The Mexican automotive industry has been undergoing continuous and rapid change over the past two decades. Much of this change has been understood in the context of related processes of firm restructuring and globalization. The paper examines GM's global strategies and describes the profound...

Since the 1980s, Mexico became an attractive location for global automobile assemblers. Geographical proximity and low production costs were associated with high productivity. As this industry became highly concentrated, benefits for the host localities turned into a controversial issue.