Promoting Silicon Valleys in Latin America:lessons from Costa Rica
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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Regions and cities ; 52 |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 156 p.: ill., map ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780415685740 (hbk.) 0415685745 (hbk.) 9780203127285 (ebk.) 0203127285 (ebk.) |
Index Number: | F473 |
CLC: | F473.04 |
Call Number: | F473.04/C578 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-154) and index. Introduction: searching for sustainable development models in Latin America -- Theoretical background -- Building ICT clusters in Latin America: the Costa Rican experience -- From foreign direct investment to multinational corporations' networks with local firms -- Financial networks: investors networks in the Costa Rican cluster -- Networks of Costa Rican ICT producers: local rivalries in a small market -- Innovation networks: linking academia and the private sector -- Local companies' networks with firms located abroad: building transnational social ties -- Conclusion. |