Entrepreneurship in Costa Rica: stagnation in the transition to innovation

Authors

  • Manuel Chaves Núñez Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica., Costa Rica
  • Raúl Fonseca Hernández Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica., Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/eys.20-48.5

Keywords:

Entrepreneurship, Eficiency, Innovation, Competitiveness

Abstract

Costa Rica is stuck in a transition phase between an efficiency-based economy and an innovation-based economy and is not promoting the necessary entrepreneurial conditions that would lead to the required transformation.  Meanwhile, other countries in the region are in a better position to encourage entrepreneurship. In this situation, it is important to ask which are the conditions regarding entrepreneurship in Costa Rica that could improve the transition to an innovation-based economy.

To improve this situation, the country must develop an inter-institutional support program that attracts direct foreign investment and linkages between businesses, improve human capital, provide training, incubation and funding, and have better articulation of public policy.

Author Biographies

Manuel Chaves Núñez, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.

Máster en Economía del Desarrollo. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.

Raúl Fonseca Hernández, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.

Máster en Economía del Desarrollo, Académico Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales.

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Published

12/16/2015

How to Cite

Entrepreneurship in Costa Rica: stagnation in the transition to innovation. (2015). Economía Y Sociedad, 20(48), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.15359/eys.20-48.5

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Entrepreneurship in Costa Rica: stagnation in the transition to innovation. (2015). Economía Y Sociedad, 20(48), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.15359/eys.20-48.5

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