“Even if we restarted every nuclear plant, most of our ... operating in a tax-free zone, Intel agreed to build its first assembly and testing facility in Costa Rica, shocking Latin American ...

Q. In recent years, Costa Rica has become the second-largest exporter of medical devices in Latin America. How did Costa Rica end up a hub for advanced manufacturing, including for computer chips?

Last year, Intel announced it would make a $1.2 billion ... the establishment of a new medical device manufacturing plant in Costa Rica, representing a significant investment and the creation ...

Porter, Michael E., and Niels W. Ketelhohn. "Building a Cluster: Electronics and Information Technology in Costa Rica." Harvard Business School Case 703-422, November 2002. (Revised September 2013.) ...

Vietnam and Malaysia -- but not production facilities in Israel or chip assembly and testing plants in China and Costa Rica. Intel did not elaborate on why these five locations were included on ...