Dynamic agroindustrial clusters : the political economy of competitive sectors in Argentina and Chile / Gabriel G. Casaburi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casaburi, Gabriel G., 1962-

Series:

International political economy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dairying--Argentina.

Dairying.

Fruit trade--Chile.

Fruit trade.

Industrial policy--Argentina.

Industrial policy.

Argentina.

Industrial policy--Chile.

Chile.

Physical Description:

xiii, 234 pages : illustrations map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

Developing countries face a policy dilemma. After the economic liberalization process, many sectors are succumbing to new competitive pressures. The dilemma concerns helping firms to compete in the new globalized context without repeating the mistakes of the old industrial policies.

Responding to this challenge, the literature on flexible specialization emphasizes interfirm cooperation, joint public-private initiatives and locally based public policies as the key tools to generate dynamic production systems (DPSs). This book analyzes two such DPSs in Argentina and Chile, the dairy and the fresh fruit sectors respectively, focusing on the public policies and business strategies that explain their dynamism.

These cases present new forms of government-business relations in Latin America, with differences between them. While interfirm cooperation and a supportive local community are clearly important in the Argentine case, they are less relevant in explaining the Chilean success. Effective public policies have been the key to Chile's positive performance, while playing a minimum role in the case of Argentina.

Contents:

List of Tables x

List of Abbreviations xi

Map of Argentina and Chile xiv

1 Introduction: A Policy Dilemma in the Developing World 1

The Search for a New Approach to Government-Business Relations 1

The Study of Dynamic Production Systems in the AICs 5

Dynamic Production Systems and Development Theories 12

The Cases 18

2 The Sectors: Argentine Dairy and Chilean Fruit in International Perspective 25

Agroindustrial Sectors 25

The Fresh Fruit Sector 27

The Dairy Sector 39

3 Land Tenure Regimes and Diffused Entrepreneurship in DPSs 51

Land Tenure Regimes and Economic Dynamism 52

The Land Tenure Regime in Argentina's Santa Fe Province 54

The Land Tenure Regimes in Chile's Central Valley 59

4 Innovation, Research and Development in the Argentine and Chilean DPSs 67

Argentina's Science and Technology System and the Dairy Sector 71

Chile's Science and Technology System and the Fruit Industry 84

5 Interfirm Co-operation in Rafaela and in the Central Valley 100

Interfirm Co-operation and DPSs 100

Interfirm Co-operation in Agroindustrial Sectors in Developing Countries 101

Patterns of Interfirm Co-operation in Argentina and Chile 104

6 The Role of the State in Dynamic Production Systems 135

The Big Structural Changes since the 1970s 139

Sectoral Policies 144

Local Public Policies 158

7 Politics and the Shape of the Dynamic Production Systems in Argentina and Chile 167

The Degree of Centralization: Unitary versus Federal Systems in Argentina and Chile 170

The Impact of the Degree of Centralization on Each DPS 175

State Capacity and Civil Society in Chile and Argentina 177

The Impact of State-Society Relations on the Two DPSs 187

8 Conclusions: Dynamic Production Systems and the Newly-Liberalized Developing Countries 194

Public Policies in the Two DPSs 195

Business Strategies in the Two DPSs 197

Common Problems: Obstacles to DPSs in Developing Countries 199

The Impact of Social and Political Conditions on DPSs 203

What can be Learnt from These Two Experiences? 205

Policy Lessons for Other Developing Countries 207

Future Perspectives of DPSs in Developing Countries 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

031221880X

OCLC:

39700158