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From Technological Dependence to Technological Development: The Case of the USIMINAS Steel Plant in Brazil

In: Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries

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  • Carl J. Dahlman
  • Fernando Valadares Fonseca

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This chapter is a case-study of technical change and technological development in USIMINAS, an integrated steelplant in Brazil.1 USIMINAS is the success story of a Nippo-Brazilian joint venture. Founded in 1956 it started production in 1962 and under the operational responsibility of the Japanese partners who owned 40 per cent of the stock, it reached planned nominal capacity of 500 000 tons per annum (tpa) in 1966. Operational responsibility then passed to the Brazilians who by then had acquired roughly 80 per cent of the stock. Over the next six years they increased capacity approximately 140 per cent to nearly 1 200 000 tpa with basically the original equipment and very little additional investment. Between 1972 and 1976, as a result of a major expansion plan, USIMINAS increased capacity to 2 400 000 tpa. As of March of 1978 USIMINAS was producing at the rate of 3 000 000 tpa, and was in the midst of a second large expansion plan which shall increase its capacity to 3.5 million tpa by 1979.2

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  • Carl J. Dahlman & Fernando Valadares Fonseca, 1987. "From Technological Dependence to Technological Development: The Case of the USIMINAS Steel Plant in Brazil," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jorge M. Katz (ed.), Technology Generation in Latin American Manufacturing Industries, chapter 6, pages 154-182, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-07210-1_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07210-1_7
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    1. Yoruk, Deniz E., 2019. "Dynamics of firm-level upgrading and the role of learning in networks in emerging markets," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 341-369.
    2. Vallejo, Bertha, 2005. "Firms’ Learning Capabilities under a New Economic Environment: A Case Study of Mexican Auto Parts Firms," UNU-INTECH Discussion Paper Series 2005-05, United Nations University - INTECH.
    3. Zita, Júlia Eva Baltazar & Lopes, Avelino Hermíneo, 2011. "User innovation in the business enterprise sector of Maputo Province in Mozambique," MERIT Working Papers 2011-062, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    4. Vijay Vyas, 2005. "Imitation, Incremental Innovation and Climb Down," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 14(2), pages 103-116, September.
    5. Sonali Deraniyagala, 2000. "The Impact of Technology Accumulation on Technical Efficiency: an Analysis of the Sri Lankan Clothing and Agricultural Machinery Industries," Working Papers 103, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK.
    6. Bell, Martin & Albu, Michael, 1999. "Knowledge Systems and Technological Dynamism in Industrial Clusters in Developing Countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 27(9), pages 1715-1734, September.
    7. Sonali Deraniyagala, 2001. "Adaptive technology strategies and technical efficiency: Evidence from the Sri Lankan agricultural machinery industry," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(1), pages 59-71.
    8. Sonali Deraniyagala, 2000. "Adaptive Technology Strategies and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Sri Lankan Agricultural Machinery Industry," Working Papers 104, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK.

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