%0 Journal Article %T Os limites da participa£¿£¿o dos trabalhadores nos ganhos das empresas %A Cipolla %A Francisco Paulo %J Revista de Economia Pol¨ªtica %D 2007 %I Editora 34 %R 10.1590/S0101-31572007000400007 %X this article argues that workers£¿ share in profits are actually a share in extra surplus value obtained by means of more intensified labor. cost reductions obtained by means of more intensified lean production methods cause wages to represent a smaller fraction of the product of a working day when measured at market value. the increased market rate of surplus value is the basis for workers£¿ shares in profits. however, as competition continuously levels out such advantages, the share in profits becomes dependent on a continuous strive to reducing costs and intensifying labor. %K labor intensity %K extra surplus value %K participation in profits. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-31572007000400007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en