COOPERATION INFLUENCE IN BUSINESS: EVIDENCE FROM SME S IN THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF COAHUILA MEXICO LA INFLUENCIA DE LA COOPERACION EN LOS RESULTADOS EMPRESARIALES DE LAS PYMES REGION SURESTE DE COAHUILA MEXICO

Baltazar Rodriguez Villanueva, Rosalva D. Vasquez Mireles, Francisco Javier Garcia Rincon and Juan Sergio Hernandez Rodriguez

Revista Internacional Administracion & Finanzas, 2018, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Business cooperation represents a factor of competitive advantage in SMEs if it manages to become a competitive link. The objective of this research is to analyze business cooperation in four dimensions: cooperation to produce, cooperation to innovate, cooperation for the market and cooperation for health. We wish to determine if there exists a relationship between business results and cooperative activities. To achieve this, a measuring instrument was designed. The study is descriptive, correlational and transversal. The study was carried out in 83 SMEs in the metal-mechanic, automotive and auto parts sectors of the southeastern region of Coahuila, México. Among the sample, 36% firms carried out cooperative activities to innovate, 29% to produce, 20% to administer and 15% to market. Cooperative activity has been designed more for the management of innovation and productive processes. Some 22% share innovative projects,20% share innovations, 20% accept new technologies, 18% share design capabilities, 16% share innovation projects in processes, 14% for product innovation and 10% provides capital for new projects. The proposed hypothesis is verified in the sense that there is a positive and significant relationship between cooperative activities and business results

Keywords: Business Cooperation; Business Results; Small and Medium Enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 D71 L14 L61 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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