... and managerial environmental training, to environmental performance as perceived by managers. Design/methodology/approach A survey was administered to 220 manufacturing organizations in Mexico. The survey instrument was self‐report format with attitudinal variables. Items were adopted from previously...

...Pilar Arroyo; Juan Gaytan; Luitzen de Boer Purpose To investigate the status of third party logistics (3PL) in Mexico and the feasibility of 3PL as a global, uniform strategy. Design/methodology/approach A survey among firms located in the central part of Mexico, followed by a comparison...

...S. Dowlatshahi ABC Consumer Electronics is headquartered in the USA, with major operations in Mexico. During the Mexican peso devaluation and economic crisis of late 1994, the company faced the greatest labor problem of its long history. The workers’ purchasing power was reduced to nearly one‐half...

.... The Border Industrialization Program in 1965 marked the beginning of production‐sharing between the USA and México. Attracted by the abundant source of low‐cost labor and the close proximity to US markets, US companies began opening maquiladora or twin‐plants at a rapid pace, as illustrated...

...John J. Lawrence; Holly S. Lewis Weak supplier bases and weak infrastructures pose significant obstacles to the use of just‐in‐time (JIT) purchasing in developing countries. Explores the use and effectiveness of JIT purchasing practices in one such developing country, Mexico, in an attempt to lay...