The Advantages of Integration for Social Systems – Evidence from the Automobile Industry
The Japanese integrative approach to social systems
can be observed in supply chain management as well as in the
relationship between public and private sectors. Both the Lean
Production System and the Developmental State Model are
characterized by efforts towards the achievement of mutual goals,
resulting in initiatives for capacity building which emphasize the
system level. In Brazil, although organizations undertake efforts to
build capabilities at the individual and organizational levels, the
system level is being neglected. Fieldwork data confirmed the findings
of other studies in terms of the lack of integration in supply chain
management in the Brazilian automobile industry. Moreover, due to
the absence of an active role of the Brazilian state in its relationship
with the private sector, automakers are not fully exploiting the
opportunities in the domestic and regional markets. For promoting a
higher level of economic growth as well as to increase the degree of
spill-over of technologies and techniques, a more integrative approach
is needed.
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Sindipeças, 2006.
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The Case of Automotive Product Development", in: Organization
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Salvador., n. 66, 1999, pp. 17-24.
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Strategic Management Context. Technical Advisory Paper No.3,
Management Development and Governance Division Bureau for
Development Policy, 1998.
[33] R. Wade. Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of
Government in East Asian Industrialization. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1990.
[34] L. Weiss. The Myth of the Powerless State - Governing the Economy in a
Global Era. Oxford, Polity Press, 1998.
[35] O. Williamson. Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust
Implications. New York: The Free Press, 1975.
[36] D. Wilson & R. Purushothaman. Dreaming with BRICs: the path to 2050.
Goldman Sachs, 2003. Available:
http://www.gs.com/insight/research/reports/99.pdf.
[37] R. J. Womack; D. T. Jones & D. Roos. The Machine that Changed the
World - the Story of Lean Production System. New York:
HarperPerennial, 1991.
[1] A. H. Amsden. 1989. Asia-s Next Giant: South Korea and Late
Industrialization. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[2] Anfavea. Brazilian Automotive Industry Yearbook 2006. Sao Paulo,
Anfavea, 2006.
[3] R. Arkader. "The Perspective of Suppliers on Lean Supply in a
Developing Country Context", in: Integrated Manufacturing Systems, v.
12 n. 2: MCB University Press, 2001, pp. 87-93.
[4] R. Dore. Stock Market Capitalism: Welfare Capitalism - Japan and
Germany versus the Anglo-Saxons. New York: Oxford University Press,
2000.
[5] J. H. Dyer. "Specialized Supplier Networks as a Source of Competitive
Advantage: Evidence from the Auto Industry", in: Strategic Management
Journal, v. 17, 1996, 271-291.
[6] J. H. Dyer & K. Nobeoka. "Creating and Managing a High-performance
Knowledge-sharing Network - The Toyota Case" , in Strategic
Management Journal, 21(Special Issue), pp. 245-367, 2000.
[7] N. A Endlich. An Investigation of the Nexus Between Strategic Planning
and Organizational Learning. PhD dissertation. Virginia: Faculty of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 2001.
[8] P. Evans. Embedded Autonomy: States and Industrial Transformation.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.
[9] P. Evans. "Government Action, Social Capital and Development:
Reviewing the Evidence on Synergy", in: World Development, Vol. 24,
No. 6, pp. 1119-1132, 1996.
[10] T. Fujimoto. The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
[11] D. Gow. Toyota Becomes World's Biggest Seller of Cars. Guardian
Unlimited, Apr. 27, 2007. Available:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2064541,00.html.
[12] IBGE. Estimativas das popula├º├Áes residentes, em 01.07.2006, segundo
os municípios. 2007 Available:
http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/estimativa2006/estim
ativa.shtm.
[13] IBGE. Produto Interno Bruto dos Municípios - 2004. Available:
http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/economia/pibmunicipios/2004/
default.shtm.
[14] Intelog. Anfavea apresenta detalhes de estudo encomendado à empresa de
consultoria internacional. Intelog - Inteligência em Gestão Logística,
September 10, 2007. Available:
http://www.intelog.net/site/default.asp?TroncoID=907492&SecaoID=50
8074&SubsecaoID=715548&Template=../artigosnoticias/user_exibir.asp
&ID=803730.
[15] C. A Johnson. MITI and the Japanese miracle: the growth of industrial
policy, 1925-1975. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1983.
[16] D. Katz & R. L. Kahn. The Social Psychology of Organizations. 2 ed.
New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1978..
[17] M. B. Lieberman & L. Demeester. Inventory Reduction and Productivity
Growth: Linkages in the Japanese Automotive Industry, in: Management
Science, v. 45 n. 4, pp. 466-485, 1999.
[18] J. K. Liker. The Toyota Way - 14 Management Principles from the
World-s Greatest Manufacturer. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
[19] H. E. Norman. Japan-s Emergence as a Modern State - Political and
Economic Problems of the Meiji Period. 60th anniversary edition.
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2000.
[20] B. Ó Huallacháin, & D. Wasserman. Vertical Integration in a Lean Supply
Chain - Brazilian Automobile Component Parts, in: Economic
Geography, v. 75, n. 1, pp. 21-42, 1999.
[21] T. J. Pempel. "The Developmental Regime in a Changing World
Economy", in: M. Woo-Cummings. The developmental State. New York:
Cornell University Press, pp. 137-181, 1999.
[22] M. Porter; H. Takeuchi & M. Sakakibara. Can Japan Compete?
Cambridge: Basic books and Perseus publishing, 2000.
[23] Pricewaterhousecoopers. CEO Brasil. PriceWaterhouseCoppers Brasil,
ano 2, n. 7, 2006. Available:
http://www.pwc.com/images/bz/CEO_Brasil_07.pdf.
[24] R. A. Ribeiro & S. Cunha. "Perfil socioecon├┤mico dos trabalhadores da
indústria automotiva e o movimento sindical: Grande São Paulo e
Catalão", in: Encontro Anual da Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação
e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais, 2005, Caxambu. 29 Encontro Anual da
Anpocs.
[25] S. M. Salerno; R. Marx; M. Zilbovicius; T. Graziadio; A. V. C. Dias; S. T.
G. Muniz; R. C. Garcia; J. C. S. Lima; S. Iveson; M. A. Hotta & R. Soares.
A nova configuração da cadeia automotiva brasileira: pesquisa
desenvolvida junto ao BNDES. S├úo Paulo: Escola Politécnica da
Universidade de São Paulo, 2002.
[26] M. Sako. Prices, Quality and Trust: Inter-firm Relations in Britain &
Japan. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992.
[27] H. Shapiro. Engines of Growth - the State and Transnational Auto
Companies in Brazil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
[28] K. Shimokawa. The Japanese Automobile Industry - a Business History.
London: The Athlone Press, 1994..
[29] Sindipeças. Brazilian Autoparts Industry Performance - 2006. São Paulo,
Sindipeças, 2006.
[30] A. Takeishi. "Knowledge Partitioning in the Interfirm Division of Labor:
The Case of Automotive Product Development", in: Organization
Science, v. 13, n.3, 2002, pp. 321-338.
[31] F. Teixeira & N. Vasconcelos. "Mudan├ºas estruturais e inova├º├Áes
organizacionais na ind├║stria automotiva", in: Conjuntura e Planejamento,
Salvador., n. 66, 1999, pp. 17-24.
[32] UNDP. Capacity Assessment and Development in a Systems and
Strategic Management Context. Technical Advisory Paper No.3,
Management Development and Governance Division Bureau for
Development Policy, 1998.
[33] R. Wade. Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of
Government in East Asian Industrialization. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1990.
[34] L. Weiss. The Myth of the Powerless State - Governing the Economy in a
Global Era. Oxford, Polity Press, 1998.
[35] O. Williamson. Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Antitrust
Implications. New York: The Free Press, 1975.
[36] D. Wilson & R. Purushothaman. Dreaming with BRICs: the path to 2050.
Goldman Sachs, 2003. Available:
http://www.gs.com/insight/research/reports/99.pdf.
[37] R. J. Womack; D. T. Jones & D. Roos. The Machine that Changed the
World - the Story of Lean Production System. New York:
HarperPerennial, 1991.
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can be observed in supply chain management as well as in the
relationship between public and private sectors. Both the Lean
Production System and the Developmental State Model are
characterized by efforts towards the achievement of mutual goals,
resulting in initiatives for capacity building which emphasize the
system level. In Brazil, although organizations undertake efforts to
build capabilities at the individual and organizational levels, the
system level is being neglected. Fieldwork data confirmed the findings
of other studies in terms of the lack of integration in supply chain
management in the Brazilian automobile industry. Moreover, due to
the absence of an active role of the Brazilian state in its relationship
with the private sector, automakers are not fully exploiting the
opportunities in the domestic and regional markets. For promoting a
higher level of economic growth as well as to increase the degree of
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