The Competitiveness of Manufacturing Firms: the Case of Venezuela

Abstract

This chapter analyses the obstacles to improving their competitiveness faced by Venezuelan industrial firms. Section 13.2 gives a brief overview of export performance. Section 13.3 describes policies that influence the investment and export behaviour of firms, in particular macro-economic policy and trade policy, including export promotion instruments and institutions. Section 13.4 identifies the barriers to export that may be deduced from a survey of Venezuelan manufacturing firms. The section discusses barriers at the level of the firm, as well as in the economic context.