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Within a short time span Brazil became one of the world's largest producers of defence hardware. In 1987, Brazil was the fifth largest exporter of arms worldwide and the second largest arms producer among the newly industrialised countries (NICs). This article argues that the roots of this rapid development of the Brazilian Defence Industry (BDI) lie in the vital role of multinational companies (MNCs) and in the harmonious tripod orchestrated by the Brazilian government. The State, through its interaction with the Brazilian private sector and with subsidiaries of MNCs, brought together the political support, a supply of funds, the manufacturing capability and technology that are vital in any attempt to establish an indigenous defence industry. Above all, the Brazilian government achieved the balanced coordination of these variables essential for maintaining the dynamics of the industry.

The Brazilian defense industry has become the country's most dynamic high-tech industry. This article will examine and analyze its remarkable growth and development. In the first section, the matrix of motivations behind the establishment of the Brazilian defense industry will be discussed. The second section will review its growth and strategic directions, and the third will elaborate on the industry's export drive, especially its major markets and products. The following sections will discuss the catalytic role of the Brazilian government in the defense industry, the industry's tripod strategy, and major barriers to further growth and development.

Coordination of the state, the private sector, and subsidiaries of multinational corporations, which led to the growth and success of the military parts and components industries.

This paper discusses the creation of an innovation water cluster in the Brazilian Amazon region, capitalizing in the region's unique global competitive advantage in the development of a water innovation economy. The existence of academic institutions, research agencies, a manufacturing park, and unique natural resources offer the right environment for the creation of this water eco-innovation cluster in the city of Manaus. The development of an innovation economy in the city of Manaus in the Amazon will promote a new cycle of economic development in the region, and induce a new cycle of attraction of environmental technology companies to the Amazon region of Brazil. In addition, it will also address social objectives of the Amazon region, increasing social-economic welfare and promoting eco-competitiveness as a cornerstone of the nation's economy. This paper outlines a link between cluster theory and a water diamond model with sustainability as its major goal.

In order to test the hypothesis that economic regions with highly diversified export structures will observe more efficient export portfolios than those with only moderate or no portfolio diversification, this paper applies the Markowitz model to three Brazilian economic regions: the South, the Southeast and the Northeast. The results show that the portfolio theory can provide policymakers with an alternative device for assessing export earnings instability and export promotion strategies

RESUMO Este artigo estima o impacto das estruturas regionais de exportação no risco e no retorno das carteiras regionais de exportação. O modelo de Markowitz é usado para avaliar o risco e o retorno das estruturas de produtos de exportação de três regiões econômicas brasileiras. Mais especificamente, o artigo testa a hipótese de que regiões econômicas com estrutura de exportação altamente diversificada observarão portfólios de exportação mais eficientes do que aqueles com diversificação de portfólio moderada ou inexistente. Para testar essa hipótese, utilizamos as estruturas de exportação de três regiões econômicas brasileiras: Sul, Sudeste e Nordeste. Os resultados mostram que a teoria do portfólio pode fornecer aos formuladores de políticas uma maneira alternativa de avaliar a instabilidade dos ganhos com exportação e estratégias de promoção à exportação.

Within a short time span Brazil became one of the world's largest producers of defence hardware. In 1987, Brazil was the fifth largest exporter of arms worldwide and the second largest arms producer among the newly industrialised countries. This article argues that the roots of this rapid development of the Brazilian defence industry lie in the vital role of multinational companies and in the harmonious tripod orchestrated by the Brazilian government

O presente artigo busca analisar a participação das crianças no Movimento Sem Terra, de forma a discutir sua condição de ator político, a partir da discussão de três eventos voltados para a organização e formação política das crianças Sem Terrinha. Tem-se em vista apreender a singularidade das ações políticas infantis, suas linguagens, entendendo que tais ações ocorrem no interior de relações intergeracionais de poder entre adultos e crianças do movimento social. Verificou-se que as crianças, ao longo do processo de ação e formação política, demandam do movimento social a construção de experiências formativas identificadas com suas linguagens, bem como sua participação na coordenação e nos processos decisórios do movimento social.