Repositori URV

Identifier: TDX:601

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX601

Authors:
Pezoa Fuentes, Claudia Andrea

Abstract:
This thesis analyzes the impact of the determinants of corporate competitiveness (sectoral, business and, especially, systemic) on an emerging cluster. Emphasis has been placed on the systemic factors, because they are directly associated with the advantages provided by the geographical location of the firms. Thus, an analytic framework has been developed based on the concept of collective efficiency. In this framework, both economic factors related to the territory (external economies) and socio-cultural factors linked to the community (joint actions) are associated to the firms' performance, competitiveness and innovative capacity. To test the hypotheses formed, fieldwork was carried out using a representative sample of companies in the mining cluster in Antofagasta (Chile). Results show that dynamic external economies have a significant effect, above the static and joint actions.