"The 'Big 3' of public steel and Brazilian model."
The Keizai Gaku Annual Report of the Economic Society Tohoku
University, Vol.55, No.1, pp.93-109, 1993.
In this paper I tried to situate development of Brazilian
steel industry by the first half of 1970's in the industrialization
of Brazil and the changes of industrial policy. The following
results were obtained: public steel companies were precondition
to industrialize on supply flat steel to automobile industry
that is center for economic development.
"Financial Crisis and Export Incentives of the Public
Steel Companies in Brazil." The Keizai Gaku Annual
Report of the Economic Society Tohoku University, Vol.56,
No.2, pp.65-81, 1994.
It was observed in this paper that (1) the origin of
the financial crisis of public steel companies in the
second half of 1970's and 1980's is in being bounded by
full set industrial structure of Brazil called for "tri-pe,"
and (2) export incentives of public steel companies caused
structural change in the industrial structure above.
"Iron Ore and Steel Making Technology in Brazil."
The Keizai Gaku Annual Report of the Economic Society Tohoku
University, Vol.57, No.3, pp.23-38, 1995.
In this paper I tried to compare Brazilian steel industry
with Japan. It was observed that sources of competitiveness
of Brazilian steel industry were (1) superior and abundant
iron ore and (2) high level of steel making technology.
"Japanese SMEs and Techno Centre of Shenzhen, China."
The Shogaku ronshu : the Business Review of Kansai University,
Vol.46, No.4, pp.57-86, 2001.
"Technology Transfer by Japanese Steel Industry to
Usiminas, Brazil." The Shogaku ronshu : the Business
Review of Kansai University, Vol.47, No.1, pp.85-118,
2002.
"Brazilian Steel Industry in the 1980s - 1990s: Restructuring
and Privatization" The Shogaku ronshu : the Business
Review of Kansai University, Vol.48, No.3/4, pp.173-197,
2003.
Notes and Documents
"Production Structure of the Brazilian Steel Industry" Latin
America Ronshu, No.28, pp.28-40, 1994.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze of production structure of Brazilian
steel industry in early 1990's. What I have tried to show in this paper
is as follows:
(1) Public companies;
a. Production system is large and suitable for mass production.
b. Monopolizing on production of flat steel.
(2) Private companies;
a. Production system is small and suitable for production in a small lot.
b. Only producing non-flat steel.
"Development of Web Database System for Quesionnaire Survey of Manufacturing
Industry in Ota, Tokyo" Chousa to Shiryo (Institute of Economic
and Political Studies, Kansai University), No.93, 1999.
