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This chapter examines how and why Guadalajara, the second biggest city in Mexico, has risen to prominence as “the Mexican Silicon Valley.” In so doing, it also scrutinizes various key factors in cluster development, applying the framework of the “flowchart approach to industrial cluster policy.” The rest of the chapter is structured as follows. The second section shows the export and investment performance of the cluster, and explains the basic structure and principal enterprises present in the cluster. The third section examines why and how major companies chose the Guadalajara area as a production site. The fourth section explores the challenges faced by the cluster from the late 1990s onward. With the end of the information technology bubble in the U.S. and the rise of China, the cluster is faced with formidable challenges. The fifth section examines local linkages within the cluster. The sixth section examines the several elements of the “flowchart approach” for case of the Mexican Silicon Valley. The seventh section concludes the chapter.
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Hisamatsu, Y. (2008). The Evolution of the High-Tech Electronics Cluster in Guadalajara, Mexico. In: Kuchiki, A., Tsuji, M. (eds) The Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy. IDE-JETRO. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230589520_8
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