Mexico's transition to a knowledge-based economy : challenges and opportunities

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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part I. Need for a Transition to Knowledge-Based Economy; Figure 1.1 GDP per Capita Growth in the Republic of Korea and Mexico, 1960-2002; Figure 1.2 Four Projections of Mexico's Real GDP per Capita, 2001-2020; Box 1.1 Health Care Services as a Global Opportunity: Lessons from India; Figure 1.3 Manufacturing Productivity in Mexico, 1993-99; Figure 1.4 Manufacturing Industries in Mexico: Revealed Comparative Advantage by Technological Intensity; Figure 1.5 Microeconomic Competitiveness

Figure 1.6 Patents of U.S. and Foreign Origin Granted by the U.S. Patent Office, 1981-2001Table 1.1 World Trade as a Percentage of Global GDP, by Income Level of Country, 1970 and 2001; Table 1.2 Value Added of Knowledge-Based Industries, OECD Countries; Table 1.3 Gross Domestic Expenditures on R&D as Percentage of GDP, 1981-2000; Table 1.4 R&D Spending in Selected Countries, by Income Level; Table 1.5 Investment in Tangibles and Intangibles, Selected OECD Countries, 1998; Figure 1.7 Worldwide Payments and Receipts of Royalty and License Fees, 1970-2002

Table 1.6 Payments and Receipts of Royalties and License Fees, Selected Regions and Countries, 2001Table 1.7 From First-Generation NAFTA to a Knowledge-Driven, Second-Generation NAFTA; Figure 2.1 A Global View of the Knowledge Economy Index; Figure 2.2 GDP per Capita and Knowledge Economy Index, 2002; Figure 2.3 Knowledge Scorecards for Mexico and the United States; Figure 2.4 Mexico's Performance on the Four Pillars of the Knowledge Economy; Part II. Major Policy Issues; Figure 3.1 Innovation Variables: A Comparison of Mexico and China; Figure 3.2 Global View of Innovation Performance

Figure 3.3 Learning Capabilities by Type of FirmTable 3.1 Instruments to Support Innovation by Type of Firm; Box 3.1 Discretionary Differences among Firms: The Automotive Industry; Figure 3.4 Value Added per Firm in Mexico's Motor Vehicles and Equipment Sector; Figure 3.5 Finance and Execution of R&D in Mexico by Sector, 2000; Figure 3.6 Efficiency of Spending on R&D, Selected OECD Firms, 1985-2000; Box 3.2 Three Types of Players in Mexico's Automotive Sector; Table 3.2 The Share in Total Exports of Commodity Groups in Which Mexican Strength Is Concentrated, 1993, 2000

Table 3.3 Exceptions and Promising Cases of Innovation at Different LevelsTable 3.4 Federal R&D Expenditures in Mexico by Sector and Subsector, 2001; Box 3.3 Innovation through Interorganizational Networks; Figure 3.7 Organizations Involved in Innovation; Table 3.5 Number of Federal Enterprise Support Programs, by Type and Organization, 2001; Figure 3.8 Convergence of Enterprise Support and Innovation Programs; Table 3.6 Program Evaluations; Box 3.4 Improving Decentralized Sectoral and Regional Funds; Table 3.7 Venture Capital in Mexico: Supply and Demand

Figure 3.9 Proyecto Innovar as a Possible Hub of U.S.-Mexico Innovation Networks

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