The article investigated aspects of the manufacturing industrial dynamics in the period 1995-97 in terms of variables related to average plant size, entry and exit rates and turbulence. The results at the 4 digits level indicated a high degree of behavior heterogeneity across the different sectors. The attempt to identify patterns was based in Discriminant Analysis with pre-classifications defined upon Cluster Analysis in 2 digits sectors and users group. The results were not sufficiently strong in the sense of indicating salient sectoral patterns and therefore are consistent with other studies developed for the United States.
industrial dynamics; discriminant analysis