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Mujeres purépechas en las maquiladoras de Tijuana: Entre la flexibilidad y significación del trabajo

Frontera Norte, 2010
En este artículo se analizan las experiencias de trabajo de las mujeres purépechas en Tijuana. Se pone énfasis en el trabajo de las mujeres en las maquiladoras para entender el significado que actualmente le confieren a éste en un contexto de ...
Areli Veloz Contreras
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Impacto de las maquiladoras centroamericanas en el crecimiento económico y el empleo

Suma de Negocios, 2011
This paper has the objective to analyze the perspectives of the role that play the maquiladora (In bound industries) in Central América as a lever of economic growth and social development in the region.
José Vargas Hernandez
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Aprendizaje tecnológico en las maquiladoras del norte de México

Frontera Norte, 2002
Los procesos de flexibilidad productiva y organizacional, así como el aumento de la competencia de las plantas y de sus trabajadores, han sido parte central de las trayectorias de aprendizaje organizacional de algunas empresas maquiladoras de exportación.
Jorge Carrillo, Óscar Contreras
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Harmonizing the rural Indigenous family: Mestiza gender trustees and the gendered modernization of rural Mexico

Feminist Anthropology, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 264-278, November 2023., 2023
Abstract The 2018 film Roma popularized the idea that domestic work is a site through which female employers and employees can support one another as they confront the relegation of reproductive labor to women. Echoes of this narrative can be heard in the workshops provided to Nahua men and women of the Huasteca region of Mexico by what I call gender ...
Raquel Pacheco
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GAINING VOICE THROUGH INJURY: Voice and Corporeality in Animal Rights Activism in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Cultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 541-566, November 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Activism in favor of non‐human animals is on the rise throughout Mexico despite ongoing and episodic violence. Activists, also known as animalistas, represent themselves as the “voice” of non‐human animals as they seek rights and well‐being for animals.
IVÁN SANDOVAL‐CERVANTES
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The non‐essential‐essential worker: Thinking with Collins's “Revaluing work after COVID‐19”

Anthropology of Work Review, Volume 44, Issue 1, Page 45-47, July 2023., 2023
Abstract As I read “Revaluing Work after COVID‐19” (Collins, this issue), I wondered how was it that garment workers making the personal protective equipment (PPE) so desperately needed during the pandemic were never considered “essential workers.” As governments wrestled with the need to sustain their economies while safeguarding the health of ...
Patricia Alvarez Astacio
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Evolución de las maquiladoras en México. Política industrial y aprendizaje tecnológico

Región y Sociedad, 2007
La expansión de las maquiladoras ha generado una parte sustancial del crecimiento industrial en el norte de México, durante los últimos 25 años. Inicialmente, estas plantas se dedicaban a actividades intensivas en mano de obra, operaban con ...
Oscar F. Contreras, Luis Felipe Munguía
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Geographical reconfiguration in global value chains: Search within limited space?

Global Strategy Journal, Volume 13, Issue 2, Page 440-482, May 2023., 2023
Abstract Research summary Negative performance feedback in offshoring service activities entices firms to undertake geographical reconfiguration of their global value chains (GVCs) as a substitute for, or complement to, change of governance modes, decomposition of offshored activities, or shift of local service providers.
Carlos Rodriguez, Luciano Ciravegna, Bent Petersen   +2 more
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Child labour and global value chains

The World Economy, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 941-968, April 2023., 2023
Abstract We explore the relationship between the internationalisation of production through Global Value Chains and child labour at the sector level, using data from 26 low‐ and middle‐income countries. We find that sectors with stronger participation in foreign markets by exporting inputs to firms that will process them and export them to third ...
Cristian Ugarte, Marcelo Olarreaga, Gady Saiovici   +2 more
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The role of intelligent manufacturing systems in the implementation of Industry 4.0 by small and medium enterprises in developing countries

Engineering Reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, March 2023., 2023
Review of the state of readiness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries for Industry 4.0. Explores the challenges and gaps in SMEs toward Industry 4.0 in developing countries. Industry 4.0 promises to enhance manufacturing capability while sustaining demands.
Anas Mahmoud Atieh, Kavian Omar Cooke, Oleksiy Osiyevskyy   +2 more
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