Problems and Opportunities of the Mexican Maquiladora Industry
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- Art: Diplomarbeit
- Autor: Katja Gehring
- Abgabedatum: April 1997
- Umfang: 91 Seiten
- Dateigröße: 4,0 MB
- Note: 1,3
- Institution / Hochschule: Universität Paderborn Deutschland
- ISBN (eBook): 978-3-8324-3933-0
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- Sprache: Englisch
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Diplomarbeit von Katja Gehring
Table of Contents:
| List of Figures and Tables | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| 1. | Introduction | |
| 1.1 | Delineation of the Problem | |
| 1.2 | Methodology | |
| 2. | Definition | |
| 2.1 | Definition of Maquiladora Industry | |
| 2.2 | Definition of NAFTA | |
| 3. | The Mexican Maquiladora Industry | |
| 3.1 | Historical Background | |
| 3.2 | Legal Framework | |
| 3.2.1 | General Legal Foundation | |
| 3.2.2 | Specific Import Regulations | |
| 3.2.3 | Specific Export Regulations | |
| 3.3 | Forms of Involvement | |
| 3.3.1 | Wholly Owned Subsidiary | |
| 3.3.2 | Shelter Operation | |
| 3.3.3 | Subcontract Operation | |
| 3.4 | Opening of a Maquiladora Facility | |
| 3.5 | Overview: Numerical Data | |
| 4. | Business Related Opportunities and Problems | |
| 4.1 | Opportunities of Operating Maquiladoras | |
| 4.1.1 | Maquiladora Industry: An Export Processing Zone | |
| 4.1.2 | Low Mexican Labor Costs | |
| 4.1.3 | Sales Potential | |
| 4.1.3.1 | Proximity and Access to the U.S. Market | |
| 4.1.3.2 | The Mexican Domestic Market | |
| 4.1.3.3 | Maquiladora Industry: The Bridge Between North and Latin America? | |
| 4.2 | Problems of Operating Maquiladoras | |
| 4.2.1 | Available Workforce | |
| 4.2.2 | Inadequate Infrastructure | |
| 4.2.3 | Increased Logistics Costs | |
| 4.3 | Location Decision: Border Area Versus Inland | |
| 5. | Economic Related Benefits and Detriments | |
| 5.1 | Benefits for the Mexican Economy | |
| 5.1.1 | Employment Effects | |
| 5.1.2 | Monetary Effects | |
| 5.1.3 | Technological Effects | |
| 5.2 | Detriments to the Mexican Economy | |
| 5.2.1 | Economic Disintegration | |
| 5.2.2 | Cultural Disintegration | |
| 5.2.3 | Urbanization | |
| 5.2.4 | Environmental Effects | |
| 5.2.4.1 | Air, Water, and Soil Pollution | |
| 5.2.4.2 | Environmental Regulations | |
| 6. | Changes due to the Enactment of NAFTA | |
| 6.1 | The North American Free Trade Agreement | |
| 6.1.1 | Summary on NAFTA | |
| 6.1.2 | NAFTA: The End of the Maquiladora Program? | |
| 6.2 | NAFTA and Rules of Origin | |
| 6.2.1 | General Purpose of Rules of Origin | |
| 6.2.2 | Determination of Originating Goods | |
| 6.2.3 | Effects on the Maquiladora Industry | |
| 6.2.3.1 | The Asian Investment Boom | |
| 6.2.3.2 | Move Towards Mexico's Interior | |
| 6.2.3.3 | Further Mexican Integration Agreements | |
| 6.3 | Environmental Dumping or Protection? | |
| 7. | Critical Review and Future Prospects | |
| Appendix | ||
| Bibliography |
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