INVERSIÓN EXTRANJERA DIRECTA Y ENCADENAMIENTOS DE LAS EMPRESAS NACIONALES EN EL SECTOR AUTOMOTRIZ EN EL PERÍODO DE 1999-2008.

Abstract

One element of international trade exchange is the flow of FDI, and the possible benefits that generates in the host economies. The benefits could be the creating jobs, increasing production, increasing exports, the acquisition of new knowledge, technology and the generation of productivity chains. The creation of linkages, depends on the ability of domestic firms to integrated in the productivity chain. This study focuses, to establish a causal relation with FDI and the generation production chains in assembly vehicles and automotive auto parts sector. Therefore the effects generated by an increase in FDI in assembly, on the economic variables of production, employment and FDI sales in auto parts will be studied, to establish a possible relation of productivity chain linkages with FDI. The study is complemented with information from the automotive industry in Mexico that has to do with the entry of FDI, both in assembly and in auto parts. The study presents the proposal of a econometric function which helped to establish a relationship between the income of foreign direct investment and the generation of linkages in the automotive sector, between final assembly companies and domestic auto parts producer companies. The conclusion for this study is that entry of FDI in assembly sector has a weak influence on the generation of production chains in the automotive industry. As new way of integrating global auto industry, leaving few opportunities for the incorporation of local companies auto parts with low productive capacity and technology assets.