Promoting Silicon Valleys in Latin America : Lessons from Costa Rica.

The spectacular economic performance of China, East Asia and India during the last ten years has ignited some profound changes in the world economy. The share of global demand, investments, trade and production of the traditional industrialized powers, the US, Europe and Japan, has gradually yet con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ciravegna, Luciano
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Temas:
High technology industries > Latin America.
Information technology > Latin America.
Industrial clusters > Latin America.
Industrial promotion > Latin America.
Industries de pointe > Amérique latine.
Technologie de l'information > Amérique latine.
Grappes industrielles > Amérique latine.
Promotion industrielle > Amérique latine.
High technology industries
Industrial clusters
Industrial promotion
Information technology
Latin America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 sector8. Local companies' networks with firms located abroad: building transnational social ties; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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