Upgrading to compete :  global value chains, clusters, and SMEs in Latin America / 
Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta Rabellotti, editors. 
 - xv, 330 páginas :  ilustraciones 
<br/><br/>Incluye referencias bibliográficas. 
<br/><br/>Clusters and value chains in Latin America : in search of an integrated approach / Carlo Pietrobelli and Roberta Rabellotti. Pt. 1. 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 / Racquel Gomes -- The salmon farming and processing cluster in southern Chile / Claudio Maggi Campos. Pt. 2. 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. Pt. 3. 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1597820326 9781597820325 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Competencia.<br/>Concentración industrial.<br/>Microempresas.<br/>Productividad industrial--Administración.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.642098  / U66 2006