Maquiladora myths: Locational and structural change in mexico’s export manufacturing industry

Professional Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-331

  MacLachlan, Ian ^a   Aguilar, Adrian Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Export manufacturing industry; In bond industry; Maquiladora; Mexican manufacturing; North american free trade agreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000297220     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00123     Document Type: Article

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