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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Main Authors: Javorcik, Beata, Keller, Wolfgang, Tybout, James
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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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

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