Guest Editor: Clara Sanchez Rodrigues, MSc, Pereira Passos Municipal Institute of Urban Planning
These articles discuss the leading role of industry and industrial services in the economic development process of Rio de Janeiro state, and particularly the city of Rio de Janeiro, will be accepted. This theme encompasses reflections on industrial policy and its challenges, new production technologies, identification of potentialities and opportunities, promotion of an innovation-friendly environment, (re)spatialization of Rio de Janeiro's economic activities in contemporary times, workforce qualification, and related topics.