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Repositorio de la Red Internacional de Investigadores en Competitividad

INNOVACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA

Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2014): Innovación y competitividad. Impulsores del desarrollo. ISBN: 978-607-96203-0-3

Collaboration impact on financial results and cost reduction in Mexican SMES

Enviado
noviembre 28, 2016
Publicado
2018-01-05

Resumen

In the current competitive market with highly demanding clients, collaboration is considered a fundamental strategy in business in order to achieve the necessary competitiveness and growth. However, existing research and academics have not focused on a cohesive relationship among collaboration, financial results and costs reduction. The objective of this research is to measure the impact of such collaboration onto financial results and costs reduction in SMEs, specifically in enterprises operating in Aguascalientes, México. The results obtained demonstrated a positive and significant relationship between collaboration and financial results and costs reductions in organizations, which have important implications on decision-making in business.

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