TY - JOUR AU - López Jiménez, Jael AU - Martínez Gutiérrez, Bernal AU - Hernández Malpica, Pedro Emilio AU - Rodríguez Barquero, Rony PY - 2016/04/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Determinants of performance cluster: Case applied to furniture industry in Barranquilla, Colombia JF - Tec Empresarial JA - TE VL - 10 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.18845/te.v10i1.2532 UR - https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_empresarial/article/view/2532 SP - Pág. 29-38 AB - <p>This paper estimates the influence of some determinants of success on the performance of a cluster. This was aimed to better understand the cluster as a strategic tool for local economic development. It focuses on the identification of a set of key factors that, according to the literature, can influence the performance of clusters, and how the same factors influence the furniture cluster of Barranquilla. A questionnaire was applied to 54 companies belonging to the furniture cluster, according to the databases provided by the Cámara de Comercio de Barranquilla, Colombia Inn. As a result, the factors quality, location, best practices, business cooperation and the existence of a positive local environment, have a high and positive relationship with the performance. Finally a number of recommendations are proposed to improve cluster development, in particular, and similar initiatives in general<strong>.</strong></p> ER -