Diagnóstico de la competitividad de las grandes empresas del sector textil del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito afiliadas a la Asociación de Industriales Textiles del Ecuador durante el periodo 2015.

Abstract

This titling project aims to determine the level of competitiveness of large textile companies of the Metropolitan District of Quito affiliated with the Association of Industrial Textiles from Ecuador, by identifying determinants of competitiveness of large enterprises sector under study. To fulfill this purpose and to assess the level of competitiveness in the sector is the methodology issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), between three methodologies recognized worldwide, which evaluates twelve fúndanles pillars is selected to when talking about competitiveness: i) institutions, ii) infrastructure, iii) macroeconomic environment, iv) health and basic education, v) higher education and training, vi) market efficiency, vii) labor market efficiency, viii) sophistication financial market, ix) technological readiness, x) market size, xi) business sophistication and xii) innovation; the same that are grouped to form three sub-indices. 1) basic requirements, 2) drivers of efficiency and 3) innovation and sophistication factors. The result obtained in this research is through a census to 21 large textile companies located within the Metropolitan District of Quito, to which an executive opinion survey proposed and validated by the World Economic Forum was applied. Thus a level of competitiveness is 4 out of 7, the same that can serve as reference and helps to recognize the pillars on which the sector has a future major problem and work on them until a top competitiveness level.