Evolution of the Productive Capabilities of Mexico: Economic Complexity Analysis for the Development of Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

Gómez-Zaldívar, Fernando; Molina-Pérez, Edmundo

doi:10.1080/08853908.2020.1851328

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“…Therefore, countries move towards related activities with similar knowhow capabilities (Hidalgo et al, 2007 ; Guevara et al, 2016 ; Petralia et al, 2017 ; Pinheiro et al, 2018 ; Alshamsi et al, 2018 ; Hartman et al, 2019 ; Nguyen et al, 2022 ). As a result, developing and entering into new activities that do not relate to current capabilities can be challenging and risky (Zhu et al, 2017 ; Pinheiro et al, 2018 ; Gomez-Zaldivar & Molina-Perez, 2021 ). Studies show that rich countries produce a wide range of low-complexity and high-complexity products, while poor countries are limited to low-complexity products (Freire, 2012 ).…”

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Industrial Development Policies Based on Economic Complexity Under Plausible Scenarios: Case of Iran 2027

2023

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Nowadays, developing the best policy mix to manage national industrial development is an open question. The inherent complexity and competitive circumstances increased the risk of failure and challenged the development of national programs, especially in the case of developing economies. To address such a complex world, this study proposes a novel scenario-based economic complexity analyzing methodology to overcome future uncertainties. The method contains two independent research lines. The first one evaluates and prioritizes industrial development by referring to the opportunity gain and product complexity indexes (a historical and current analysis). The other is to develop future scenarios through an expert-based process to uncover the most plausible futures (future-oriented evaluation for uncertainty behaviors). Then, results merged to increase a robust policy to guarantee development success and reduce failure risks. Iran has been selected as the case study since the country is facing a very uncertain future both from political and economic perspectives. Results revealed that the priority is to focus on the opportunity gain of products instead of product complexity since the country is facing international sanctions, limited investment capacities, and the potential of global challenges in the era of globalization, similar to the world faced during COVID-19 pandemics.

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Industrial Development Policies Based on Economic Complexity Under Plausible Scenarios: Case of Iran 2027

2023

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International and Domestic Discourses of China's Special Economic Zones

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2022

Handbook of Research on Special Economic Zones as Regional Development Enablers

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Although China's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have already been widely known, they are under-studied, and the existing literature is missing certain topics such as the study of official discourses on these SEZs. What this study attempts to address are these questions: Does the Chinese political discourse on SEZ development change in both the domestic and international contexts? How does the Chinese discourse adapt to the domestic and international audiences and adjust to their conjuncture? The authors search and analyze official five-year plans for discrepancies between discourses and interpretations from ministry to ministry, and between the Chinese and English versions of the official discourse. The aim is to introduce discourse analysis to this topic, contributing to the discussion a broader description and analysis of SEZ dynamics, as well as an overview of their adjustments in accordance with the ever-evolving Chinese political and economic projects.

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Evolution of the Productive Capabilities of Mexico: Economic Complexity Analysis for the Development of Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

Cited by 2 publications

References 19 publications

Industrial Development Policies Based on Economic Complexity Under Plausible Scenarios: Case of Iran 2027

Industrial Development Policies Based on Economic Complexity Under Plausible Scenarios: Case of Iran 2027

International and Domestic Discourses of China's Special Economic Zones

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