Business competitiveness and its association with assertive intrinsic factors in plastics recycling companies of the Colombian Caribbean coast

Abstract

A statistical association study was carried out between Business Competitiveness and the intrinsic assertive factors: Human capital and innovative strategies in plastic waste recycling companies in the Colombian Caribbean region in 2016. The population studied was 68 companies. The instrument for gathering information was the IDB's Competitiveness Map for study factors and business competitiveness. The project was carried out in three (3) phases: In the first phase, the independent variables human capital and innovative strategies (assertive intrinsic factors) were evaluated through a survey. In the second, the dependent variable business competitiveness was evaluated and in the third, the independent variables (human capital and innovative strategies) were crossed with the dependent one, constructing the bar diagrams of the relationship analysis. The results showed significant statistical significance at a level of confidence of 95% between Business Competitiveness and the factors: human capital (p = 0.0231) and innovative strategies (p = 0.0397).