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- WORKING PAPER 99 | AI Startups Value Creation Blue Paper
Currently, the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry is at a historic turning point: annual investment has exceeded $400 billion and is projected to cross the $4 trillion mark within the next five years. Based on in-depth tracking and full-sample analysis of nearly 6,000 AI startups worldwide, OxValue.ai and the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese… Read more: WORKING PAPER 99 | AI Startups Value Creation Blue Paper - WORKING PAPER 98 | The Jaguar after the Tigers?
Mexico stands at a pivotal moment in its economic development. Decades of integration into global value chains have yielded a sizeable manufacturing base and important productive capabilities across automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical devices, and advanced agroindustry. Yet this productive breadth has not translated into sustained productivity gains, endogenous innovation, or broader processes of capability building.… Read more: WORKING PAPER 98 | The Jaguar after the Tigers? - WORKING PAPER 97 | Attracting Quality FDI in Mexico
The governance framework is misaligned with the development challenge. Mexico’s FDI architecture — open, decentralised, and market-reliant — was calibrated for attracting investment volumes, not shaping investment quality. The dissolution of Proméxico in 2019 removed the only institution with a dedicated promotion mandate, and Plan México, whilst the most ambitious industrial strategy in a generation,… Read more: WORKING PAPER 97 | Attracting Quality FDI in Mexico - WORKING PAPER 96 | The Regional Coordination of Industrial Policy
At a time when late-industrialisation opportunities are compressed, how can industrial policy be reconceived at the regional – rather than national- level? For developing nations that lack the domestic market scale to deploy demand-led industrial policy, unilateral strategies risk costly duplication, and a race to the bottom on social and environmental standards. Drawing on global… Read more: WORKING PAPER 96 | The Regional Coordination of Industrial Policy - WORKING PAPER 95 | Seizing Green Windows of Opportunity: Evidence from Cleantech Startup Value Creation
As part of the global transition toward net zero, cleantech startups have emerged as crucial enablers of decarbonisation, resource efficiency, and circular innovation. However, accurately assessing their value remains challenging due to long R&D cycles, capital intensity, technological complexity, and policy dependence. Drawing on comparative valuation data and applying OxValue.AI’s valuation framework, grounded in the Utility Theory of Technology… Read more: WORKING PAPER 95 | Seizing Green Windows of Opportunity: Evidence from Cleantech Startup Value Creation - Nature’s Intelligence Ideathon
Overview The Nature’s Intelligence Ideathon is an international innovation challenge jointly organised by the University of Oxford’s Technology and Industrialisation for Development Centre (TIDE Centre) and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF). The Ideathon forms part of the launch activities of the Nature’s Intelligence Studio (NIS) at COP30 (Belém, November 2025).… Read more: Nature’s Intelligence Ideathon