International competitiveness

International competitiveness

1. Ex-Ante

   • Analysis focuses on behaviours and performance of firms.
     • Factors on performance
     • unique
     • differentiated resources
     • Eg. The company car: Mercedes Benz, Audi, etc
       • Dynamic approach
         • Because, the competitive advantage of cars is over global and distintion among competitors
       • Stactic
         • Because, Make the most resources
   • FSA
   • LSAS
     • The company cars are value of location-bound resources is, by definition, limited to the country or the business units in which they have been originally developed.
       • Eg. recognized worldwide as audi, mercedes benz , alfa romeo, car companies have a strong competition with Renault , Chevrolet, etc. That despite this level soon excellent companies .

2. Competitiveness as an outcome

   • Superior economic or market performance is commonly considered to be an indicator of competitive advantage
     • Eg. Chain Stores as Exito, Fallabela, Jumbo, etc

3. International Profile

   • Is a complex phenomenon that passes through multiple stages
     • Firms adopt different strategies
       • meta-analytic study
     • Factor affect firm multinationality
       • Logistic
       • Resources
   • using several measures
     • The ratio of foreign sales to total sales
       • Hotel, because with the arrival of foreigners here in Colombia in the most beautiful cities and in high season , they have good sales and tips for them.
     • share of foreign employees number of foreign subsidiaries
       • Students and people reported
     • number of countries in which a firm operates
       • franchises
     • aggregate indexes
       • stock exchanges

4. Penetration in foreign markets

   • Eg.Export enterprises and SMEs

5. Is a broader construct than the degree of internationalization

6. Ex-Post

   • the performance measurement issues
     • using: operational indicators, financial and Mar
       • stock exchanges, credit institutions and SMEs