Promoting Silicon Valleys in Latin America: Lessons from Costa Rica

ISBN-13: 9780415685740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 176 str.

Luciano Ciravegna

Opis

This text 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.

Spis treści

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. Financial 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

O autorze

Luciano Ciravegna is Lecturer in Strategy and International Business, Royal Holloway School of Management, University of London, Visiting Professor, INCAE Business School, Costa Rica and Visiting Fellow, The London School of Economics