Determinants of performance cluster: Case applied to furniture industry in Barranquilla, Colombia
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| Autores: | , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2016 |
| Descripción: | 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. |
| País: | RepositorioTEC |
| Institución: | Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | RepositorioTEC |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositoriotec.tec.ac.cr:2238/12755 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_empresarial/article/view/2532 http://hdl.handle.net/2238/12755 |
| Palabra clave: | Clúster factores de éxito desarrollo económico local sector muebles Cluster success factors local economic development furniture industry |