Abstract
Innovative practices in leading Brazilian companies have been noted in a number of recent research publications. Innovations have occurred mainly in the fields of technology, organization and in the production and labour processes. How far and deep would these recent changes need to develop and diffuse in order to constitute a national model of production and labour management? This article explores the alternatives available to Brazil in the 1990s by balancing the potential of these changes for growth - or for stagnation - in face of recent international trends towards new production and labour management styles.
Keywords:
Fordism; production system; labor management