Knowledge-intensive SMEs in Ciudad Juarez: Diversity of trajectories, practices and understandings on I4.0

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Published: May 31, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2093
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Industry 4.0 spin-off knowledge-intensive SMEs Ciudad Juarez Mexico-U.S Border.

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Maximino Matus Ruiz
CONACYT - COLEF
Jorge Carrillo
El COLEF

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The objective is to analyze the trajectory of knowledge-intensive SMEs in Ciudad Juarez, with the determination to understand how the concept I4.0 has been defined. The methodology applied in-depth interviews with managers and visits to companies. The results show that the particular trajectory of the maquiladora industry in this city, as well as the experience in automation of local SMEs facilitate the appropriation of the new industrial model. The originality of the study relies on the fact that it is one of the few qualitative studies that explore the incursion of SMEs to I4.0 on the northern border of Mexico. The conclusions show that the adverse environmental conditions have meant that some SMEs fail in their evolution towards I4.0, while others have opted for hybrid models, and the most successful have managed to scale towards the new industrial model thanks to their relation with other institutions of the innovation ecosystem. The main limitation of the study is that sample is composed of 4 SMEs and the results cannot be generalized.

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Matus Ruiz, M., & Carrillo, J. (2021). Knowledge-intensive SMEs in Ciudad Juarez: Diversity of trajectories, practices and understandings on I4.0. Frontera Norte, 33. https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2093
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Author Biographies

Maximino Matus Ruiz, CONACYT - COLEF

Doctor en Sociología del desarrollo rural por la Universidad de Wageningen, Holanda. Maestro en Semiótica por la Universidad de Tartu, Estonia. Maestro y Licenciado en Antropología Social por el Centro de Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS-Occidente) y la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENAH), respectivamente; ambas instituciones mexicanas. De noviembre 2011 a octubre de 2014 se desempeñó como coordinador de la Oficina de Tecno-Antropología de Infotec, centro público CONACYT, México. A partir de diciembre de 2014 es catedrático CONACYT y funge como investigador en el Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef).

Jorge Carrillo, El COLEF

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