The Formation of Human Capital and Its Relationship With the Knowledge Society in Mexico

María Rocío Soto-Flores, Ingrid Y. Zu?iga, Susana A. Rom?n

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Abstract

The processes of economic globalization and accelerating technological change have led to changes in economic and social life at a global level. New technologies, such as the TICs, systems of artificial intelligence, scanning, connectivity, nanotechnology, and biotechnology, among others, have transformed the national productive structures and human capital that require technologies disruptive today. In this context, education has become the main element of the knowledge society and training of human capital that demands a knowledge-based economy. The objective of the chapter is to analyze the relationship between human capital formations in the construction of a society of knowledge in Mexico. The structure is organized in three sections: 1) an analysis of the knowledge society, 2) the formation of human capital and the institutions of higher education in the knowledge society, and 3) human capital formation and its relationship in the construction of a society of knowledge in Mexico.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationThe Formation of Intellectual Capital and Its Ability to Transform Higher Education Institutions and the Knowledge Society
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StatePublished - 28 Jun 2019

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