Forum: the Ecosystem of Innovation
By Adina Moloman Sources: El Economista, Cadena A regional innovation system can be described as a network of various entities, interacting for a common goal. The education system, the government, research institutions, product development, knowledge-intensive business and industry all together striving for the same purpose. In order to reach the synergy between transnational corporation that […]
2013 U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors reunion
By Adina Moloman Sources: El Paso Times, UT San Diego The U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association recently met in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The Forth Bi-national Summit of the US-Mexico Border Mayors Association, where the main idea for the Mayors from along the US-Mexico border is to collaborate on topics that affect both communities in Mexico and […]
Tijuana- a space for innovation
By Adina Moloman Sources: Tijuana Economic Development Corporation, MIND Hub, BIT Center Legislation and institutions are working together in the State of Baja California in order to foster Science Research, Innovation and Technology. To boost competitiveness through innovation is the latest focus in the Baja California region. Last year the Congress of Baja California state […]
MEXPORT 2013
By Adina Moloman Sources: http://www.mexport.org, Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce MEXPORT, the Premiere Industrial Tradeshow in both California’s organized by The Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce provided a great opportunity to companies in the region to sell its products and/or services to the growing Mexico Maquiladora industry doing their manufacturing in Mexico. The event takes […]
Cultural bi-national collaboration
By Adina Moloman Source: UT San Diego Tijuana –San Diego cross-border collaboration has taken place at numerous levels. The cross border cooperation is focused on specific regional development issues, including first of all economic development, cultural and educational matters, urban development, local democracy, environmental issues, security issues, border crossing wait time, etc. The most common […]
The most dynamic sectors in 2013
By Adina Moloman Sources: Industry Classification Benchmark, Financial Times FTSE Group[1] and Dow Jones Indexes created in 2005 a definitive classification system called the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) covering over 70,000 transnational companies that are classified into Industries (10), Supersectors (19), Sectors (41), and Subsectors (114). ICB provides a standardized base for investment research and […]
Baja California Convention Center
By Adina Moloman Sources: bccenter.mx, UT San Diego Baja California inaugurated a major convention center of 300,000-square-foot located at Km. 31.5 on the highway between Tijuana and Rosarito, which can accommodate events of up to 12,000 attendees. The Baja Center will host all sorts of events, from concerts, sports events to corporate events supporting the […]
Investments in Mexico automotive industry
By Adina Moloman Sources: Reuters, Audi Media Services, www.kpmg.com In the last 20 years, the Mexico Maquiladora Industry has received high amounts of investment and in particular in its automotive sector. The Mexican automotive sector can be considered nowadays a consolidated sector with the presence of important transnational corporations also called OEM’s such as: Volkswagen, […]
La Rumorosa II wind plant 2013
By Adina Moloman Sources: www.thewindpower.net, www.wilsoncenter.org There is a huge potential in renewable energy projects in the U.S.-Mexico border region. In the last 5 years an important growth is evident in the wind sector in Baja California attributed to various reasons: the high quality of the resource in the region, the interest of the private sector […]
Mexico a good choice for nearshoring
By Adina Moloman Source: www.alixpartners.com Recently, AlixPartners, a global business advisory firm, released a study over the opportunities and costs for multinationals, benefits of bringing back from China to the US and Mexico some of their production destined for the American market. The study is based on manufacturing costs analysis to move factories from Asia […]