Crossborder Innovation and Competitiveness Initiative
(All of our research from this initiative will be available in the final report to be released on the day of our 20th Forum Fronterizo Event.)

• Borderless Innovation: Catalyzing the Comopetitiveness of the San Diego-Baja California Region



• Factsheet on Foreign Direct Investment - Baja California [PDF 322.1KB]
  
  
• Biomedical Device Manufacturing Factsheet [PDF 176KB] – Roundtable, August 10, 2004
  
  
• Semiconductor Manufacturing Proposal for Mexicali Factsheet [PDF 181.7KB] – Focus Group, October 7, 2004
  
  
• Developing a Crossborder Private Investor Network Factsheet – Focus Group, October 18, 2004
  
  
• Software Industry Human Capital and Physical Infrastructure Development Factsheet – Roundtable, October 25, 2004
  
  
• Software Industry Crossborder Business-to-Business Linkages Factsheet [PDF 124KB] – Roundtable, October 29, 2004
  
  
• Crossborder Pharmaceutical Innovation and Clinical Trials Factsheet – Roundtable, December 6, 2004
  
  
• Aquaculture and Marine-based Biotechnology Factsheet – Roundtable, February 4, 2005
  
  

Crossborder Economic Development

• Are Tijuana's and Mexicali's Maquiladora Plants Competitive? [PDF] - July 2002



• The Global Engagement of San Diego / Baja California (14.8 MB) [PDF] - Nov. 2000



• Sharing the Benefits of Global Trade: Visions for the San Diego/Baja California region [PDF] - Sep. 2000



• The Linkages Between San Diego/Tijuana and Its Neighbors to the North [PDF] - June 2000



• San Diego/Tijuana Manufacturing in the Information Age [PDF] with charts/tables [PDF] - May 2000
  • executive summary [PDF]


• The Challenge of Developing the Cross-Border Region's Trade Infrastructure [PDF] - May 2000
  • executive summary [PDF]


Regional Success Stories: Global Engagement Strategies for the San Diego/Tijuana Region [PDF] - April 2000
• executive summary [PDF]


• Economic Crisis in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for San Diego/Tijuana [PDF] - June 1998



• Regional Links to Asia: What Does the Relationship Mean to San Diego/Tijuana? [PDF] - June 1998



• The Changing Cross-Border Economy A Working Paper Series:



• Compensation, Inflation and Purchasing Power in the Mexican Maquiladora Industry Since the Devaluation of 1994 [PDF] - July 1999



• Whither the Maquiladora? - A Look at Growth Perspectives for the Industry After 2001 [PDF] - April 1999


• The Employment Dynamics of Regional Economies on the U.S./Mexico Border [PDF] - April 1998
  • executive summary [PDF]

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