The relationship between competitive advantage and firms results in the Aragon food industry

[EN] This paper examines relationships among competitive advantages and managerial results of the food-processing industry (IAA) in Aragon (Spain). Astructural equations model has been proposed based of an extensive literature review including both theoretical and empirical contributions. A sample o...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Mamaqi, Xhevrie, González, María A., Albisu, Luis Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/117712
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/117712
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Industria agroalimentaria (IAA)
Aragón
Ventajas competitivas
Modelo de Ecuaciones Estructurales (MEE)
Agro-food industry
Aragon
Competitive advantages
Structural Equation Model (SEM)
Descripción
Sumario:[EN] This paper examines relationships among competitive advantages and managerial results of the food-processing industry (IAA) in Aragon (Spain). Astructural equations model has been proposed based of an extensive literature review including both theoretical and empirical contributions. A sample of 194 food-processing industries and 19 indicators was selected to infer the competitive managerial advantages. Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique has been used to test the structural relationships. Innovation activities, introduction of new products and relationships with suppliers are the most important activities, among others, confirming four of the seven proposed hypotheses.