Economic Development and High-Value Supply Chains

Abstract

The reorganization of the global supply process is giving shape to a new value creation paradigm, where clusters of local producers are becoming the pillars of global supply chains. This phenomenon, known as regionalization, demands the identification of regional productive sectors that exhibit the specialization and dynamism required to create high-value supply chains. Thus, regional development and high-value supply chains are related. In this chapter, we propose a methodological framework to identify the potentialities and opportunities of regional productive sectors to create industrial clusters and high-value supply chains. The State of Tamaulipas (in Mexico) and its municipalities functioned as the region and subregions of analysis, respectively. The results reveal that productive sectors with the more significant potential to create high-value supply chains are the agricultural and manufacturing sectors.