Linkages in the New ICT Clusters of Latin America
Evidence from Costa Rica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3532202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luciano Ciravegna (0000-0002-1987-8054, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 553-580 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x12000417 |
| OpenAlex | W2172163740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 54 |
This paper studies the obstacles that hinder the formation of linkages among local firms, multinational corporations and universities in the Costa Rican information and communication technologies cluster. It examines both the social and the economic reasons for forming or participating in linkages, ranging from the capabilities of potential partners to compliance with customs. The research is based on qualitative information collected over four years through more than 150 direct and detailed interviews with different stakeholders in the cluster. Costa Rica is often used as a positive benchmark of cluster policy in Latin America, but it is argued here that linkages among firms in the sector have developed much more slowly than anticipated
Business · Cluster (spacecraft) · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Information and Communications Technology · Latin Americans · Multinational corporation · Political science · Qualitative research · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Family Business Performance and Succession · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
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Multinational enterprises and the global economy
Case Study Research
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Collective efficiency
Agglomeration Advantages and Capability Building in Industrial Clusters
Technology spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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Beyond Late Development
The Sources and Consequences of Embeddedness for the Economic Performance of Organizations
The governance of global value chains
Foreign Direct Investment and its Role in Economic Development
Technological capabilities and industrialization
Upgrading in Global Value Chains
Industrial Clusters, Knowledge Integration and Performance
Technological Capabilities and Global–Local Interactions
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Missing Links
Competing for Foreign Direct investment
Dominance and change in the global computer industry
Trust and Political Economy
Multinational Corporations and Patterns of Local Knowledge Transfer in Costa Rican High-Tech Industries
Institutions
Shifting Ties
Network Forms of Organization
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |