This work adjusts the conventional industrial organization concepts to include the evolutionary approach that characterises sectors according to major trends of technical change, estimating sectoral changes of total factor productivity. The first section shows estimates of high concentration in...

This paper analyzes the prospects for Mexican industry after opening to freer trade. The first part deals with the impact during transition on industrial capacity, particularly the loss of technological capabilities and the scarce development of industrial linkages. The second part shows the...

El exitoso crecimiento de las exportaciones manufactureras mexicanas durante la década pasada se ha atribuido a varios factores y medidas de política, derivadas de los programas de ajuste estructural y apertura externa que se han puesto en práctica. Entre los cambios que contribuyen a...