PUBLIC-PRIVATE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL INSERTION: THE TANDIL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLE

Abstract

The article analyzes the dynamics of public-private articulation around the emergence and consolidation of the information technology pole in the city of Tandil; Argentina. Its hypothesis asserts that the local development of the software and IT services sector exceeded its initial weighting as a business model and prospered to become a strategic development project for the city and its international insertion. The findings show that the interaction achieved between the university; the municipal government and companies enabled the sector to gain in competitiveness; whilst also promoting Tandil as a brand for the export of high-quality software and technological services.