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The enclave economy : foreign investment and sustainable development in Mexico's Silicon Valley /

Analyzes the extent to which foreign investment in Mexico's information technology sector brought economic, social, and environmental benefits to Guadalajara. Foreign investment has been widely perceived as a panacea for developing countries--as a way to reduce poverty and kick-start sustainabl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gallagher, Kevin, 1968-
Otros Autores: Zarsky, Lyuba
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Colección:Urban and industrial environments.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The promise of FDI for sustainable development
  • The emergence of Mexico's enclave economy
  • Globally networked, environmentally challenged: a profile of the IT industry
  • Wired for sustainable development? IT and late industrialization
  • Mexico's bid for a place in the global IT industry
  • Silicon dreams, Mexican reality
  • Importing environmentalism?
  • Beyond the enclave economy.