<i>Mañana</i> Today: A Long View of Economic Value Creation in Latin America

R, Enrique García; Méndez, Álvaro

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“…On the macro-scale, a broad range of studies explores flows of value creation on the international and global level. Trade flows and investment patterns in economic sectors show the relations between countries [27][28][29][30][31][32]. The strong point of this perspective is to analyze internationalization dynamics and power relations in globalization processes, including competition for land and regulation differences in environmental terms or on the labor market.…”

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Short Value Chains in Food Production: The Role of Spatial Proximity for Economic and Land Use Dynamics

Bertram

Chilla

Wilhelm

2021

Land

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Agricultural land demand tends to be in weak condition vis-à-vis settlement development, transport infrastructure and industry expansion. At the same time, the awareness and demand of consumers for regional food is constantly rising, in particular in urban regions. The resulting challenge is that high demand for regional food is concentrated at places where land for food production tends to be particularly under pressure. Against this background, our article reflects on the extent to which regional food supply chains support the status of agricultural demand in the competition for land. The main aim of our paper is to understand the role of proximity between the different stages of value creation, including cultivation, production (manual or industrial) and trade (retail, direct marketing). Our empirical study on the example of three products in Bavaria (Germany) shows that short distances within food value chains support the agricultural condition in land use dynamics (beer, sweet cherry, asparagus). The analyses are based on official and internal statistics as well as expert interviewing. This mixed-methods approach results in value-creation mappings and provides spatial differentiation of the economic process. Proximity between at least two stages of value creation plays an important role to explain the economic trends and land use dynamic. These findings are rooted in arguments of efficiency, tacit knowledge, networks, as well as product reputation. However, the role of proximity does not automatically play a role but has to be stabilized by strategic measures such as product innovation and marketing measures.

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Short Value Chains in Food Production: The Role of Spatial Proximity for Economic and Land Use Dynamics

Bertram

Chilla

Wilhelm

2021

Land

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China and the Andean Community: Opportunities and Risks out of the Decoupling Process

Agramont Lechín

2024

The Chinese Economy

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Latin America in/and the AIIB: A Constructivist Analysis

Turzi

Méndez

2022

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Meždunar. otnoš.

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This research focuses on the relationship between Latin America and China. The authors try to answer the question of why the countries of the region have been passive in the context of their interaction with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The relevance of the topic stems from the gradual increase in China’s importance and presence in the Latin American region. Today, China is one of the key economic partners of several Latin American countries. To date, however, countries in the region have not been very active in their engagement with the AIIB, despite the existence of specific material incentives. Methodologically, the study is based on a constructivist approach. According to the authors, alternative paradigms of international relations, such as liberalism and realism, fail to explain the paradox of stubborn inaction by the countries of the region. This is due to the fact that the historically rooted and culturally bound procedural nature of international relations allows constructivism to uncover the individual facts that led to this result. The authors conclude that governments in the Latin American region have “constructed” between themselves quite a few customary modes of behaviour which debilitate their demonstrated capacity for agency in international affairs. This has created a vacuum of effective strategy in relations with China in the region. Moreover, this pattern of engagement is not limited to China and is evident in the relations of regional countries with the US and other extra-regional powers.

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Mañana Today: A Long View of Economic Value Creation in Latin America

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Short Value Chains in Food Production: The Role of Spatial Proximity for Economic and Land Use Dynamics

Short Value Chains in Food Production: The Role of Spatial Proximity for Economic and Land Use Dynamics

China and the Andean Community: Opportunities and Risks out of the Decoupling Process

Latin America in/and the AIIB: A Constructivist Analysis

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