A Triple-Helix Intervention Approach to Direct the Marble Industry towards Sustainable Business in Mexico
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- Synthesize the internationally written research articles about the marble industry from 2014 to 2021 and accumulate knowledge to help address problems in this mining sector;
- Suggest the government–business–school approach as a useful intervention guide for researchers to address problems in the marble industry value chain.
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Socioeconomic and Environmental Contexts of the National Marble Industry and Its International Contrast
3.2. International Marble Industry: Problems and Solutions
4. Discussion
Conceptual Approach of Triple-Helix Intervention for the Marble Industry in Mexico
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Dimension | Problem | Challenge |
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Social | The marble industry in Mexico is characterized by the participation of the community and agricultural actors who have this marble industry as their primary source of income. This industry’s operation has negative effects on public health caused by dust, environmental noise, and occupational hazards [22]. Technical advice is not available for this industry; there are no financing programs with the scope of the productive investment required by this sector [5,23]. |
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Political and Economic | The productive and technological situation faces problems characterized by inefficient processes, poor organization and administration, added to technological obsolescence and conventional methods still being applied. The previous mentioned aspects impact the low use of the dimensional marble stone, and more quality defects also start showing [8]. On the other hand, as a non-concessionable activity, the extraction of marble is exempt from the payment of mining rights at a federal level. Hence, there has been an increase in excessive exploitation without considering a geological analysis of the mine and land where these deposits are located. |
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Cultural | Various externalities of the marble industry that transcend in the community´s cultural changes, for example, working in marble factories and leaving lands to cultivate [24]. For this reason, populations living near the areas of marble exploitation and extraction demand that their rights, customs and traditions are not altered by the marble mining activities. There are also reports of water scarcity in the municipalities where this industry is located [17]. |
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Environmental | The marble industry in Mexico has an impact on green mantles [7] and the irregular consumption of water resources [17], as well as affecting local landscaping [5]. These problems are attributed to the extraction, cutting and transformation processes of dimension stones. |
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Author | Country | Problems | Solutions | ||||||||||
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Supply Flow | Water | Safety | Health | Waste Management and Handling | Quality and Productivity | Logistics and Productive Strategies | Recycling and Water Treatment | Safety and Hygiene Programs | Professionalization of Collaborators | Circular Economy Strategies for Waste | Environmental Performance Evaluation | ||
[14] | Palestine | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
[26] | Cuba | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
[27] | Turkey | x | x | x | |||||||||
[16] | Pakistan | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
[4] | Turkey | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
[8] | Spain | x | x | ||||||||||
[28] | Peru | x | x | ||||||||||
[29] | Spain | x | x | ||||||||||
[1] | Ethiopia | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
[30] | Spain | x | x | x | |||||||||
[31] | Egypt | x | |||||||||||
[2] | China | x | x | ||||||||||
[32] | Pakistan | x | x | x | |||||||||
[33] | Guatemala | x | x | ||||||||||
[34] | Spain | x | x | ||||||||||
[35] | India | x | x | ||||||||||
[36] | Egypt | x | x | ||||||||||
[3] | Palestine | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
[37] | Turkey | x | x |
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Alarcón-Ruíz, T.; Santiago-Jiménez, M.E.; Ruvalcaba-Sánchez, L.G.; Sánchez-Galván, F.; García-Santamaría, L.E.; Fernández-Lambert, G. A Triple-Helix Intervention Approach to Direct the Marble Industry towards Sustainable Business in Mexico. Sustainability 2022, 14, 5576. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095576
Alarcón-Ruíz T, Santiago-Jiménez ME, Ruvalcaba-Sánchez LG, Sánchez-Galván F, García-Santamaría LE, Fernández-Lambert G. A Triple-Helix Intervention Approach to Direct the Marble Industry towards Sustainable Business in Mexico. Sustainability. 2022; 14(9):5576. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095576
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlarcón-Ruíz, Teodoro, María Evelinda Santiago-Jiménez, Loecelia Guadalupe Ruvalcaba-Sánchez, Fabiola Sánchez-Galván, Luis Enrique García-Santamaría, and Gregorio Fernández-Lambert. 2022. "A Triple-Helix Intervention Approach to Direct the Marble Industry towards Sustainable Business in Mexico" Sustainability 14, no. 9: 5576. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095576