Beyond the Maquila model? NAFTA and the Mexican apparel industry

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-225

  Bair, Jennifer ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURED EXPORT; MAQUILADORA; NAFTA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0036922776     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366271022000034462     Document Type: Article

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