DISTRITOS INDUSTRIALES TURÍSTICOS EN COSTA RICA: ESTUDIO DE CASO DE LA FORTUNA Y MONTEVERDE EN EL PERIODO 1980-2010

Luis Vargas Montoya, Catalina Sandoval Alvarado and Luis Vargas Montoya
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Revista de Ciencias Económicas, 2013, vol. 31, issue 1

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: 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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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