Title :
Building a food and feed technology cluster
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem. Eng., Univ. Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
Abstract :
This paper propose to build a food/feed industry cluster for Yucatan in Mexico; finding its basement on remarkable growth of meat, poultry, seafood, and hospitality and tourism industries. The method selected starts from knowledge of isolated industries, identification of trade between industries and identification of subjects of specialized needs and requirements for services and knowledge, finally conducting Potter´s determinants analysis for national competitive advantage
Keywords :
food processing industry; research and development management; travel industry; Mexico; Potter´s determinants analysis; R&D management; food and feed technology cluster construction; food industries; hospitality industries; industrial development policies; knowledge; national competitive advantage; services; tourism industries; trade identification; Chemical industry; Commercialization; Feeds; Food industry; Food manufacturing; Food technology; Industrial relations; Industrial training; Manufacturing industries; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.952395