New Production Systems in Transition: Implications for the Brazilian Industry

Novos sistemas de produção em transição: implicações para a indústria brasileira

This paper examines changes that the Swedish, German and Japanese production systems are currently undertaking. It argues that new economic and socio-institutional contextual conditions worldwide together with domestic events are influencing a piece- meal changes at the heart of the Swedish, German and Japanese production Systems. Implications for Brazilian industry are discussed.

KEYWORDS:
Structural change; globalization; production systems