Historia de Asima (1964-2014)

Abstract

The Industrial Trade Union Association of Mallorca, La Asociación Sindical de Industriales de Mallorca (ASIMA), subsequently called Industrial Association of Mallorca, was created on July 16th, 1964: from that moment on, ASIMA and those industrial estates such Can Valero and Son Castelló (Palma) have become one of the most important thrusts of the island’s economy. For that reason, this investigation offers an analysis from the academic point of view with the purpose of giving another reading, as in an historical yet as an economical way, of the role that ASIMA has had during its first fifty years as an associational and analytic tool. This half century has been examined from three well-differentiated development stages: its establishment and first years (1964-1975), its growth and development (1975/1977-1989), and lastly its consolidation (1989-2014). This present thesis counts with an extensive bibliographic database and it has been complemented with files and with a variety of diverse sources. It has the aim to go into detail about the business association of Mallorca, from the specific case of ASIMA so it is will be brought to completion by other fields of study such as economy, tourism, politics and the process of industrialization.