Promoting Silicon Valleys in Latin America
By: Luciano Ciravegna
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780415685740; 9780203127285
Subjects: Industrial clusters; High technology industries; Information technology; Industrial promotion
Table of contents: title: Introduction: searching for sustainable development models in Latin America; title: Theoretical background; title: Building ICT clusters in Latin America: the Costa Rican experience; title: From foreign direct investment to multinational corporations' networks with local firms; title: Financial networks: investors networks in the Costa Rican cluster; title: Networks of Costa Rican ICT producers: local rivalries in a small market; title: Innovation networks: linking academia and the private sector; title: Local companies' networks with firms located abroad: building transnational social ties; title: Conclusion.