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The objective of the article is to show differences and similarities of three cities that are historically specialized in the production of jewelry in order to analyze the process of productive flexibility, a consequence of globalization in their localities, and focuses on reviewing how global development has been reconfigured in production networks from the jewelry industry of three cities, Thrissur in India, Chanthaburi in Thailand, and Guadalajara in Mexico, as well as explaining the main changes over time in each locality, which strengthened productive specialization. Theoretical Perspectives of Flexible Specialization (Piore y Sabel, 1984) as an industrial cluster (Porter, 1990) and Local Productive Systems (Rendón, 2014; Paunero, 2001) explain the productive networks of these cities that correspond respectively to the cases that reveal local development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The case method is useful for theory and analysis of Latin American public policy. This text provides an overview of a real case to generate discussion in the classroom in order to build pertinent knowledge as a result of mixed work between facilitator teacher and deliberative students. This paper describes the problem of supply of input to Colombian gold jewelry based on aspects that require an institutionalist analysis: exogenous variables and action arena. Then, it suggests that analyst inquire in interactions and evaluative criteria that shape socially desirable outcome. It is not a recipe; this study case underlines fighting between actors and promotes identification of solution alternatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the last forty years in various regions of Mexico, Jalisco, has given impetus to the development of industries known as "modern" as electronics and software, this is intended to increase growth and foster development, all this has been detrimental to those industries considered "traditional" (footwear, textile, jewelery), industries that have long been the basis for productive development of these regions. Policies that have followed in industrial countries has been to promote the first under the assumption that they are incorporating the technology, while the latter incorporates little technology in their production processes and generally do not innovate. However industrial behavior has demonstrated that the above is a fallacy. Government policies that were implemented in industrial resulted in the increase in the share of industrial production called "modern", such as electronics and software, but those traditional activities such as jewelry, not only maintained but that increased production and commercial dynamism. This dynamic is observed in the absorption of employment and productive participation nationwide. The jewelry industry is a case in point, because from generation entrepreneurship capacity, social capital and working together with the government, among others, has managed to influence local development in the region. Therefore in this paper analyzes trying to emphasize that industry, from interviews with key actors and quantitative analysis for this industry, basic factors that impacted on the local development of Jalisco. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on a study on the determination of the ergonomic risk profile of the craft and jewelry snuff in Santander, Colombia in the year 2010. It states that in the study several people of companies of the tobacco and handmade jewelry were surveyed on ergonomic features of the culture of the companies. It reports that the survey found that the companies do not have policies on occupational health in 73 percent to snuff sector and 80 percent for the jewelery sector.