Technological evaluation of biotechnology capability in Amazon institutions

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Basic issues emerging from recent research on technological behaviour of selected Latin American metalworking plants

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Steelplant technological development in Latin America: a comparative study of the selection and upgrading of technology in plants in Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru

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Caracterização Tecnológica das Rochas Ornamentais do Maciço Capão Bonito, SP

The Capão Bonito Granitic Massif is situated in the south portion of the São Paulo State and represents an elongate body with general direction NE-SW, intrusive in epimetamorphic rocks of Açungui Group (Votuverava Formation), and in granitic rocks of the Três Córregos Complex. It is partially covered by sedimentary rocks of the Paraná Basin (Itararé Group). As the chief type we have red sienogranite, holo to leucocratic with biotite and rare hornblende, inequigranular with medium to coarse grains to porphiritic and isotropic to slightly cataclastic textures of marginal zones. This granite was analyzed for petrographics (composition, structure and texture), chemical composition (major elements), physical and mechanical (water absorption, resistance to abrasion, impact of hard body and efforts of compression and traction) and chemical attack aspects. The results were compared to suggested values for granitic rocks used for ornamental purposes. The whole massif shows compositional, textural, structural (related to isotropy) and chemical (major elements) characteristics very homogeneous. The varieties of sienogranite named commercially as Capão Bonito or Rubi Red Granite showed results very similar to each other, with some variations in the physical and mechanical resistance resulting of the penetrative brittle deformation of regional occurrence, evidenced by differences in the microfissural index.

Technological transition and the new skills required by the agribusiness sector

Adoption of new technologies throughout the agribusiness chain is necessary to meet the higher food and fuel needs of a growing and wealthier population. However, modern technologies require the development of new skills and changes in working patterns and relationships at all levels of the organization. Companies that invest in technology without investing in human capital development will not reach their full potential. © 2012 International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA).

From technological dependence to technological development: the case of the USIMINAS steel plant in Brazil

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Argentine cigarette industry: technological profile and behaviour

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Competition, oligopoly and technological change in the construction industry: the Argentine case

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Technological change, economic development and intra and extra regional relations in Latin America

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First-best technological strategy in an Nth-BEST economic context: a case-study of the evolution of the Acindar steelplant in Rosario, Argentina""

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Planning for indigenous technological development and the decadence of the industrial property system in the Caribbean

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Technological research in Latin America

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New technological frontiers of management in Latin America

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Industrial revolution, technological paradigm and regional alternatives

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The technological potential of the primary export sector

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