Abstract

FLORES-CEVALLOS, Karla Lissette; PEREZ-GONZALEZ, María del Carmen  and  FLORES-TAPIA, Carlos Ernesto. Analysis of local productive systems: the case of the province of Cotopaxi, Ecuador. Prob. Des [online]. 2023, vol.54, n.212, pp.79-103.  Epub Aug 14, 2023. ISSN 0301-7036.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2023.212.69922.

This paper analyzes local productive systems by identifying their business structure, and the role played by the main sectors of economic activity in the territory of Cotopaxi-Ecuador as the subject of study. It highlights the Andean-Latin American approach to integral, territorial, and sustainable development, based on the triangulation of regional analysis techniques (specialization and location coefficients, cluster analysis, and Rasmussen's method), to characterize the dynamics of the local productive system, as well as lines of improvement to strengthen the system. The results indicate the presence of two provincial clusters, a high degree of regional specialization in traditional activities that have little impact on the province’s productivity, and the presence of two key economic sectors.

Keywords : local productive system; productive specialization; cluster; productive sectors.

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