Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

Openness and Industrial Response in a Wal-Mart World: A Case Study of Mexican Soaps, Detergents and Surfactant Producers

This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Javorcik, Beata, Keller, Wolfgang, Tybout, James
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BENCHMARK
BORDER CROSSING
BORDER CROSSINGS
BOTTLENECKS
BRAND
BRAND NAMES
BRANDS
CAUSTIC SODA
COMMERCIAL POLICY
COMPETITIVENESS
CONGESTION
CONSUMER PREFERENCES
CONSUMERS
COST OF TRANSPORT
CROSSING
DEBT
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIESEL
DIESEL FUEL
DOMESTIC MARKET
DRIVERS
DRIVING
DUMPING
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE
ESTABLISHED BRAND
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTS
FREE TRADE
FUEL CONSUMPTION
HIGH LEVELS
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
INFLATION
INFLATION RATES
INPUT PRICES
INSPECTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INVENTORY
LATIN AMERICAN
LAUNDRY
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COST PRICING
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET ENTRY
MARKET ENTRY COSTS
MARKET SHARE
MARKETING
MONOPOLY
NATURAL RESOURCES
PRICE ADJUSTMENTS
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE INDEX
PRICE INDICES
PRODUCT QUALITY
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
PROFIT MARGINS
RAIL
RETAIL
RETAIL PRICES
RETAILING
SAFETY
SODIUM
SOUTH AMERICAN
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
SUBSTITUTE
SUBSTITUTION
SUPPLIER
SUPPLIERS
SUPPLY CHAIN
TARIFF BARRIERS
TOTAL SALES
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE REFORMS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COST
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRUCKS
TRUE
VEHICLES
WAREHOUSES
WASHING
WHOLESALERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7014508/openness-industrial-response-wal-mart-world-case-study-mexican-soaps-detergents-surfactant-producers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9303

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/7014508/openness-industrial-response-wal-mart-world-case-study-mexican-soaps-detergents-surfactant-producers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9303

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