TY - JOUR AU - Tauile, José Ricardo PY - 1994/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Notes on dynamic flexibility, cooperation and economic efficiency JF - Brazilian Journal of Political Economy JA - BJPE VL - 14 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.1590/0101-31571994-0697 UR - https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1271 SP - 92-109 AB - <p>This paper deals with the new competitiveness standards that are being set in<br />contemporary capitalism by more cooperative environment among economic agents. It is<br />argued that economic efficiency can be traced to contemporary forms of cooperation at<br />grass root levels of the social organization of production, pushing the arena of competition<br />upwards. Even more efficient performances of flexible automation technologies seem to presuppose<br />intra-firm and inter-firm cooperative environments, radically departing from previous<br />conflictive relation standards of modern capitalism. So much so that one of the pillars<br />of orthodox economics, namely the theory of the firm, have been undergoing profound<br />modifications to cope with these new facts of contemporary economic life.</p><p><strong>JEL Classification:</strong> D21; F23; P13.</p> ER -