Title :
Innovation in Mexico
Author :
González-Brambila, Claudia N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bus. Adm., ITAM, Mexico city
Abstract :
Mexico is among the set of countries that look at Science, Technology and Innovation a fundamental mechanism to support competitiveness, reach higher levels of economic growth and increase the social welfare of its citizens. This paper provides a description of the main policy initiatives to foster innovation in Mexico. Afterward, some characteristics of innovation practices in private-sector businesses and how these features have evolved over a 5-year period are presented to assess the impact of those policy initiatives. To this purpose, results of the 2001 and 2006 national innovation surveys are used.
Keywords :
government policies; innovation management; macroeconomics; technology management; Mexico; economic growth; innovation; private-sector businesses; Delay effects; Economic indicators; Educational programs; Government; Industrial economics; Investments; Productivity; Research and development; Technological innovation; Technology transfer; Developing nations; economics; industries; technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 2008. IEMC Europe 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Estoril
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2288-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2289-0
DOI :
10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617970