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The impact of the global manufacturing industry of electronic devices on higher education institutions in Baja California

Abstract:

The present research attempts to analyze the impact of the development of the global manufacturing industry of electronic devices -especially analogic and electronic TV devices- on higher education institutions in Tijuana from 1965 to the year 2000, which drives the region to the present conditions of cluster-based industrial development in the US-Mexican Border. Thanks to the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) this economic development approach reached success attracting the attention of Asian multinational corporations such as Sony, Samsung, Matsushita, and Hyundai that shifted from the east to west of the Pacific Ocean their assembly plants thanks to the opportunities presented by the Mexican maquiladora industry. Furthermore, this research analyzes how higher education institutions have adapted their academic offer in order to meet the requirements of the industry.