Social accounting matrices approach to cross-sectional analysis of technological activities: the case of the Optics sector in Spain

Several discussions have taken place in relation to the Argentine industrial accumulation from the neoliberal stage (also known as “convertibility”) until its breakup in the post-convertibility stage. The discussions are organized around whether significant structural changes in the predominant industrial profile were manifested between both periods -according to the prevalence in the manufacturing of industrial commodities-, or if there are more continuities. In the present study, the men-tioned debates contribute by examining the industry, on the one hand, under the dynamics of the accumulation of the sectors that integrate it, and on the other, according to an input-output model. In turn, in order to study the characteristics of manu-facturing growth in post-convertibility and establish comparisons with convertibility, the phases of cumulative increase of the crisis and recovery phases are differentiated. This study contributes from this approach to the theses that sustain the per-sistent continuities in both stages.