Social capital and qualified labor availability as drivers for competitiveness of enterprises belonging to aerospace clusters. The case of Mexico

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the influence of social capital and availability of qualified labor on the competitiveness of aerospace cluster enterprises in Mexico. Data analysis is carried out using multivariate linear regression method of ordinary least squares. The results show that the variables, social capital and the availability of qualified labor, have a positive and statistically significant influence on the competitiveness of aerospace firms established in a cluster. The findings are relevant because there are few empirical studies determining the impact of social capital on the competitiveness of aerospace companies. The study also corroborates the impact of the availability of qualified labor on the competitiveness of the aerospace firms that are part of the clusters.