This paper aims to appraise the technological capabilities (LALL concept, 1992) of Brazilian sugarcane agroindustry for a sample of three leading production states: São Paulo, Paraná and Minas Gerais. A field research survey with sugar and ethanol mills provides the primary data for assessing...

The study has as aim to analyse the main conditions of the evolution of the Paraná State sugar cane agroindustry after the sectorial deregulation, according to the neoschumpeterian instrument. It must be emphasized the fact that the Paraná State companies which compose the sugar cane...

The objective of this paper is to verify the structural panorama, the dynamics of growth and the technological strategies used in sugar cane agro-industry in the State of Parana. It was implemented the shift-share model, to quantify the sources of agricultural production growth from 1981 to...