Accumulation and financialization in the Mexican automotive industry

Abstract

It offers an examination of the organization of the automotive industry in the world and the insertion of the automotive industry with operations in Mexico, with an emphasis on the period 1994 onwards and considering the international readjustments that were verified after the international financial crisis of 2008-2009; analyzing  its structure, dynamics and degrees of local integration. In addition, progress is made in an analysis of the financial relationships at the company level of the parent companies of Ford, Volkswagen and Nissan with operations in Mexico. In order to understand the processes of financialization in the global automotive industry and its relation to the real variables (profits and investment), as well as the implications it has on the dynamics of accumulation in the automotive industry in Mexico.