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Competitiveness factors of the candy industry in San Luis Potosí, México

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  • Bednarek Mariusz

    (University of Social Sciences)

  • Guzmán Juan Carlos Neri

    (Polytechnic University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico)

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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.

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  • Bednarek Mariusz & Guzmán Juan Carlos Neri, 2015. "Competitiveness factors of the candy industry in San Luis Potosí, México," Journal of Intercultural Management, Sciendo, vol. 6(3), pages 211-242, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:joinma:v:6:y:2015:i:3:p:211-242:n:16
    DOI: 10.2478/joim-2014-0031
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    Keywords

    O25 Industrial Policy; O38 Government Policy; O43 Institutions and Growth; C51 Model Construction and Estimation;
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    JEL classification:

    • O25 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Industrial Policy
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation

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