Factors and geographical relevance of the regional innovation process in Mexico, 1994-2006

The aim of this work is to analyze some factors that affect the Mexican process of regional innovation during 1994-2006. Through the use of regression methodologies for count data we find a positive and significant effect of the foreign investment and the educative level on the innovative activity o...

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Autores: Germán Soto, Vicente, Gutiérrez Flores, Luis, Tovar Montiel, Sandra Haydeé
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Económicos de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx:article/124
Acceso en línea:https://estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx/index.php/economicos/article/view/124
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:innovation
Poisson regression
multinational firms
regional economics
Mexico
C41
F23
O32
R12
innovación
regresión de Poisson
empresas multinacionales
economía regional
México
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Sumario:The aim of this work is to analyze some factors that affect the Mexican process of regional innovation during 1994-2006. Through the use of regression methodologies for count data we find a positive and significant effect of the foreign investment and the educative level on the innovative activity of the Mexican states. Also we find that the innovation process is highly dependent on the geographic location and the patents by multinational firms, which suggests in Mexico a process of technology learning is being formed rather than an innovation process, mainly among states geographically belonging to the center of the country.