INTERDEPENDENCE AND COMPLEMENTARITY BETWEEN SMES AS A FACTOR OF PRODUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS

Abstract

The productivity and competitiveness of companies are factors of great relevance for their success, but this depends largely on the interdependence and complementarity that may exist between them. It is worth mentioning that small and medium enterprises (SMEs are not the exception). For this reason, this article will address four important variables Interdependence, Complementarity, Productivity and Competitiveness.

When talking about the issue of competitiveness is talking about several phases or axes, an important writer who talks about competitiveness and clearly defined is Michael Porter, for him "the competitive advantage of a country" is its ability to encourage companies (local or foreign) to use the country as a platform to carry out their activities. To determine the competitive strengths and weaknesses of countries and their main sectors "(International Trade Center, 2013).

Strategy and methodology to follow the research has a quantitative approach Type and Scope of Correlational Research since is intended to relate variables and compare the results to see what is the relationship between the variables? With a design of the Transversal Non-Experimental Investigation. Regarding the contribution, the research is constructivist because it intends to provide useful knowledge for the Academy, the Companies and the Country, a dialectic hermeneutical method for understanding, explaining and interpreting the variables proposed.