Exports and Local Development: Mexico’s New Maquiladoras - Tapa blanda

Wilson, Patricia A.

 
9780292790742: Exports and Local Development: Mexico’s New Maquiladoras
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ISBN 10: 0292790740 ISBN 13: 9780292790742
Editorial: University of Texas Press, 1992

Sinopsis

Mexico’s export assembly industry has been the object of an intensely polarized debate. While some observers laud the maquiladora industry as a source of much-needed employment and foreign exchange for Mexico, others berate it as a vehicle for exploitation and pollution. Exports and Local Development attempts to transcend the dichotomy by taking a practical look at how this export industry could be better utilized to promote local development.

Using data gathered from a field survey of more than seventy maquiladora plants, Patricia A. Wilson compares the Mexican industry with its more successful Asian counterparts to determine how policy initiatives might help Mexico use local linkages to tap the potential of both local and foreign-owned assembly plants.

The study grounds its analysis of the maquiladora industry in leading-edge issues including the rise of free trade, changing corporate sourcing strategies, the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, the Japanese challenge, the spread of flexible technology and management methods, the impacts of export-led development strategies, the importance of business networking, and the role of small business. It will be of interest to a wide audience in international business, economic development planning, public policy, and economic geography.

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Patricia A. Wilson is Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Mexico's export assembly industry has been the object of an intensely polarized debate. While some observers laud the maquiladora industry as a source of much-needed employment and foreign exchange for Mexico, others berate it as a vehicle for exploitation and pollution. Exports and Local Development attempts to transcend the dichotomy by taking a practical look at how this export industry could be better utilized to promote local development. Using data gathered from a field survey of more than seventy maquiladora plants, Patricia A. Wilson compares the Mexican industry with its more successful Asian counterparts to determine how policy initiatives might help Mexico use local linkages to tap the potential of both local and foreign-owned assembly plants. The study grounds its analysis of the maquiladora industry in leading-edge issues including the rise of free trade, changing corporate sourcing strategies, the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, the Japanese challenge, the spread of flexible technology and management methods, the impacts of export-led development strategies, the importance of business networking, and the role of small business. It will be of interest to a wide audience in international business, economic development planning, public policy, and economic geography. Patricia A. Wilson is an associate professor in the graduate program in community and regional planning of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also directs the joint master's program in planning and Latin American studies. She has published numerous articles on regional development planning in Latin America, focusing on Peru and Mexico.

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Editorial
University of Texas Press
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0292790740
ISBN 13 
9780292790742
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
174
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