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

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.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Contreras, Oscar F. ; Carrillo, Jorge ; Alonso, Jorge
Published in:	World Development. - Elsevier, ISSN 0305-750X. - Vol. 40.2012, 5, p. 1013-1023
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	local entrepreneurship \| global value chains \| technological learning \| automobile industry \| spin offs

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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