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Competitividade e potencial de crescimento do cluster de moldes para a indústria do plástico em Joinville [Potential growth and competitiveness of the cluster of mold producers at Joinville]

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  • Marco Flávio da Cunha Resende
  • Jefferson de Oliveira Gomes

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The geographic concentration of firms has been successful recently in many ways: international competitiveness of these firms, regional income's growth, etc. The Italian industrial districts are the case with major relevance at the international literature. At Joinville there are a significant geographic concentration of mold producers for plastic industry. When the geographic concentration of firms is a cluster the potential growth and competitiveness of the firms are increased. This paper investigates if this geographic concentration of firms is a cluster. If it is, its potential of growth and of competitiveness is studied. The result is that the geographic concentration of mold producers at Joinville is a cluster and has significant potential for growth. However this cluster is less developed and less competitive when compared with the main mold's clusters of the world.

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  • Marco Flávio da Cunha Resende & Jefferson de Oliveira Gomes, 2003. "Competitividade e potencial de crescimento do cluster de moldes para a indústria do plástico em Joinville [Potential growth and competitiveness of the cluster of mold producers at Joinville]," Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG td186, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
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    cluster; Joinville; mold; competitiveness;
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    • L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing

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