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RODRIGUEZ MONROY, Carlos  e  FERNANDEZ CHALE, Lizbeth. Textile Manufacturing in México : a Systemic Approach. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia [online]. 2006, vol.11, n.35, pp.335-351. ISSN 1315-9984.

This article is a result of a research the objective of which is the determination and analysis of the factors that influence the competitiveness of the textile and garment industry in México. The systemic competitive methodology is applied in order to study the different factors that influence the systemic levels (micro, meso, macro, goal) in order to propose the necessary conditions for the development of this industry. The textile productive infrastructure is 99.5% composed of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME’s), which present multiple types of problems of different kinds and which are unable to interact adequately with the supporting institutions. On the other hand, the government has maintained an adequate environment for competitiveness and has established industrial policies which pursue the change in industrial organization (“clusters” and “integrative companies”). However, in order to be successful in  new systems of international competition, consensus among the social actors will have to be achieved in order to introduce the necessary changes to sustain competitiveness in the textile industry.

Palavras-chave : Textile manufacture; systemic competitiveness; productive chains; social structures.