Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Iizuka, Michiko
Author-Email: iizuka@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT/MGSoG
Author-Name: Katz, Jorge
Author-Email: jorge_katz2@yahoo.com.ar
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad de Chile
Title: Globalization and the changing institution for sustainability: The case of the 
	 Salmon farming industry in Chile 
Abstract: The recent expansion of global demand for natural resources has created 
	 a production boom in countries endowed with natural resources. 
	 Increasing global trade and investment - globalization - offer an 
	 important opportunity for developing countries as the global flow of 
	 commodities often accompany knowledge and information to increase 
	 productivity to facilitate economic development. This positive feature 
	 of globalization has some serious drawbacks when the country is not 
	 equipped with an institution to ensure environmental sustainability. 
	 This paper sought to demonstrate this through the examination of the 
	 Chilean salmon farming case. The Chilean salmon farming industry has 
	 grown dramatically since the mid 1980s to become the number two exporter 
	 of farmed salmon in the world after Norway. The sector, however, 
	 suffered a decline in production volume due to the sanitary crisis in 
	 2007. The case also tries to capture the on-going efforts made by the 
	 government to strengthen the institution to prevent further occurrences 
	 of environmental and sanitary crises.
Classification-JEL: Q56, O20, O33, O54 
Keywords: Globalization, Environmental sustainability, Institution, Innovation,
	Technological change, Chile
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2012
Number: 2012-063
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2012/wp2012-063.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2012063