Abstract

CONTRERAS, David¹; SOCORRO, Elia²  and  GORDILLO, José¹. The Knowledge Flows of Footwear Manufacturing Exportation Companies in Mexico.: Study Case of Their Productivity and Competitiveness. Rev. Cien. Tec. In. [online]. 2015, vol.11, n.12, pp.697-708. ISSN 2225-8787.

This study case tries to expose the Knowledge flows and its relationship with the competitiveness of the footwear manufacturing exportation industry in Mexico trough a theoretical model and applied hypothesis test (determination coefficient R2 and chi square ). The research was conducted employing a quantitative method based in 3 stages: 1) Collection data from exportations of 120 months (2003-2012); 2) Model application, and 3) analysis of correlation between knowledge and competitiveness. The research corroborates that the knowledge flow in the Mexican footwear industry exportation needs support because still is, in many cases, very poor, on the other, reveals some hard positive knowledge measurements, just in some cases through different years.

Keywords : Knowledge; Competitiveness; Productivity.

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