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050 00 $aHG3881.5.W57
100 1 $aJavorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska
245 10 $aOpenness and industrial response in a Wal-Mmart world$h[electronic resource] :$ba case study of Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactant producers /$cBeata Javorcik, Wolfgang Keller, James Tybout, Research working paper Collection Title:Policy.
260 $a[Washington, D.C. :$bWorld Bank,$c2006]
490 1 $aPolicy research working paper ;$v3999
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 9/6/2006.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"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 help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex fundamentally changed the retail sector, forcing SDS firms to cut their profit margins and innovate. Those unable to respond to this new environment tended to lose market share and, in some cases, disappear altogether. Second, partly in response to Walmex, many Mexican producers logged impressive efficiency gains during the previous decade. These gains came both from labor-shedding and from innovation, which in turn was fueled by innovative input suppliers and by multinationals bringing new products and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an increasing share of the U.S. detergent market over the past decade, Mexican sales in the U.S. were inhibited by a combination of excessive shipping delays at the border and artificially high input prices (due to Mexican protection of domestic caustic soda suppliers). They were also held back by the major re-tooling costs that Mexican producers would have had to incur to establish brand recognition among non-Latin consumers and to comply with zero phosphate laws in many regions of the U.S. "--World Bank web site.
650 0 $aCleaning compounds industry$zMexico.
650 0 $aCompetition$zMexico.
700 1 $aKeller, Wolfgang.
710 2 $aWorld Bank.
830 0 $aPolicy research working papers (Online) ;$v3999.
856 40 $uhttp://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469382&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000016406_20060825124321