Competitiveness Factors of the Candy Industry in San Luis Potosí, México

• Autorzy: Mariusz Bednarek , Juan Carlos Neri Guzmán
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper is an attempt to analyze some of methodologies and models used to identify the most important factors to promote competitiveness on different levels: international, national, regional, industrial, and under a systemic and cluster approach. The purpose is to support the design of an appropriate model to analyze competitive performance of a local industry in Mexico, specifically the candy industry. The results are useful to understand the areas of opportunity present in the candy industry and allow proposing strategic actions to promote competitiveness. The goal of this article is to propose a strategic agenda to strengthen the competitiveness factor that makes the cluster approach distinctive among others, namely the role of actors and linking businesses. This paper presents partial results of research of a doctoral thesis analyzing the case of the candy industry from the point of view of industrial clusters. The research is relevant considering that it presents a methodology for measuring the degree of functionality of a productive activity considered as "outstanding" in a local economy under international operation standards, which is not common in studies of developing countries. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Confectionery; Competitiveness; Industrial policy; Government policy

PL

Wyroby cukiernicze; Konkurencyjność; Polityka przemysłowa; Polityka rządu

• Czasopismo: Journal of Intercultural Management
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 6
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 211--242

Twórcy

autor

Mariusz Bednarek

• University of Social Sciences in Lodz, Poland

autor

Juan Carlos Neri Guzmán

• Polytechnic University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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DOI

10.2478/joim-2014-0031