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The geographical conditions of innovation in Mexico’s regions and its relationship with knowledge capital and productivity are analyzed along 1994-2006. A spatial model is applied to capture the knowledge spillovers effects amongst geographically neighbors regions. Results show positive and significant effects from innovation and productivity of neighboring over labor productivity and knowledge capital. The opposite, meaning a negative effect of local innovation activities within the same region is also important. In addition, the geographical spillovers of productivity and innovation are found as the greatest influence, creating externalities which generate interactions among geographically close regions.

En este libro se aborda el vínculo entre innovación y desarrollo regional en México. En un ameno paseo por los diferentes perfiles analíticos de los contribuidores de este texto, el lector podrá descubrir y atestiguar la intrincada relación que se conjuga entre los factores que promueven la innovación y sus diferentes formas de manifestación. Lejos de la idea común de que una innovación sólo es posible en los sectores de mayor dinamismo, como la industria, y en entidades mayormente agregadas, como los países avanzados y las grandes empresas transnacionales, este cuerpo de investigaciones induce a pensar en el potencial de …

Nowadays, the extent of the innovation activities for the productivity and the economic growth is evident in regional economics. A large body of theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that to achieve higher well-being levels of the population it is essential to reinforce the innovation capacity of the economies. In this work we measure the extent of agglomeration and the geographic concentration across Mexican states using an endogenous innovation approach estimated through econometric techniques. The size of the regional economies to assess the importance of the scale effects is also a central concern. Using data from the Mexican states, evidence is …