Determinants of performance cluster: Case applied to furniture industry in Barranquilla, Colombia
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| Autori: | , , , |
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| Natura: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
| Descrizione: | This paper estimates the influence of some determinants of success on the performance of a cluster. This was aimed to better understand the cluster as a strategic tool for local economic development. It focuses on the identification of a set of key factors that, according to the literature, can influence the performance of clusters, and how the same factors influence the furniture cluster of Barranquilla. A questionnaire was applied to 54 companies belonging to the furniture cluster, according to the databases provided by the Cámara de Comercio de Barranquilla, Colombia Inn. As a result, the factors quality, location, best practices, business cooperation and the existence of a positive local environment, have a high and positive relationship with the performance. Finally a number of recommendations are proposed to improve cluster development, in particular, and similar initiatives in general. |
| Stato: | Portal de Revistas TEC |
| Istituzione: | Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas TEC |
| Lingua: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2532 |
| Accesso online: | https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_empresarial/article/view/2532 |
| Keyword: | Clúster factores de éxito desarrollo económico local sector muebles Cluster success factors local economic development furniture industry |