An Industrial Geography of Cocaine
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...
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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.
Ch. 1Through the lens of economic geography : cocaine in space and place1Ch. 2Globalization and the competitive strategies of criminal enterprises15Ch. 3From coca to cocaine35Ch. 4Columbian competitive advantage in cocaine57Ch. 5Cocaine distribution and Mexico's growing competitive advantage69Ch. 6Marketing cocaine in the United States89Ch. 7Policy implications107Ch. 8Conclusions : through a glass, darkly117
