Institutional Innovation and crossborder governance in the U.S.-Mexico Border

This article analyzes institutional innovation based on four dimensions such as knowledge, bureaucracy, organization, and technology. The article uses a comparative analysis using three crossborder governance models such as territoriality, open borders and mobile; also multiple dimensions of innovation that take place in the U.S.-Mexico border. The comparative analysis is complemented by a content analysis. The article makes a couple of contributions to the current literature: One, innovation is analyzed critically and highlights that it does not always produce positive outcomes; there are questionable ethical issues as well. Second, the article points out that a sole crossboder governance model is no possible because the public agenda is very diverse and complex, so there are topics more conducive to and other not so much.