Distritos industriales turísticos en Costa Rica: estudio de caso de La Fortuna y Monteverde en el periodo 1980-2010
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Vargas Montoya, Luis Alfredo
Sandoval Alvarado, Catalina
Piedra Durán, Luis Carlos
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Universidad de Costa Rica
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Este estudio analiza los factores que contribuyeron al desarrollo de los distritos industriales turísticos en La Fortuna y Monteverde en el periodo 1980-2010. El análisis parte de la teoría de distritos industriales, que se sustenta en un fenómeno de aglomeración de pequeñas y/o medianas empresas, en una determinada región y en torno a una actividad económica; donde la región se caracteriza por albergar una comunidad y no ser solo un centro de trabajo. Se evaluaron cinco factores propuestos por la literatura: concentración del empleo, aglomeración empresarial, factor institucional, factor cooperación y factor comunidad, mediante la adaptación y aproximación de las metodologías existentes. Se verificó la presencia de los cinco factores y se determinó la existencia de un distrito industrial turístico en La Fortuna y Monteverde, sin embargo, no se logró identificar individualmente cuáles de ellos favorecieron o desfavorecieron su formación ni en qué medida.
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.
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.
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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