Dinâmica locacional da indústria: estudo de caso de uma agroindústria catarinense

Abstract

This study has the goal of understanding the locational dynamic of the industry Brasil Foods S.A. on several scales of analysis and the implications caused by crises. To theoretically base this monograph, there were used various writers, such as: Frederico (2012); Costa and SouzaSantos (2009); Araújo (2004), as well as other scholars of the field. Among the central concepts that will be utilized, there are: Geographical Division of Labor (GDT), International Division of Labor (IDL), competitive regions, productive specialization, selectivity and spacial marginalization. The methodologies used were field practices, data collection through reports and institutional BRF, Sadia and Perdigão websites, and for data specialization there was the use of maps manufactured on the ArcGISTM software. This work was divided in three chapters. The first one addresses the comprehensiveness and the formation of BRF. The second brings discussions regarding the productive specialization on the mesoregion Western Santa Catarina. The third chapter focuses on the crises that the BRF company has faced on recent years and their impact on the worker’s lives. Finally, it becomes pertinent mentioning the importance that the trade union has in labor relations, as well as the impacts of the crises related to BRF on the lives of several families on the mesoregion Western Santa Catarina. It is also observed a focus on internationalization, since the national scene is already on the process of saturation, also needing reflexions regarding the economic and political situation found on the country, and the need of having more cooperative regions than competitive, to diminish the existing disparities in the Brazilian territory.