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Industrial complexes in Mexico: implications for regional industrial policy based on related variety and smart specialization

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  • Amado Villarreal Gonzalez
  • Elizabeth A. Mack
  • Miguel Flores

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Industrial complexes in Mexico: implications for regional industrial policy based on related variety and smart specialization. Regional Studies. The goal of this paper is to identify and analyze the location of industrial complexes in Mexico with the purpose of providing an analytical foundation for the construction of regionally based industrial policies based on the principles of related variety and smart specialization that complement current national-level policy efforts to promote investment and stabilize the real exchange rate. The results of this analysis highlight distinct complexes located in particular portions of the country. The location of these complexes points to several regional policy options that will better address regional heterogeneities in the distribution of industry employment, as well as regional differences in workforce competencies, infrastructure quality and extra-regional linkages than have national level industrial policies.

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  • Amado Villarreal Gonzalez & Elizabeth A. Mack & Miguel Flores, 2017. "Industrial complexes in Mexico: implications for regional industrial policy based on related variety and smart specialization," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(4), pages 537-547, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:51:y:2017:i:4:p:537-547
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1114174
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    1. Juárez-Torres Miriam & Puigvert Jonathan & Zazueta-Borboa Francisco, 2022. "The Role of Clusters in the Performance of the Mexican Economy," Working Papers 2022-06, Banco de México.
    2. Francisco Benita & Serhad Sarica & Garvit Bansal, 2020. "Testing the static and dynamic performance of statistical methods for the detection of national industrial clusters," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(4), pages 1137-1157, August.
    3. Mei Song & Yujin Gao & Furong Dong & Yunan Feng, 2023. "Research on the Spatial Spillover Effect of Industrial Agglomeration on the Economic Growth in the Yellow River Basin," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-20, February.
    4. Judith Wiemann & Martina Fuchs, 2018. "The export of Germany’s “secret of success†dual technical VET: MNCs and multiscalar stakeholders changing the skill formation system in Mexico," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 11(2), pages 373-386.
    5. Porto-Gomez, Igone & Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel & Leydesdorff, Loet, 2019. "Innovation systems in México: A matter of missing synergies," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).

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