Format:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415685740
,
9780203127285
Content:
This book discusses the promotion of ICT clusters in Latin America by analyzing the development of the Costa Rican cluster in particular, an often celebrated case of successful policy in the region. Costa Rica, a small country traditionally known for its coffee and wildlife, managed to build an information technology cluster within ten years, becoming the leading producer of ICT per capita in Latin America. Studying the Costa Rican case provides a solid starting point for understanding the challenges of building ICT clusters in Latin America
Note:
Cover -- Promoting Silicon Valleys in Latin America -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: searching for sustainable development models in Latin America -- 2. Theoretical background -- 3. Building ICT clusters in Latin America: the Costa Rican experience -- 4. From foreign direct investment to multinational corporations' networks with local firms -- 5. Financing networks: investors networks in the Costa Rican cluster -- 6. Networks of Costa Rican ICT producers: local rivalries in a small market -- 7. Innovation networks: linking academia and the private sector -- 8. Local companies' networks with firms located abroad: building transnational social ties -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Ciravegna, Luciano Promoting Silicon Valleys in Latin America Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415685740
Language:
English
Keywords:
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