Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.

Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.

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The purpose of this paper was to identify and to characterize high growth firms –gazelles- in Costa Rica. The identification was achieved by the following measures: employment, sales, production and productivity. The characterization was carried out by its size and geographical location. The information emanated from the Central Bank of Costa Rica national accounts for the period 2005-2012. The most outstanding result was to verify by means of empirical evidence that, according to the variable used, the results change. In particular, production and productivity were the most relevant variables in order to characterize this type of firm. Likewise, it was found that the majority of gazelles were large companies and there was no concentration by geographical location. The article closes with public policy recommendations

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Main Authors: Monge González, Ricardo, Leiva, Juan Carlos, Torres Carballo, Federico, Alfaro Ureña, Alonso, Morales Sandoval, Cristina, Solano Gómez, Ángela
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Published: Escuela de Administración de Empresas. TEC 2017
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spelling oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article33632019-12-09T17:27:43Z Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization. Empresas Gacela en Costa Rica: Un estudio exploratorio de identificación y caracterización Monge González, Ricardo Leiva, Juan Carlos Torres Carballo, Federico Alfaro Ureña, Alonso Morales Sandoval, Cristina Solano Gómez, Ángela Empresas gacelas empresas de crecimiento acelerado productividad producción desempeño empresarial gazelles firms production high growth firms productivity business performance The purpose of this paper was to identify and to characterize high growth firms –gazelles- in Costa Rica. The identification was achieved by the following measures: employment, sales, production and productivity. The characterization was carried out by its size and geographical location. The information emanated from the Central Bank of Costa Rica national accounts for the period 2005-2012. The most outstanding result was to verify by means of empirical evidence that, according to the variable used, the results change. In particular, production and productivity were the most relevant variables in order to characterize this type of firm. Likewise, it was found that the majority of gazelles were large companies and there was no concentration by geographical location. The article closes with public policy recommendations El objetivo del trabajo fue identificar y caracterizar a las empresas de crecimiento acelerado, gacelas, en Costa Rica. Para identificarlas se aplicaron los siguientes criterios de crecimiento: empleo, ventas, producción y productividad. La caracterización se efectuó por su tamaño y ubicación geográfica. La información para el análisis provino de la base de datos de las cuentas nacionales del Banco Central de Costa Rica para el período 2005-2012. El resultado más sobresaliente fue comprobar mediante evidencia empírica que, de acuerdo con la variable que se utilice cambia el resultado de las empresas gacela. En concreto, la producción y productividad fueron las variables más relevantes para caracterizar este tipo de empresas. Asimismo, se halló que la mayoría de gacelas fueron empresas grandes y no hubo alguna concentración relevante a partir de su ubicación geográfica. El artículo cierra con recomendaciones de política pública. Escuela de Administración de Empresas. TEC 2017-11-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_empresarial/article/view/3363 10.18845/te.v11i3.3363 Tec Empresarial; Vol. 11 No. 3 (2017); Pág. 17-26 TEC Empresarial; Vol. 11 Núm. 3 (2017); Pág. 17-26 1659-3359 1659-2395 10.18845/te.v11i3 spa https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_empresarial/article/view/3363/3042 Copyright (c) 2017 TEC Empresarial
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author Monge González, Ricardo
Leiva, Juan Carlos
Torres Carballo, Federico
Alfaro Ureña, Alonso
Morales Sandoval, Cristina
Solano Gómez, Ángela
spellingShingle Monge González, Ricardo
Leiva, Juan Carlos
Torres Carballo, Federico
Alfaro Ureña, Alonso
Morales Sandoval, Cristina
Solano Gómez, Ángela
Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.
author_facet Monge González, Ricardo
Leiva, Juan Carlos
Torres Carballo, Federico
Alfaro Ureña, Alonso
Morales Sandoval, Cristina
Solano Gómez, Ángela
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title Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.
title_short Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.
title_full Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.
title_fullStr Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.
title_full_unstemmed Gazelles firms in Costa Rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.
title_sort gazelles firms in costa rica: an exploratory study of identification and characterization.
description The purpose of this paper was to identify and to characterize high growth firms –gazelles- in Costa Rica. The identification was achieved by the following measures: employment, sales, production and productivity. The characterization was carried out by its size and geographical location. The information emanated from the Central Bank of Costa Rica national accounts for the period 2005-2012. The most outstanding result was to verify by means of empirical evidence that, according to the variable used, the results change. In particular, production and productivity were the most relevant variables in order to characterize this type of firm. Likewise, it was found that the majority of gazelles were large companies and there was no concentration by geographical location. The article closes with public policy recommendations
publisher Escuela de Administración de Empresas. TEC
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