The Progress of Shoe-making in Mexico Towards a “Better World”

Authors

  • Esther Iglesias Lesaga
  • Ángel Luis Rocha Aceves

Keywords:

Localización industrial, economía regional, México

Abstract

For the authors, the trend is to attempt to resolve growth and development problems in most Latin-American
regions by identifying and encouraging zones of intelligence as a viable strategy to promote change, there
being in such common ground for both the productive sector and governmental initiatives. To illustrate this
trend, they describe here a Mexican manufacturing area which they feel captures the outlines of just such
a milieu in transition.
Mexico is said here to be a leader on the world shoe-making market. However over recent years the many
regions that used to make up the production sector have given way to the single macro-region in Guanjuan.
This shift has allowed this region to branch out into innovation as the traditional craft skills of the sector
when married to greater managing ones have led not only to the taking over of the production of the other
traditional sector centres but also to a boosting of both the home and the foreign market outlets.
The paper attempts to set down the characteristics of a Mexican industrial zone in transition towards
becoming a pace-setter in a global context and this, as is most often the case, despite the lack of any
governmental policy to support this endeavour or any pre-planning to meet a back-lash from international
competition.

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Published

2008-03-15

How to Cite

Iglesias Lesaga, E., & Rocha Aceves, Ángel L. (2008). The Progress of Shoe-making in Mexico Towards a “Better World”. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 40(155), 127–146. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/75842

Issue

Vol. XL, núm. 155 (2008)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2008 Esther Iglesias Lesaga, Ángel Luis Rocha Aceves

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