Description |
1 online resource (xi, 150 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Latin American studies |
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Latin American studies (Routledge (Firm))
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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
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Cocaine industry -- Location -- Latin America
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Cocaine -- economics
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Cocaine -- supply & distribution
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Public Policy
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Illicit Drugs -- economics
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Cocaine industry
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Cocainwirtschaft
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SUBJECT |
Latin America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074879
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Latin America |
Subject |
Latin America
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Lateinamerika
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781135932275 |
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1135932271 |
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9780203943144 |
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0203943147 |
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113593228X |
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9781135932282 |
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