Mexican entrepreneurial responses to economic liberalisation: an exploratory study

Catherine Leroy-Beltran, Jerry Haar and Oscar A. Beltran

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2005, vol. 2, issue 4, 331-345

Abstract: The exploratory study examines the responses of Mexican small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to economic liberalisation. Two winning sectors for Mexico under NAFTA – apparel and plastics – and two losing sectors – textiles and printing/media – are analysed to determine the extent to which external factors and firm-level behaviour affect competitiveness. Findings reveal that regardless of the sector (winner or loser), macroeconomic policy choices, or NAFTA's provisions, it is the management of the firm (including vision, leadership, entrepreneurial attitude and behaviour, and decisions related to finance, marketing, production, and the deployment of human capital) that is by far the most important determinant of success.

Keywords: Mexico; trade; entrepreneurship; NAFTA; SMEs; economic liberalisation; management; apparel industry; clothing industry; garment industry; plastics industry; textile industry; printing industry; media; competitiveness; North American Free Trade Agreement. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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