The challenge: to catalyze the regional knowledge, talent, and technological resources in order to generate high value-added economic activities.Guanajuato is a state in the central region of Mexico with a solid research infrastructure and a dynamic economy based in both a large agro-industrial production and manufacturing activities primarily in the auto, machine and equipment, processed foods, and leather industries. Researchers working in the various universities and research centers in the state conduct research that often is at the forefront of the knowledge frontier worldwide. However, until very recently the links between academy and industry were infrequent and the knowledge and technologies developed in the various research centers were rarely translated into income, employment, or in the creation of new companies for the region. Furthermore, as in many other Latin regions, Guanajuato was facing the great challenge of transforming its productive infrastructure in order to participate more actively in the knowledge economy and to develop high value-added economic activities.
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