@article{Mendes_Ferreira_2022, title={Technological capability and lean approach in brazilian micro, small and medium-sized industrial companies }, volume={8}, url={https://revistas.cefet-rj.br/index.php/producaoedesenvolvimento/article/view/615}, DOI={10.32358/rpd.2022.v8.615}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> to investigate the technological capability of Brazilian Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) from Rio de Janeiro considering the use of the principles and practices of the lean approach. <strong>Methodology:</strong> exploratory research of quantitative and empirical nature with descriptive purpose based on a non-probabilistic and intentional sample of 59 companies with up to 499 employees belonging to the metal-mechanic industry located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. <strong>Results:</strong> confirm the literature by revealing the incipient adherence of the surveyed companies to lean thinking and its practices, making production decisions more reactive than proactive and configuring a framework of low technological and innovation capability. <strong>Limitations:</strong> research restricted to smaller companies in a specific economic sector, although relevant for its dynamism that favors productive linkages with other economic sectors, in addition to benefits for the regional economy. <strong>Originality/Value of the Article:</strong> the existence of few studies on the application of the principles and practices of the lean approach in MSMEs in general, and in industrial MSMEs, especially in Brazil, and that correlate technological capability and innovation capability.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Revista Produção e Desenvolvimento}, author={Mendes, Heitor Soares and Ferreira, Marta Lucia Azevedo}, year={2022}, month={Dec.}, pages={e615} }