In regions whose industrial structure is organized around one or more large firm
corporations, the best practices of small and medium enterprises depend on where firms are
located in the supply chain. This paper studies 351 small and medium enterprises in the
Antofagasta Region in Chile between 2007 and 2008, where multinational and public
mining companies are the drivers of the local economy and the government is promoting the
formation of a mining cluster. Structural equation model is used to show that first-tier small …

Are vertical linkages promoting the creation of a mining cluster in Chile? An … Are vertical
linkages promoting the creation of a mining cluster in Chile? An analysis of the SMEs'
practices along the supply chain …