Factores determinantes de la productividad: un análisis multivariante concluyente de la industria ecuatoriana

Abstract

Business productivity is currently a factor that many industries do not pay much attention, or simply relate it to produce the largest amount of goods, without realizing that it will allow the organization to achieve higher levels of competitiveness, and therefore generate large benefits for the actors involved (company, society and workers). For this research, productivity is conceived as the intimate relationship between the good management of resources (human, technological, capital, material), the generation of knowledge and therefore the continuous improvement of the industry. The main objective of the research was to study the productivity index of the Tungurahua industries, this from the application of the hypothetical deductive method. For the validation of the proposed categorical system, measurements were taken of a representative sample of the main industrial sectors of the province, through the application of a structured questionnaire of interval metrics with ratio scales. In the statistical analysis, the exploratory factor analysis was applied based on the maximum likelihood method. The results show that productivity in the industry revolves around the variable human and material resources and the strategic location of the companies.