Abstract

LOPEZ JIMENEZ, Jael; MARTINEZ GUTIERREZ, Bernal; HERNANDEZ MALPICA, Pedro Emilio  and  RODRIGUEZ BARQUERO, Rony. Determinants of performance cluster: Case applied to furniture industry in Barranquilla, Colombia. Tec Empre. [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.1, pp.29-38. ISSN 1659-3359.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18845/te.v10i1.2532.

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

Keywords : Cluster; success factors; local economic development; furniture industry.

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