Competitiveness in Michoacán: A Proposal for an International Positions in Agroindustrial Sector

Abstract

The present research has as aim, to determine the ways in which are affected the quality, the price, the technological innovation, the environmental management, the market and the public agro industrial policies in the international competitiveness of the agro industrial sector of Michoacan. It was located 51 agroindustrial companies that are exporting. It was used as instrument of compilation of information a questionnaire composed of 80 items. Once the information was processed, it was determined the correlational analysis, linear regression and attempts at hypothesis. We can see with the results that the state is competitive in this sector and that the variables explain 97% of the competitiveness. The variable that determined the competitiveness with greater proportion was the technological innovation, so it requires public policies that strengthen this indicator and the sector can be even more competitive. In the other hand public polices in agro business got the lowest score and there is a gap in the implementation of programs and modernization in the sector that causes both nationally and internationally doesn´t be strong in the area of agribusiness Michoacan, so it must strengthen these policies from the national development plan.

Internal Factors Affecting Competitiveness in Agribusinesses: A Case Study in the Hazelnut Sector in Ordu and Giresun Provinces of Turkey

“…Although studies analyzing enterprise competitiveness based on indices are limited, the division of labor (Siudek and Zawojska 2014 ), growth of business scale (Armağan 2004 ), diversification of business income (Savcı 2009 ), brand management (Altenburg and Meyer-Stamer 1999 ), product standardization (Lopez-Garcia et al. 2008 ; Beuchelt and Zeller 2013 ) and innovative capacity (Chikán 2008 ; Delfin-Ortega and Valencia 2015 ; Miniussi et al. 2015 ; Díaz-Chao et al.…”