This paper analyses and assesses the potential impact of microelectronics-based forms of flexible automation (FA) on the location of industrial production in developing countries. It suggests that for developing countries as a whole the diffusion of FA does not favor the establishment of a local...

The paper examines profuse literature indicating the potential advantages of recent microelectronics-based industrial automation for developing countries in the light of present trends for the diffusion of industrial automation and their impact on industrial organisation in the mechanical...

The paper presents the preliminary results of an international research project undertaken in Brazil, India, Mexico, Turkey, Thailand and Venezuela on whether and to what extent flexible automation and associated organizational techniques have diffused to developing countries, and what their...