Professional capabilities to promote a more inclusive territorial development in Costa Rica: analysis of spatial clusters

 

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Författarna: Durán-Monge, Esteban, Santos, María
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2020
Beskrivning:The study applies geospatial analysis techniques for identifying locations that concentrate key professional capabilities to support a productive transformation towards sectors of greater technological sophistication in a developing country like Costa Rica. Five clusters are identified in the Greater Metropolitan Area, which brings together 76.8% of the professionals trained in scientific-technological areas more related to the productive sectors. Outside the central region, five clusters with more modest capacities were identified. A second analysis focused on talent with digital technologies skills reproduces the previous result with few variations. This distribution pattern hinders a more generalized change in the productive matrix, both due to its high geographic concentration in the center of the country, and the academic profile with the lowest level of qualification. That profile restricts opportunities for a more disruptive technological change required to shift production towards higher value productive activities.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Språk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/43571
Länkar:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/economicas/article/view/43571
Access Level:acceso abierto
Nyckelord:SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN CAPITAL
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT
SCIENCES AND ICT BASED ECONOMIES
CIENCIA Y DESARROLLO
CAPITAL HUMANO
DESARROLLO REGIONAL
DESARROLLO CIENTÍFICO
ECONOMÍAS BASADAS EN CIENCIAS Y TIC