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⇒ SURVEY of Community Leaders BINATIONAL DATA During 2001-2002, a questionnaire on the importance of technology-based regional economic development was mailed to 4,500 potential respondents in Cameron County (See Appendices A and B). The same survey was also administered in Spanish during face-to-face interviews with 100 Matamoros respondents. 1 While this is not a scientific survey and response rates are very low, useful insights on regional and binational economic development are gained by comparing respondents’ answers from cross-border areas of Cameron County and Matamoros. [For an additional point of comparison this section also provides footnotes that contain the responses of Hidalgo County community leaders to the same survey questions.] 2 Table 3. 1. Respondents’ Professional Profiles CAMERON COUNTY Respondents # % President/V Pres/Director 50 27% Prof’l Service Provider 38 21% C.E.O./ Gen Manager 26 14% Business Owner 23 12% Teacher /Professor 17 10% Administrator 13 7% Other 16 9% TOTAL 183 MATAMOROS Respondents President/ V Pres/Director C.E.O./Gen Manager HR Manager Stockholder Other TOTAL SECTION 3 # 55 7 8 2 9 81 % 68% 9% 10% 2% 11% Source: UTB-CBIRD 2002 Of the 183 useable surveys from Cameron County’s community leaders, 27% of the respondents are company presidents, vice-presidents or directors; over 50% are from the business sector and over 30% represent professional services and 1 The results of the UTB/TSC Cameron County survey need to be qualified as the response rate was just over 4%; however, the same survey was also administered by UT-Pan Am in Hidalgo County with a similar response rate. Indeed, very low survey response rates are common for the frequently surveyed border population (LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT-Austin). Furthermore, out of necessity, a different methodology – face-to-face-interviews --- was used to collect the survey data from Matamoros residents. Cameron County’s respondents’ sample came from member lists of the county’s chambers of commerce, economic development corporations, a business telephone book, and a list of community leaders. Out of 245 returned surveys, 183 usable responses were received. A list of 350 Matamoros community leaders from the private sector, including Maquiladoras, was created by ten long-term Matamoros residents. From this list a random sample of 100 was selected to be interviewed. Out of 100 interviews there were 81 useable surveys. Please refer to Appendix A for a copy of the survey. 2 In early 2001 four Border Universities: The University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College (UTB/TSC), The University of Texas-Pan American, The University of Texas-El Paso and Texas A&M International in Laredo, formed a Border Development Alliance to facilitate cooperation and research on border issues. One aspect of this partnership was a HUD funded research effort that included the design and administration of the “Border Development Alliance 2001 Survey” on regional economic development. UTB/TSC CBIRD (Cross Border Institute for Regional Development) translated, adapted, and pre-tested this survey for use in Cameron County and Matamoros, Mexico. We include only brief summaries of the Hidalgo County survey that was also administered in 2001 to a random sample of 3,000 community business leaders who returned 118 completed surveys for a response rate of about 4%. For a more complete review of these results please refer to Assets and Challenges for Accelerated Technology-Based Growth in Hidalgo County: Knowledge-Based Benchmarking, by G. Brazier and D. Gibson, a CBIRD Core Program, UT-Pan American, 2001. [www.cbird.org]
UTB-CBIRD Report: “At the Crossroads” Survey 20 educational sectors, Table 3.1. Eighty-five percent of the respondents have lived more than five years in Cameron County and 60% of the businesses represented have been operating more than 15 years in the region. Fifty-five percent of the respondent’s businesses are non-minority owned, 26% are Hispanic owned, and other minorities own 10% of the businesses included in the survey. Of the 81 useable surveys from Matamoros 68% are company presidents, vice-presidents, or directors and 19% are C.E.O.s or managers. Ninety-three percent of the respondents have lived more than five years in Matamoros. The questionnaire focuses on four main issues concerning job creation, economic development, and wealth creation in Cameron County and Matamoros in the next five-to-ten years as follows: ⇒ The importance of regional industries: established and emerging ⇒ The importance and effectiveness of regional economic development factors ⇒ The importance and effectiveness of regional economic development strategies ⇒ Open ended questions for written responses on key accelerators or inhibitors to regional economic development Una Region -- Un Futuro
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Duca, John V. and Mine K. Yucel.
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