“…Significant levels of investment have been observed during recent years in networks, communications, and software. Companies have acquired greater autonomy vis-à-vis corporate headquarters (in purchasing orders, suppliers, equipment purchase, process improvements, products, and design technologies) (Buitelar et al, 1999;Carrillo et al, 1999;Cimoli and Dosi, 2004;Katz, 2000), and there has been a ''Mexicanization of maquiladora management'' (Dutrenit et al, 2006).…”