"Articles originaux" . . . . . "Les APL au Br\u00E9sil\u00A0: une adaptation opportune des SPL \u00E0 la fran\u00E7aise\u00A0?"@fr . . . . . . . . . "Summary. In Brazil, since the years 2000, an increasing interest in industrials clusters designed as arranjos productivos locais (APL) is observed. They are quite similar to the French local production systems better known under the acronym SPL especially due to former DATAR initiatives in late 20 th century. While the number of Brazilians studies on APL has been constantly increasing, DATAR was turning into DIACT by putting the focus especially on \u00AB\u00A0competitivity poles\u00A0\u00BB. Will Brazilians scholars and praticioners switch their interest for this new concept by giving up their interest in APL? If so, it would mean that the infatuation for the APL was above all a fad. However, given the specific situation of a country like Brazil, it is relevant to verify to what extent the concept of industrial clusters is, more than in many industrial countries, adapted to this country\u2019s realities. The purpose of this article is to call into question the concept of industrial cluster thru the international and Brazilian literature, in addition to our own field work,in order to evaluate the relevancy of the importance taken by the APL in regional development policies that are being put forward in various Brazilian States."@en . "R\u00E9sum\u00E9. Depuis le d\u00E9but des ann\u00E9es 2000 on assiste au Br\u00E9sil \u00E0 un int\u00E9r\u00EAt sans cesse croissant envers les syst\u00E8mes de production locaux (SPL) d\u00E9sign\u00E9s sous l\u2019expression arranjos productivos locais (APL) qui, en France particuli\u00E8rement, surtout gr\u00E2ce aux travaux de l\u2019ex-DATAR, ont connu au tournant du si\u00E8cle une attention toute particuli\u00E8re. Les \u00E9tudes sur les APL se multiplient comme si les r\u00E9gions br\u00E9siliennes ne pouvaient se priver de leur mise en valeur. Pendant ce temps, la DATAR, devenue la DIACT, a abandonn\u00E9 ce concept pour donner la priorit\u00E9 \u00E0 aux \u00AB\u00A0p\u00F4les de comp\u00E9titivit\u00E9\u00A0\u00BB. Observera-t-on la m\u00EAme \u00E9volution au Br\u00E9sil\u00A0? Ce qui laisserait croire que l\u2019engouement envers les APL au Br\u00E9sil rel\u00E8verait davantage d\u2019un effet de mode que d\u2019une justification prenant son appui sur une r\u00E9alit\u00E9 associ\u00E9e aux caract\u00E9ristiques du pays. Or, il est pertinent de s\u2019interroger si, de par sa grande population et la diversit\u00E9 de ses activit\u00E9s industrielles, le Br\u00E9sil, davantage que beaucoup de pays industrialis\u00E9s, n\u2019offre pas un terreau favorable \u00E0 l\u2019essor des syst\u00E8mes de production locaux. L\u2019objectif de cet article consiste donc \u00E0 consid\u00E9rer la pertinence du concept de SPL (ou APL) \u00E0 travers la litt\u00E9rature internationale et br\u00E9silienne r\u00E9cente et, dans une certaine mesure, \u00E0 la faveur de nos observations de terrain Il s\u2019agit donc d\u2019\u00E9valuer dans quelle mesure se justifie l\u2019attention qu\u2019on lui accorde au Br\u00E9sil. Nous tentons de montrer \u00E0 quel point les APL, en se distinguant des SPL fran\u00E7ais, prennent la forme d\u2019une r\u00E9alit\u00E9 qui pourrait s\u2019imposer de plus en plus \u00E0 l\u2019int\u00E9rieur des politiques de d\u00E9veloppement r\u00E9gional mises de l\u2019avant \u00E0 l\u2019\u00E9chelon des \u00C9tats br\u00E9siliens."@fr . . . . "GES_102_0185" .