Abstract Quality will play an increasingly important role in the objectives for the social and economic development of the countries in Latin America. This document aims to demonstrate the importance of quality in national strategies for increased productivity and competitiveness. Governments in the region have increasingly established programmes that promote and support the diffusion of quality management techniques. This tendency indicates that the diffusion of quality management innovations is complicated by market failures but is desirable from a national point of view. This document may t…
La generación de ventajas competitivas dinámicas en América Latina y el Caribe no puede confiarse exclusivamente al logro de la necesaria estabilidad macroeconómica y a la inserción de parte del tejido productivo en algunos segmentos (o nichos); dinámicos en el ámbito internacional. La información empírica reciente sobre el despliegue de iniciativas de desarrollo económico local en los países desarrollados indica que es preciso acompañar las políticas de ajuste macroeconómico con otras políticas específicas a nivel microeconómico y mesoeconómico. Estas políticas deben incorporar a los diferent…
The generation dynamic competitive advantages in Latin America and the Caribbean cannot be assumed to result automatically from the achievement of the necessary macroeconomic stability and the incorporation of part of the system of production into some dynamic segments (or niches); of the international economy. Recent empirical information on local economic development initiatives in the developed countries indicates that macroeconomic adjustment policies must be accompanied by other specific policies at the microeconomic and mesoeconomic levels. These policies must incorporate the various loc…
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