Based-off the regional development theory developed from knowledge and innovation, Huggins & Thompson [1] have proposed the concept of Network Capital, which aims to explain the importance of knowledge flow, knowledge absorptive capacity and investments on associations between firms and Universities or Scientific Centers or other firms in order to increase regional development. This paper used empirical data from Mexico for the period 2012–2016 to propose an alternative to the calculation of Network Capital at State level as an alternative to the Huggins and Thompson proposal. The data used cover all the 32 Mexican States about innovation activities. On this paper is shown the deep differences between Mexican States about the knowledge qualities, the absorptive capacity of knowledge and the investments on strategic associations, it that might be typical at non-innovation Nations. Although the proposal on this paper cannot be directly compared to that of Huggins and Thompson, both shows evidence that, the greater network capital, the greater the potential development based on knowledge.

基于从知识和创新发展而来的区域发展理论，Huggins＆Thompson [1]提出了网络资本的概念，其目的是解释知识流动，知识吸收能力和投资对企业与大学或科研机构之间的关联的重要性。中心或其他公司以增加区域发展。本文利用墨西哥2012-2016年的经验数据，提出了一种替代州级网络资本计算的方案，以替代Huggins和Thompson的方案。所使用的数据涵盖了墨西哥所有32个有关创新活动的国家。本文显示了墨西哥国家之间在知识质量，知识的吸收能力以及对战略协会的投资方面的深刻分歧，这在非创新型国家中可能是典型的。尽管本文的提议不能与Huggins和Thompson的提议直接进行比较，但两者都表明，网络资本越大，基于知识的潜在发展就越大。