Paula Andrea Lopez-Lopez’s research while affiliated with Central University of the Caribbean and other places

El propósito de esta investigación es señalar las fases que debe tener una metodología sobre la competitividad de pequeñas y medianas empresas. Para ello, el documento revisa los conceptos de competitividad utilizados en las disciplinas económica y administrativa.Un aporte del trabajo es la síntesis sobre diversos acercamientos para medir la competitividad; así, el documento destaca los criterios utilizados y las variables que se orientan a medir la competitividad en el mundo y en particular, en Colombia.A partir del criterio básico de esta investigación, el estudio de las organizaciones complejas, se plantea un método de estudio de las organizaciones, con el objeto de encontrar las variables fundamentales que, además de consolidar una metodología, son útiles para la gestión de la competitividad de las pequeñas y medianas empresas.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.

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.