%0 Journal Article %T Concentraci¨®n de las industrias manufactureras en M¨¦xico: El caso de Zacatecas %A Benita %A Francisco Javier %A Gayt¨¢n Alfaro %A ¨¦dgar David %J Frontera norte %D 2011 %I El Colegio de la Frontera Norte %X industrial activity in mexico as a factor in development plays a key role in regional growth. the aim of this paper is to analyze manufacturing in the state of zacatecas through the 21 subsec-tors in naics in 1998 and 2003. coefficients of localization, export and specialization were constructed, revealing high levels of concentration in a few activities as well as a significant trend of regional specialization in a few manufacturing industries. lastly, decomposing the growth factors with the shift-share analysis shows that the regional component has contributed most to the growth of manufacturing. %K manufacturing %K industrial concentration %K shift-share %K regional analysis %K zacatecas. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0187-73722011000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en