Las empresas transnacionales y el aprendizaje local: la creación de las capacidades locales de la industria mundial del automóvil
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Ever since the 1980s Mexico has been taking on an increasingly important role in the manufacture of automobiles for North America. As this industry has become highly concentrated, driven by a small number of very large assembly firms and a privileged group of globalized transnational suppliers, the benefits for the host localities have turned into a controversial issue. With this controversy as the background, a case study was designed to analyze the role of local suppliers within the industrial complex led by the Ford Motor Company in Hermosillo, Mexico. This article explores the mechanisms of knowledge transfer from Ford and its global suppliers to the local economy, and the emergence of small local companies that provide knowledge-intensive services.
DOI: 10.17345/rio4.71-86
Author: Oscar Contreras
Institution: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1580223608