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29-503: ITAM may refer to: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México , a private research university located in Mexico City, Mexico IT asset management Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ITAM . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

58-528: A Ph.D. program. This division is in charge of: The ITAM, through this department, offers an education in modern economics, with a considerable emphasis on analytic techniques and economic models, in line with the subjects being taught in economics departments around the world. The Department of Economics has been especially influential. It is a major feeder for Latin American candidates into top international graduate programs, and has played an important role in

87-408: A journal by the name of Estudios which contains mostly essays by Mexican philosophers and historians. This division is in charge of: The institute is proud of teaching humanities and philosophical courses inside every major, this with the objective of developing a higher sense of ethics even with majors like economics and business management. All the programs at ITAM are officially accredited by

116-590: A large border port and receives aid from other countries in exchange for peace and restrictions in their nuclear programme. Another example would be oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates , which see no need to further open up their economies to foreign capital and investments since their oil reserves already provide them with huge export earnings. Economic liberalization applies to domestic deregulation and trade liberalization such as free trade . Liberalization offers

145-788: A new building built specially for the institute at the corner of Marina Nacional street and Lago Zirahuen street in the Colonia Anáhuac. Finally, in 1978, ITAM moved to its current campus in 1 Río Hondo, in San Ángel . In 1991 the smaller graduate school campus, in 939 Camino Santa Teresa, was opened. During its 60 years ITAM has had eight rectors : Today the institute has 38 academic programs dependent on and organized in 5 academic divisions, subdivided in 14 academic departments (equivalent to Schools). The academic programs include Licenciaturas and Ingenierias (equivalent to B.A. , B.Sc. and LL.B. ), as well as Masters ( M.A. , MBA and M.Sc. ) and

174-788: A positive as well as negative development. For example, it can lead to better services for domestic consumers, improve the performance and competitiveness of domestic service providers, as well as simply attract FDI /foreign capital into the country. In fact, some research suggest a 50% cut in service trade barriers over a five- to ten-year period would create global gains in economic welfare of around $ 250 billion per annum. Preferential trading areas can increase democratization when trading between with other democracies. Trade liberalisation carries substantial risks that necessitate careful economic management through appropriate regulation by governments. Some argue foreign providers crowd out domestic providers and instead of leading to investment and

203-420: Is associated with classical liberalism and neoliberalism . Liberalization in short is "the removal of controls" to encourage economic development . Many countries have pursued and followed the path of economic liberalization in the 1980s, 1990s and in the 21st century, with the stated goal of maintaining or increasing their competitiveness as business environments. Liberalization policies may or often include

232-740: Is in charge of: The Department of International Studies is one of the main research centers of diplomatic studies in Mexico and Latin America. It also coordinates the Institute of European Integration Studies (IEIE) and the Inter-American Studies Center (CEPI). Also, ITAM publishes the Latin American edition of Foreign Affairs , the American journal of international relations, and has the highest rank of admission to

261-485: Is not a free market at all, but instead a privatized market (IE, markets can be 'bought'). Other potential risks resulting from liberalisation, include: However, researchers at thinks tanks such as the Overseas Development Institute argue the risks are outweighed by the benefits and that what is needed is careful regulation. For instance, there is a risk that private providers will 'skim off'

290-508: Is to ensure that our countries can rise to this challenge." In developing countries, economic liberalization refers more to liberalization or further "opening up" of their respective economies to foreign capital and investments. Three of the fastest growing developing economies today; Brazil, China, and India, have achieved rapid economic growth in the past several years or decades, in part, from having liberalized their economies to foreign capital. Many countries nowadays, particularly those in

319-1312: The Illinois Institute of Technology in the ITAM/IIT Master in Information Technologies and Management; the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona in the ITAM/UAB Master in European Integration ; the Florida International University in the ITAM/FIU Master in Accountancy. Some of the Honoris Causa degrees awarded by the ITAM include: As a research university, ITAM has several centers dedicated to economics, law, political science, foreign affairs and business. Some include: Mexican Presidents Mexican Secretaries of Finance Other Secretaries in

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348-957: The Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) . In 2005 ITAM Business School became the first in Mexico to hold simultaneous accreditation of its programs by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) of the United States, the Association of MBAs of the United Kingdom and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) . Since 2009 the Computer Science and Industrial Engineering B.S. degrees have been accredited by ABET . ITAM has 239 professors and researchers, 85 percent of whom are full-time professors. 90 percent of

377-541: The economic liberalization process that the Mexican Government started in the mid 1980s; in the last 20 years most of Mexico's Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of Finance have been either ITAM professors or alumni. The department is ranked as the best Economics school in Mexico, depending on the survey, and one of the Top 75 Economics departments globally. The Department of Political Science has been considered

406-570: The Mexican Foreign Service (SEM). Despite being known as a technocratic education center, ITAM has maintained a large group of faculty devoted to the study of Philosophy, History, Religion and Society in its Department of General Studies. This department provides the bulk of the teaching for the core courses at ITAM: History, Ideas and Socio-Political Institutions, and Problems of the Current Society. This department edits

435-486: The Mexican Government Government (others) Politicians Business persons Academics Others Some famous faculty members include: Economic liberalization Economic liberalization , or economic liberalisation , is the lessening of government regulations and restrictions in an economy in exchange for greater participation by private entities. In politics, the doctrine

464-423: The best universities in the United States and Europe and others are employed in the federal and local governments and political parties . The division is in charge of: The division is in charge of: The Department of Mathematics at ITAM consists of full-time researchers with graduate degrees who follow active research lines and publish in internationally renowned journals. The department has also participated in

493-410: The economically restrictive provisions of their 1987 constitution . By this measure, an opposite of a liberalized economy are economies such as North Korea's economy with their "self-sufficient" economic system that is closed to foreign trade and investment (see autarky ). However, North Korea is not completely separate from the global economy, since it actively trades with China, through Dandong ,

522-869: The faculty have a graduate degree and 68 percent have a PhD. Furthermore, 20 percent of the professors are part of Sistema Nacional de Investigadores . ITAM is currently collaborating with SciencesPo in the ITAM/SciencePo Bachelor in International Relations dual program; the Tulane University in the ITAM/Tulane Executive MBA Program and the ITAM/Tulane Global Master in Business Administration;

551-565: The global mathematics community by hosting several international applied mathematics conferences over the years. Its main strengths lie in numerical analysis, financial mathematics, stochastic processes , real analysis and dynamic systems applied to the social sciences. Both BSc programs it maintains have been hugely successful in providing high level technical skills to its students, which often obtain graduate degrees abroad in Math, Finance, Economics, Statistics and Operations Research. This division

580-475: The last decade the academic offer was increased by the establishment of business engineering (2004), financial management and mechatronics (2010). During its first four years the ITAM was originally located in a house in Mexico City's centro in 518 La Palma street. In 1950 the institute moved to 65 Serapio Rendón street in the Colonia San Rafael. During the late 1950s it moved once more to

609-614: The leading faculty in the field since the mid 1980s. With the formal change of the major in 1991, the program was adapted to modern American political science, and thus incorporated important tools like mathematics, economics and statistics. The program has since been a tremendous success, becoming a leading school in the subject. This is largely due to the number of students and full-time faculty with PhDs from other leading universities such as Harvard , Stanford , Columbia , Duke , Chicago , Michigan , Princeton , UCLA , UCSD , and Yale . Many of its undergraduate students are recruited in

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667-515: The most profitable clients and cease to serve certain unprofitable groups of consumers or geographical areas. Yet such concerns could be addressed through regulation and by a universal service obligations in contracts, or in the licensing, to prevent such a situation from occurring. Of course, this bears the risk that this barrier to entry will dissuade international competitors from entering the market. Examples of such an approach include South Africa's Financial Sector Charter or Indian nurses who promoted

696-691: The opportunity for the service sector to compete internationally, contributing to GDP growth and generating foreign exchange. As such, service exports are an important part of many developing countries' growth strategies. India's IT services have become globally competitive as many companies have outsourced certain administrative functions to countries where costs (esp. wages) are lower. Furthermore, if service providers in some developing economies are not competitive enough to succeed on world markets, overseas companies will be attracted to invest, bringing with them international "best practices" and better skills and technologies. The entry of foreign service providers can be

725-471: The partial or complete privatization of government institutions and state-owned assets , greater labour market flexibility , lower tax rates for businesses, less restrictions on both domestic and foreign capital, open markets , etc. In support of liberalization, former British prime minister Tony Blair wrote: "Success will go to those companies and countries which are swift to adapt, slow to complain, open and willing to change. The task of modern governments

754-599: The third world, arguably were given no choice but to "liberalize" their economies to remain competitive in attracting and retaining both their domestic and foreign investments. This is referred to as the TINA factor, standing for " there is no alternative ". For example, in China after Cultural Revolution , reforms were introduced,. Similarly, in the Philippines , the contentious proposals for Charter Change include amending

783-401: The transfer of skills, it allows foreign providers and shareholders "to capture the profits for themselves, taking the money out of the country". Thus, it is often argued that protection is needed to allow domestic companies the chance to develop before they are exposed to international competition. This is also supported by the anthropologist Trouillot who argues that the current market system

812-481: Was not recognized officially by the government until 1985. During the 1970s new programs were added including applied mathematics (1974), social science (1975) and a Master of Business Administration (1974). In the 1980s and '90s the additions were: law (1980), actuarial science (1982), computer science (1983), political science (1991, instead of social science), international relations (1992), telematics (1993) and industrial engineering (1997). During

841-473: Was originally an Economics School and one year later it opened its undergraduate business school. Due to the opening of the Accounting School, the institute grew from 52 students in 1947 to 500 in 1951. In 1963, by government decree, the ITAM was recognized as a “Free University School” and the school added the word "autonomous" to its name. However the inclusion of the word autonomous in its name

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