Developing Innovation Systems: Mexico in a Global Context

by Cimoli,Mario

• ISBN13: 9780826447685
• ISBN10: 0826447686
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Mexico provides a case study of a cornerstone economy in the development of the hemospheric free trade zone in the Americas, an adjusting economy which has been integrated into uneven economies (Canada and the US). This volume examines the Mexican economy and its attempt to develop an innovation system, providing an example of the dynamics that are of concern to evolutionary economists.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	x
List of Contributors	xii
Acknowledgements	xiv
Developing Innovation Systems	1	(22)
M. Cimoli
Introduction	1	(1)
Technological capabilities and development process	2	(5)
National innovation systems: main building blocks and linkages	7	(5)
A model of integration for the Mexican innovation system	12	(11)
Part I: Macroeconomic Setting, Production System and Globalization of Technology
Macroeconomic Setting and Production System	23	(9)
M. Cimoli
Productivity, investment and sectoral patterns	23	(3)
The Mexican economy: a new scenario and performances	26	(6)
The Macroeconomic Setting for Innovation	32	(25)
J. Fernandez
Introduction	32	(1)
Import substitution industrialization (ISI) period	33	(4)
Transition period and abandonment of the ISI pattern	37	(4)
New regulatory framework: deregulation and trade reform	41	(11)
Conclusions	52	(5)
Production System and Technological Patterns	57	(24)
M. Capdevielle
J. M. Corona
C. Hernandez
Introduction	57	(1)
The Structure of the production system and its performance	58	(12)
Sectoral technological patterns of efforts and competencies	70	(5)
Conclusions	75	(6)
Globalization of Production and Technology	81	(22)
K. Unger
M. Oloriz
Introduction	81	(2)
FF and NF: their international and domestic linkages	83	(3)
The importance of foreign firms and foreign investments	86	(2)
Foreign technological sources	88	(1)
Fixed capital investment	89	(2)
R&D activities and technology transfer	91	(3)
Technology embodied in equipment and intermediates	94	(1)
Conclusions: a sectoral cluster analysis of global and localized technological flows	95	(8)
Part II: Institutional Infrastructure and Networks
Institutions and the National Innovation System: an Introduction	103	(6)
M. Cimoli
The concept of institutions and their role in the NIS	103	(2)
Institutions in the Mexican innovation system	105	(4)
The Instittutional Matrix and Its Main Functional Activities Supporting Innovation	109	(28)
M. Casalet
Introduction	109	(1)
Historical path of the Mexican institutions	110	(1)
Institutions and modernization: a new interactive pattern	111	(3)
Functional matrix of Mexican institutions	114	(6)
The SEP-CONACYT system centres	120	(2)
Conclusions	122	(12)
Appendix: a note on intellectual property rights	134	(3)
J. Aboites
M. Soria
Human Resources and Competencies	137	(17)
G. Valenti
G. Varela
G. del Castillo
Introduction	137	(1)
HRST and their linkages with the NIS	138	(1)
Governmental policies	139	(1)
Government expenditure on education	140	(2)
Human resources in science and technology	142	(1)
Primary, lower secondary level and enrolment in HEIs	142	(2)
Flows in the HEIs by field of knowledge	144	(3)
Interplay with the production system	147	(2)
Conclusions	149	(5)
University, Knowledge Production and Collaborative Patterns with Industry	154	(21)
R. Casas
R. de Gortari
M. Luna
Introduction	154	(1)
Evolution and current trends of science competencies	155	(4)
The magnitude of university-industry collaboration: some indicators	159	(4)
The dynamics of university-industry collaboration	163	(3)
Taxonomy of university-industry collaboration	166	(3)
Conclusions	169	(6)
Part III: Sectoral and Regional Innovation Systems
Co-evolution and Innovation Systems	175	(14)
M. Cimoli
Introduction	175	(1)
Production system and institutions: a co-evolutionary path	175	(10)
The sectoral system of innovation: a clustering approach	185	(4)
Learning and Innovation in the Chemical Industry	189	(17)
R. Arvanitis
D. Villavicencio
Introduction	189	(1)
Overview of the chemical innovation system worldwide	190	(2)
Some general characteristics of the chemical industry	192	(3)
The learning capabilities in chemical firms	195	(3)
Clusters of companies in the chemical industry	198	(6)
Conclusions	204	(2)
The Pharmaceutical Industry	206	(12)
R. Gonsen
J. Jasso
Introduction: characteristics and performance	206	(3)
The pharmaceutical innovation system	209	(5)
Conclusions: technological regime	214	(4)
The Case of Biotechnology	218	(8)
R. Gonsen
Introduction	218	(1)
Institutional framework and technological capabilities	218	(4)
Technological regime of biotechnology	222	(4)
Strategies and Technological Capabilities in a Multinational Mexican Firm	226	(17)
G. Dutrenit
Introduction	226	(1)
The industry	227	(4)
Profile of the case study	231	(1)
The capability building process and the dual and unstable technology strategy	232	(7)
Conclusions	239	(4)
The Automobile Sector	243	(19)
R. Constantino
A. Lara
Introduction	243	(2)
The path of the Mexican automobile sector	245	(1)
Cumulativeness and improving performance	246	(2)
The automobile innovation system	248	(10)
Conclusions	258	(4)
Regional and Local Systems of Innovation in Aguascalientes	262	(16)
G. Abdel Musik
Introduction	262	(1)
Framework: regional clusters in the national system	263	(2)
ISI period: creation of basic infrastructure	265	(3)
Transition period: close contact between large firms	268	(2)
New regulatory framework: upgrading of technological capabilities	270	(4)
Conclusions	274	(4)
Conclusions: an Appreciative Pattern of the Mexican Innovation system	278	(15)
M. Cimoli
Stylized fact: towards a modernized assembly plant	278	(9)
The Mexican NIS: consequences of forging ahead, catching up and falling behind	287	(3)
Final remarks	290	(3)
Bibliography	293	(20)
Index	313