TY - CHAP AB - During the last 15 years of the 20th century cities in the mexican northern border experienced an impressive increase of foreign investment specially in electronics and autoparts. Word class techniques, certifications like ISO 9000, more sophisticated manufacturing processes spread trough a handful of very big plants. Although these changes changed the skills requirements in technical levels, no significative evidence has been found in labor lowest levels, were routine operations and scarce opportunities to build a career are the most common situation. VL - 13 SN - 978-1-84950-229-0, 978-0-76231-045-6/0277-2833 DO - 10.1016/S0277-2833(04)13004-5 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-2833(04)13004-5 AU - Hualde Alfredo ED - Leni Beukema ED - Jorge Hector Carrillo PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - SEGMENTATION OF SKILLS IN THE MEXICAN NORTHERN BORDER: CHALLENGES IN A GLOBALIZED REGION T2 - Globalism/Localism at Work T3 - Research in the Sociology of Work PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 57 EP - 73 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -