Upgrading to Compete : Global Value Chains, Clusters, and SMEs in Latin America.
Pietrobelli, Carlo.
Upgrading to Compete : Global Value Chains, Clusters, and SMEs in Latin America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (347 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Index of Topics by Chapter -- Preface -- Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: In Search of an Integrated Approach Carlo Pietrobelli and Roberta Rabellotti -- PART I Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Natural-Resource-Intensive Sectors -- The Development of the Dairy Cluster in Boaco and Chontales, Nicaragua Ner Artola and Mario Davide Parrilli -- Upgrading without Exclusion: Lessons from SMEs in Fresh Fruit Producing Clusters in Brazil Raquel Gomes -- The Salmon Farming and Processing Cluster in Southern Chile Claudio Maggi Campos -- PART II Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Furniture, Metalworking, and Software Sectors -- The Segusino Cluster: Boom and Bust in Furniture Exports Eduardo Zepeda Miramontes -- Local Production and Innovation Systems in Brazil: The Metalworking Cluster in Espírito Santo Arlindo Villaschi Filho, José Eduardo Cassiolato, and Helena Lastres -- Value Chains and Software Clusters in Mexico Clemente Ruiz Durán -- PART III Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains: Methodological Approaches in Measurement and Policy Support -- Upgrading in International Trade: Methods and Evidence from Selected Sectors in Latin America Alessia Amighini -- Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Lessons from Latin American Clusters Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti, and Elisa Giuliani -- Supporting Enterprise Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America Carlo Pietrobelli and Roberta Rabellotti -- References -- Contributors.
9781597820325
Small business -- Latin America.
Small business -- Latin America -- Growth -- Case studies.
Industrial clusters -- Latin America.
Competition -- Latin America -- Case studies.
Industrial productivity -- Latin America.
Electronic books.
HD2346.L29 -- U64 2006eb
338.7098
Upgrading to Compete : Global Value Chains, Clusters, and SMEs in Latin America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (347 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Index of Topics by Chapter -- Preface -- Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: In Search of an Integrated Approach Carlo Pietrobelli and Roberta Rabellotti -- PART I Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Natural-Resource-Intensive Sectors -- The Development of the Dairy Cluster in Boaco and Chontales, Nicaragua Ner Artola and Mario Davide Parrilli -- Upgrading without Exclusion: Lessons from SMEs in Fresh Fruit Producing Clusters in Brazil Raquel Gomes -- The Salmon Farming and Processing Cluster in Southern Chile Claudio Maggi Campos -- PART II Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Furniture, Metalworking, and Software Sectors -- The Segusino Cluster: Boom and Bust in Furniture Exports Eduardo Zepeda Miramontes -- Local Production and Innovation Systems in Brazil: The Metalworking Cluster in Espírito Santo Arlindo Villaschi Filho, José Eduardo Cassiolato, and Helena Lastres -- Value Chains and Software Clusters in Mexico Clemente Ruiz Durán -- PART III Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains: Methodological Approaches in Measurement and Policy Support -- Upgrading in International Trade: Methods and Evidence from Selected Sectors in Latin America Alessia Amighini -- Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Lessons from Latin American Clusters Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti, and Elisa Giuliani -- Supporting Enterprise Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America Carlo Pietrobelli and Roberta Rabellotti -- References -- Contributors.
9781597820325
Small business -- Latin America.
Small business -- Latin America -- Growth -- Case studies.
Industrial clusters -- Latin America.
Competition -- Latin America -- Case studies.
Industrial productivity -- Latin America.
Electronic books.
HD2346.L29 -- U64 2006eb
338.7098