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Innovation, R&D and Productivity in the Costa Rican ICT Sector: A Case Study [PDF]

This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the relative ...
John Hewitt, Ricardo Monges-Gonzalez
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Contesting Regulatory Capacity: Exploring Doctrines in the Regulatory State

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The contemporary literature on regulation and development has emphasised the importance of low discretion devices for achieving desired policy objectives. At the same time, there has been a growing recognition that state capacity in general, and regulatory capacity more specifically, are essential for achieving development goals in a world of ...
Bruno Queiroz Cunha, Martin Lodge
wiley   +1 more source

Aprendizaje Organizacional en aduanas durante crísis sanitarias: El caso del servicio nacional de aduanas de Costa Rica frente al COVID 19

Gobierno y Administración Pública
Este artículo examina los aprendizajes organizacionales y el rol de la discrecionalidad administrativa en el Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Costa Rica durante la pandemia por COVID-19, una situación crítica que desafió la capacidad adaptativa del sector
Laura Sariego-Kluge, María Luisa Ramirez, Madelyn Chavarría Muñoz, Olivier Traña Duarte   +3 more
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Face to Face in Costa Rica [PDF]

, 2010
While still in the midst of their study abroad experiences, students at Linfield College write reflective essays. Their essays address issues of cultural similarity and difference, compare lifestyles, mores, norms, and habits between their host countries
Weller, Felicia
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Demystifying Non‐Western Administrative Traditions: An Empirical Comparison of Administrative Systems in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
wiley   +1 more source

Single Mothers and Poverty in Costa Rica [PDF]

Despite increasing average real family incomes in Costa Rica in the late 1990s and early 2000s, poverty rates did not fall. In this paper, we argue that during this period economic growth in Costa Rica did not translate into reduced poverty because of ...
Gindling, T. H., Oviedo, Luis
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How social norms are integrated in natural resource co‐management

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Social norms are increasingly recognized as central elements in fostering cooperation and compliance in natural resource co‐management, especially where communities and governments share authority. Yet, their conceptualization and application across disciplines remain fragmented.
Caetano L. B. Franco, Michael G. Sorice, Liliana S. Castillo, Eranga K. Galappaththi   +3 more
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Trade reform and comparative advantage: expectations for Costa Rica's agricultural development [PDF]

Costa Rica;trade liberalization;agricultural ...
Sánchez Cantillo, M.V.
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Additions to the Bryophyte Flora of the Neotropics [PDF]

, 2004
New and remarkable records of bryophytes from Venezuela, Brazil, Costa Rica and Ecuador are reported. Diphyscium chiapense and Hedwigia ciliata var. leucophaea are new to South America.
Lüth, Michael, Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons
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Metallurgy In Costa-Rica [PDF]

, 1979
Anthropolog
Accola, Richard M., Lange, Frederick W.
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