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Technological behaviour and competitiveness at the firm level, empirical evidence from Mexico.

Technological behaviour and competitiveness at the firm level, empirical evidence from Mexico. Salvador Estrada . Ph. D. Student. Interuniversity Programme in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technological Policy. UAM-UCM-UPM. Madrid.

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Technological behaviour and competitiveness at the firm level, empirical evidence from Mexico.

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  1. Technological behaviour and competitiveness at the firm level, empirical evidence from Mexico. Salvador Estrada  • Ph. D. Student. Interuniversity Programme in Economics and Management of Innovation and Technological Policy. UAM-UCM-UPM. Madrid. Research staff. Instituto de Análisis Industrial y Financiero (IAIF Institute of Industrial and Financial Analysis). • Scholarship holder. National Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT). Mexico. • Email to: sestrada@ccee.ucm.es

  2. Thesis In developing countries, firms’ techological behaviour influences international competitiveness and firm specific characteristics affect the possibilities to translate technological efforts into competitive advantages. http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  3. Theorical framework • Conventional theories of trade Factor endowments Country similarities Economies of scale Product cycle • Neotechnological theories of trade Gap theory and technological capability approach http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  4. Methodological issues • Classification rules: membership and likelihood. • Classification accuracy and confidence. • Computational easiness. • Forward step-wise: irrelevant and redundant information. • S=<U,A,f>, where S is the information system, U is a finite set of objects, called the universe, A is a finite set of attributes, and f is the classification function. http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  5. Data Source: Guanajuato’s Survey on R&D, tecnhological activities and innovation 1999 (INEGI-CONCYTEG) http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  6. Set of attributes 1/(3) http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  7. Set of attributes 2/(3) http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  8. Set of attributes 3/(3) http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  9. Classification function A binary response model: Pr (Yi=1/Xji) = 1/ [1 + e –z] Where Z = constant + b1size – b2size**2 + b3fequity + b4r&d + b5engineers + b6techserv – b7improved – b8newprod + b9sales1 + b10pavitt http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  10. General Model vis-à-vis Diversity http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  11. Alternative models http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  12. Conclusions 1/(5) • Non linear positive relationship with size. Inverted U shape. Critical threshold to asumme risks and costs. • International networks. http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  13. Conclusions 2/(5) • Techical services plays a critical role. http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  14. Conclusions 3/(5) • Absportive/Adaptive capacity to success http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  15. Conclusions 4/(5) • Influence of domestic demand http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  16. Conclusions 5/(5) • Cannot understate sectoral influences http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif

  17. More and detailed information available at Estrada & Heijs (2003) Technological innovation and competitiveness : microanalysis of export behaviour at Mexico. Working paper. No. 36. Instituto de Análisis Industrial y Financiero. UCM. Madrid. http://www.ucm.es/bucm/cee/iaif sestrada@ccee.ucm.es

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