Ponencias: Recent submissions
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E-marketing in Costa Rican export companies: Results from a field survey
(IEEE EXPLORE, 2012-06-25)We present the results of a field survey aimed at analyzing ICT adoption and use, particularly related to e-marketing, in Costa Rican export companies. The e-commerce readiness/intensity/impact model, developed by the ... -
Gender gap in computer science programs from Costa Rican Public universities: Are Women Really Becoming Extinct?
(IEEE EXPLORE, 2012-10-01)There is evidence that women tend to be underrepresented in computer science programs (CS) in many countries. Based on this fact, we analyzed the gender situation in Costa Rica finding that this situation also applies to ... -
The relationship between information and communication technology and productivity in Costa Rican companies
(IEEE Explore, 2012-10-01)This paper presents the results of a research aimed at studying the effect of information and communications technology (ICT) on productivity, using the data of the Costa Rican innovation survey 2008. The results obtained ... -
Usage and limitations of free and open-source software in Costa Rican local governments
(IEEE Explore, 2013-10-07)This paper presents results about the use and barriers that face free and open source software in the local governments in Costa Rica. Through an electronic survey, information was gathered from such governments, allowing ... -
Innovation management in software: Case studies from the Costa Rican software development industry
(IEEE EXPLORE, 2013-10-07)We study in this work innovation in several Costa Rican software development companies, in order to associate to each of them a model of innovation management, according to the literature. This is done with the purpose of ... -
Can e-commerce provide a solution to the coffee paradox?: The case of Costa Rica
(IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2016-09-12)In spite of the boom in coffee consumption worldwide, farmers in coffee-producing countries are subject to increasingly lower prices. This situation is referred to as the “coffee paradox”, and affects the livelihood of ... -
Human resources in computer sciences in Costa Rica: The elusive gap between supply and demand
(International Conference on Information Society, 2017-07-17)We analyze in this paper the supply and demand of human resources in computer sciences in Costa Rica. This is done with the aim of validating claims made by the local media about a large deficit of professionals for ICT ...