dc.creatorLafuente, Esteban
dc.creatorLeiva, Juan Carlos
dc.creatorMoreno-Gómez, Jorge
dc.creatorSzerb, László
dc.date2019-04-05T16:04:24Z
dc.date2019-04-05T16:04:24Z
dc.date2019-02-07
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-03T19:19:09Z
dc.date.available2023-10-03T19:19:09Z
dc.identifier2340-9444
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11323/3000
dc.identifierCorporación Universidad de la Costa
dc.identifierREDICUC - Repositorio CUC
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9169505
dc.descriptionThis study employs a DEA model with a single constant input to analyze the competitiveness performance of a unique sample of 103 knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS) firms from Hungary, Spain, Colombia and Costa Rica for the year 2017. Also, we assess how the configuration of competitive pillars—strengths and weaknesses—impacts efficiency and how firm size moderates this relationship. The mean efficiency scores by which the competitiveness output can be optimized is 47.43%. The results suggest that the configuration of competitive pillars has important implications for efficiency analyses. For small businesses, competitive-enhancing actions should focus on mitigating competitive weaknesses that are detrimental to efficiency. Also, a configuration of competitive pillars in which one or various competitive strengths prevail is more beneficial for small businesses. Managerial tools such as the proposed competitiveness measure may offer useful information on what strategic actions can contribute to optimize business competitiveness.
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dc.publisherBRQ Business Research Quarterly
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dc.subjectCompetitiveness
dc.subjectSystemdynamics
dc.subjectDEA
dc.subjectBenchmarking
dc.titleA non-parametric analysis of competitiveness efficiency: The relevance of firm size and the configuration of competitive pillars
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