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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821623403321

Titolo

Upgrading to compete global value chains, clusters, and SMEs in Latin America / / Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Inter-American Development Bank

[Cambridge, MA], : David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, c2006

Descrizione fisica

xv, 330 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

PietrobelliCarlo <1959->

RabellottiRoberta

Disciplina

338.7098

Soggetti

Small business - Latin America

Small business - Latin America - Growth

Industrial clusters - Latin America

Competition - Latin America

Industrial productivity - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.