March 2011
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The purpose of this research is to determine the phases that a methodology about the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises should have. To attain this, the document reviews the concepts of competitiveness used in economic and business disciplines.A contribution of this work is the synthesis of the diverse approaches to measure competitiveness. The document remarks the criteria that have been used and the variables aimed to measure competitiveness in Colombia and the world.Based on the research basic criterion, the study of complex organisations, a method of studying the organisations is proposed with the objective of finding the main variables which, apart from consolidating a methodology, are useful for managing competitiveness in SMEs.