Emergence of an automotive cluster in Tangier (Morocco)

Nadia Benabdejlil, Yannick Lung and Alain Piveteau

Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) from Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA)

Abstract: The paper analyses the emergence of new automobile cluster in the region of Tangier (Morocco) associated to the location of a Renault assembly plant in 2012. It is based on a survey realized by a team of French and Moroccan researchers. It discusses the conditions of the location of the French carmaker, at the crossroads of its internationalisation strategy and of the industrialization policy of the Moroccan government for the Northern country. It studies the impact of this location on the supplier industry and on local employment, underlining the limits in terms of industrial development. Presently, it is more an agglomeration of automotive activities rather than a true integrated industrial cluster.

Keywords: AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; FREE ZONE; INDUSTRIALISATION; MOROCCO; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RENAULT; TANGIER (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 L52 L62 O14 R11 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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