution of a firm that produces cereal processing machinery. It details the substancial technological change thatocurred in the productive process and in the final products in a period of more than fifty years, following the transformation of a small workshop in a productive unit that employed more than 500 persons in the end of the period. The process of technological change was characterized by small and gradual changes, frequently generated inside the firm, which enabled the firm to master increasingly sofisticated technologies, and reduing the tecnological gap to the international frontier. The labor productivity increased during this period, reflecting a long process of learning.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

1985

Instituição

Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Atuária

Fonte

Estudos Econômicos

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.11606/1980-53571515hnc

Identificador

oai:revistas.usp.br:article/157201

Licença

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0