Title An industrial geography of cocaine / Christian M. Allen

Published New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 150 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Latin American studies Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm)) Contents Through the lens of economic geography: cocaine in space and place -- Globalization and the competitive strategies of criminal enterprises -- From coca to cocaine -- Colombian competitive advantage in cocaine -- Cocaine distribution and Mexico's growing competitive advantage -- Marketing cocaine in the United States -- Policy implications -- Conclusions: Through a glass, darkly Summary Latin American cocaine trafficking organizations comprise an indigenous, globally competitive, multinational industry. Their business operations are deeply ingrained within the economic and political systems of countries throughout the region. While criminal enterprises operate in a more complex and uncertain setting than licit firms, their competitive success is determined in fundamentally similar ways. Models developed by geographers to explain the spatial behavior of licit multinational firms are profitably applied here to the operations of drug trafficking operations. Latin American cocaine trafficking organizations comprise an indigenous, globally competitive, multinational industry. Their business operations are deeply ingrained within the economic and political systems of countries throughout the region. While criminal enterprises operate in a more complex and uncertain setting than licit firms, their competitive success is determined in fundamentally similar ways. Models developed by geographers to explain the spatial behavior of licit multinational firms are profitably applied here to the operations of drug trafficking operations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-145) and index Notes Print version record Subject Cocaine industry -- Latin America Cocaine industry -- Location -- Latin America Cocaine -- economics Cocaine -- supply & distribution Public Policy Illicit Drugs -- economics BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Cocaine industry Cocainwirtschaft SUBJECT Latin America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074879 Latin America Subject Latin America Lateinamerika Form Electronic book ISBN 9781135932275 1135932271 9780203943144 0203943147 113593228X 9781135932282

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