Principios de diversidad y proximidad geográfica en un ecosistema industrial: Análisis de redes sociales en la región Toluca-Lerma

Manuel Alexis Vázquez Zacarías; Eduardo Enrique Aguiñaga Maldonado; Elías Alvarado Lagunas

doi:10.29105/rinn12.24-1

Authors

Manuel Alexis Vázquez Zacarías Autonomous University of Nuevo León
Eduardo Enrique Aguiñaga Maldonado Tecnológico de Monterrey
Elías Alvarado Lagunas Autonomous University of Nuevo León

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29105/rinn12.24-1

Keywords:

industrial ecosystems, industrial symbiosis, residues, social network analysis, wastes

Abstract

Industrial ecology allows the traditional model of industrial activity, where individual manufacturing process that takes raw materials in order to generate products, to be transformed into a more comprehensive model of a regional economy named industrial ecosystem. This ecosystem functions through industrial symbiosis alliances formed by firms that cooperate through the exchange of residues in order to use them as inputs to transform them into valuable products. Moreover, the principles of geographical proximity and diversity of the firms have been found in successful ecosystems in developed countries. This study contributes empirically by using social network analysis (SNA) methods to explore, the presence of these two principles in an industrial ecosystem in the Toluca-Lerma region in Mexico, consisting of 30 firms that have industrial symbiosis alliances. We conclude that in the context of developing countries, the symbiotic exchanges may not be fully explained with the principles of geographical proximity and diversity.

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