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9780415931915

Technology Transfer Via University-Industry Relations: The Case of the Foreign High Technology Electronic Industry in Mexico's Silicon Valley

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415931915

  • ISBN10:

    0415931916

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-01-25
  • Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

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Summary

This book examines the technology that is transferred in Mexico's Silicon Valley and the role that institutions of higher education and foreign electronics corporations play in the process. Riveria Vargas delineates that technology transfer is occurring, describes it nature, the channels of transfer, and its level by focusing on the informal mechanisms of technology transfer. Among the significant findings are that there has been very limited real technology transferred and that most of it is concentrated in operative-level capabilities. This study reveals that the lack of absorptive scientific and technological capacity, as a factor often cited to explain transfer failure, did not apply in the case of the region examined. In point of fact, the scientific and technological capacities exhibited in the region are superior to those in the Silicon Valley of the East in Malaysia during the 1970's and 1980's , where some studies reported more significant technology transfer. What then are the factors hinderingtechnology transfer in some regions or promoting it in others? This book explores some the factors in play.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Graphs and Figures
xi
Acronyms xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction
1(14)
Significance of the Study
2(1)
Research Design, Theoretical Basis
3(3)
Introduction to the Problem
6(1)
Contextual Framework
7(2)
The Problem Before Us
9(2)
Limitations of the Study
11(1)
Outline of the Study
12(3)
The Role of Higher Education, Corporations and Technology Transfer
15(18)
Multinational Corporations, their Expansion and Technology Transfer
15(7)
University-Industry Relationship and Technology Transfer
22(2)
Foreign Direct Investment and Consequences in the Host Country
24(2)
Technology Transfer in Mexico: A Review of the Literature
26(7)
Higher Education and Its Link to the Industrial Sector
33(18)
Funding for Higher Education and Research
33(4)
Funding of the Scientific and Technological Activities, Their Extent and Distribution
37(3)
Higher Education's Response to the Productive Sector
40(4)
University-Industry Cooperation in Guadalajara
44(7)
The Electronics Industry in Jalisco: Development and Participation
51(26)
The Development of the Electronics Industry in Mexico
51(2)
The Legal Framework
53(4)
The Electronics Industry in Jalisco
57(8)
Technology in Jalisco's Electronics Industry
65(3)
The Level of Integration of Foreign Industry within the National Economy
68(1)
The Foreign High Technology Electronics Industry's Participation in Mexico's Silicon Valley
69(8)
Technology Transfer and Assimilation
77(56)
University-Industry Cooperative Relationships
77(19)
Impressions and Perceptions of the Relationship
96(4)
The Mechanisms of Technology Transfer
100(19)
The Technology Transferred, its Nature and its Level
119(8)
The Technology Transfer Channels
127(2)
Summary of Findings
129(4)
The Availability of Relevant Skills as an Indicator of Absorptive Capacity
133(12)
Evolution of Engineering Education Offerings
134(1)
Number of Graduates in the Fields of Engineering
135(3)
Demand and Supply of Engineering Personnel
138(7)
Scientific and Technological Activities as Indicators of Absorptive Capacities
145(24)
Investment in Research and Development
146(5)
Human Resources in Research and Development
151(2)
Scientific and Technological Productivity
153(16)
Jalisco is Just on the Brink
169(18)
From Theory to Reality
170(2)
What Hinders Technology Transfer in Mexico's Silicon Valley
172(3)
Reflections and Recommendations for Future Studies
175(4)
APPENDICES
Appendix A Common University-Industry Linkages
179(4)
Appendix B Excerpts of the Legal Framework for Foreign Direct Investment
183(2)
Appendix C Definitions of Concepts
185(2)
References 187(10)
Author Index 197(4)
Subject Index 201

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