Study of the competitiveness of the Michoacán company and variables that affect it: Application of the theory of forgotten effects

Abstract

This research consists in discovering the existing incidents between variables that reflect direct causality, as well as those that are not evident, which are fundamental for the adequate decision making to establish a strategic plan to enhance competitiveness in the MSMEs in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. The study is performed according to the basis of Forgotten Effects Theory (FET), by Kaufmann, A. and J. Gil-Aluja (1988), Gil-Aluja (2005). The results are associated to variables not taken into consideration in the initial analysis, these are the market and size of the workforce; competitive prices and material savings; competitive prices and number of workers, defective products, size of the workforce, supplier/customer relationship; technology and promotions, hierarchical levels, supplier/client relationship; statistical quality control and supplier/client relationship; organizational architecture and competitor price, promotions, material savings; career development and intensity of competition, promotions, saving of materials; relationship with suppliers and material savings.