Competitividade e potencial de crescimento do cluster de embalagens plásticas do ABC paulista [Potential growth and competitiveness of the cluster of plastic packing producers in the ABC paulista]

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Competitividade e potencial de crescimento do cluster de embalagens plásticas do ABC paulista [Potential growth and competitiveness of the cluster of plastic packing producers in the ABC paulista]

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Marco Flávio da Cunha Resende ()

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Marco Flávio Cunha Resende

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The geographic concentration of firms has been successful recently in many ways: international competitiveness of these firms, regional income's growth, etc. The Italian industrial districts are the case with major relevance at the international literature. At the ABC paulista there are a significant geographic concentration of plastic packing producers. When the geographic concentration of firms is a cluster the potential growth and competitiveness of the firms are increased. This paper investigates if this geographic concentration of firms is a cluster. If it is, its potential of growth and of competitiveness is studied. The result is that the ABC's cluster has significant potential for growth. However the external economies that are virtuous cluster's feature are incipient.

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Paper provided by Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in its series Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG with number td185.

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Date of creation: Mar 2003
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L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing

This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

NEP-ALL-2003-03-19 (All new papers)
NEP-ENT-2003-03-25 (Entrepreneurship)
NEP-GEO-2003-03-19 (Economic Geography)

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Krugman, Paul, 1998. "What's New about the New Economic Geography?," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 14(2), pages 7-17, Summer.

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