Resumen

BADA CARBAJAL, Lila Margarita  y  RIVAS TOVAR, Luis Arturo. The agroindustrial clusters in the state of Veracruz. Investig. adm. [online]. 2010, vol.39, n.105, pp.73-100. ISSN 2448-7678.

The research analyze the clusters of agroindustry fruits and vegetables from the state of Veracruz in its main products: orange, persian lemon, papaya, pineapple, banana, chayote and green chilli by location theory and economic geography (North y Krugman, 1995); the system value of the cluster (Porter, 1998) and the cluster type (Ramos, 1998; Altenburg, Meyer y Stamer 1999); to know the geographic concentration of companies that are interconnected, identify the functions of the cluster value and type of cluster to which they belong.

The main contribution of this paper, lies in the analysis of the cluster under study through the three theories mentioned above, where the geographical concentration of enterprises have interdependencies of raw materials- product processing, and market - product processing, the functions of the value of the cluster are in primary activities and type of cluster is Latin American Fordist mode or mass production.

Palabras llave : Cluster; Agroindustry; Veracruz; México.