Tourism industrial districts in Costa Rica: a case study of La Fortuna and Monteverde, 1980–2010
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| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2013 |
| Descripció: | The study analyzed the factors that contributed to the development of touristic industrial districts in La Fortuna and Monteverde for the period 1980-2010.The theory of industrial districts is based in a phenomenon of agglomeration of small and medium sized enterprises, in a given region and around an economic activity; where the region is characterized by hosting a community and not just a workplace. Five factors proposed by the literature were evaluated: employment concentration, business agglomeration, institutional factor, cooperation factor and community; adapted to the existing methodologies in light of the available data. The research verified the presence of the five factors and determined the existence of a touristic industrial district in La Fortuna and Monteverde, but it was not possible to identified the individual contribution of each factor to their formation. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/6221 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reconomicas/article/view/6221 |
| Paraula clau: | Regional development Industrial district Tourism Employment concentration Business agglomeration Cooperation Community Institutions Desarrollo regional Distrito industrial Turismo Concentración del empleo Aglomeración empresarial Cooperación Comunidad Instituciones |