Concentration factors of manufacturing companies in the State of Guanajuato: A cluster analysis

Clara Azucena Rodríguez; Alejandra  López Salazar; Jesús Ernesto Rocha Ibarra

doi:10.29057/jas.v6i12.13495

Authors

Clara Azucena Rodríguez Universidad de Guanajuato, México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0330-382X
Alejandra López Salazar Universidad de Guanajuato, México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-9603
Jesús Ernesto Rocha Ibarra Universidad de Guanajuato, México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0838-3902

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29057/jas.v6i12.13495

Keywords:

Manufacturing companies, Cluster, Guanajuato, Ward's hierarchical method

Abstract

The geolocation of enterprises is an alternative for the regional development of small economies (Alegría et al., 1995). This research aims to group the cities of the State of Guanajuato into clusters based on the agglomeration factors that manufacturing companies have in common and to generate a business profile in this context. The research will be non-experimental, analyzing variables of the manufacturing sector such as Companies, Employment, Gross Value Added Census GCVA, transport costs, innovation, wages, daily hours worked, investment in gross fixed capital formation, economies of scale, Total Gross Production TGP, schooling and population by cities. The analysis technique is the hierarchical cluster using the Ward method to determine the essential factors in the business agglomeration based on the Euclidean distance, structuring a dendrogram with the resulting clusters. The results identify the agglomeration of cities in three clusters. The first cluster includes 28 cities whose business profile stands out for the economies of scale and the low level of schooling to which they have access. The second cluster includes 11 cities that have a medium-high educational level in common and whose companies are interested in accessing innovation. The third cluster includes seven cities in which manufacturing company salaries are not competitive. In conclusion, it is necessary to manage the factors used by manufacturing companies in Guanajuato to promote a decent development environment because family income from salaries improves people's well-being, quality of life, and regional economic growth.

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Alejandra López Salazar, Universidad de Guanajuato, México

Research Professor, Department of Finance and Administration, Division of Social and Administrative Sciences, Campus Celaya Salvatierra, at the University of Guanajuato.

Jesús Ernesto Rocha Ibarra, Universidad de Guanajuato, México

Research Professor, Department of Art and Business, Division of Engineering, Campus Irapuato Salamanca, University of Guanajuato.

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