La Competitividad del subsector de confecciones, vista desde la percepción de los pequeños empresarios de risarlda

Abstract

manufacturing industry differs from other Latin American countries as a company with a familiar initial capital generally limited SMEs, (Barriga, 1998), and this almost 80% of large companies , including most economic groups were and sorne are still family businesses that have achieved a shift to modern management firms (Revista Dinero, 1999), we focus this analysis to historical reasons why these become a determining factor when considering the concentration and centralization of economic and financia! capital in the Colombian economy. That is why this research focuses on sectoral studies , trying to publicize the contributions it has generated in the industrial sector Local Development , from the perception of entrepreneurs of small and medium enterprises in the subsector clothing in terms of being a key to the competitiveness of the region and therefore for endogenous local development in the city of Pereira. With this research purpose it was intended to inquire about what are the contributions of the industrial sector to the development process , in the light of study , statistically , the relationship between a growth rate , which tends to interact directly with the growth rate of local societies and thus enhance the competitiveness , and from the perception of entrepreneurs of medium and small garment subsector in the city of Pereira organizations; this economic activity is selected since it has been dynamic and representative in the regional economy.