Local Entrepreneurship within Global Value Chains: A Case Study in the Mexican Automotive Industry

Oscar F. Contreras, Jorge Carrillo and Jorge Alonso

World Development, 2012, vol. 40, issue 5, 1013-1023

Abstract: Since the 1980s, Mexico became an attractive location for global automobile assemblers. Geographical proximity and low production costs were associated with high productivity. As this industry became highly concentrated, benefits for the host localities turned into a controversial issue.

Keywords: local entrepreneurship; global value chains; technological learning; automobile industry; spin offs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.11.012

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