A internacionalização no setor da cortiça: Estudo exploratório às empresas
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2013
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Com a globalização dos mercados, a concorrência é cada vez maior e torna-se imperativo
que as empresas procurem penetrar em novos mercados, para desta forma sobrevivam às
conjunturas económicas e situações adversas. No atual contexto económico a internacionalização
surge como fator essencial para o aumento de competitividade das empresas. Neste trabalho foi
desenvolvido um estudo exploratório com vista a estudar o processo de internacionalização das
empresas do setor corticeiro, composto maioritariamente por micro e pequenas empresas
localizadas no concelho de Santa Maria da Feira. Neste sentido este trabalho procura analisar e
tentar compreender a internacionalização do setor corticeiro, no concelho que agrega mais
empresas e produtos de cortiça. Assim contribui para identificar as perspetivas de evolução deste
setor, perspetivas das empresas, as vantagens competitivas a nível internacional, pontos fortes,
pontos fracos, oportunidades, ameaças que possui para ser líder mundial neste setor. Para estudar o
processo de internacionalização das empresas do setor da cortiça, foi elaborado um inquérito. A
construção do questionário partiu do estudo preliminar, que passou por uma revisão da literatura e
do estudo de teorias de autores e a sua consistência quando relacionada com a internacionalização.
O inquérito foi entregue em 200 empresas, associadas da APCOR e com instalações no concelho de
Santa Maria da Feira. Responderam ao inquérito 121 empresas. A opção por este concelho teve por
base o facto de ser o maior aglomerado de empresas do setor corticeiro. Trata-se de uma amostra de
conveniência em termos geográficos, embora se entenda que é uma amostra representativa do
setor. O artigo está organizado em quatro partes, reservadas à revisão da literatura sobre a
internacionalização das empresas de cortiça, à metodologia usada para realização dos inquéritos, à
sua análise através da estatística descritiva e fatorial e por fim discussão dos resultados obtidos e
respetivas conclusões. Desta investigação podemos concluir que apesar de algumas empresas
estarem fortemente implantadas no mercado internacional, a maior parte dedica-se quase
exclusivamente à produção com forte orientação para a qualidade. Os fatores de sucesso deste setor
são: Capacidade de Inovação, Capacidade de Investimento, Domínio da Cadeia de Distribuição,
Qualidade do Produto.
With the globalization of markets competition is increasing and it is imperative that companies seek to get into new markets, in order to survive the economic conditions and adverse situations. In the current economic context internationalization emerges as a key factor for the increase of the competitiveness of companies. In this market research, there has been developed an exploratory study in order to observe the process of internationalization of the cork industry, that consists mostly of micro and small businesses located in Santa Maria da Feira. This work seeks to analyze, and it tries to understand the internationalization of the cork industry, in the municipality that includes the most companies and cork products, in order to help to identify the prospects of development of this sector, prospects of companies, the competitive advantages internationally, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that come with being world leader in this sector. To study the process of internationalization of the cork industry, we developed a survey. The construction of the questionnaire came from the preliminary study, which went through a literature review and study of theories of authors and their consistency when related to internationalization. The survey was delivered in 200 companies, APCOR members and facilities in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. 121 companies responded to the survey. The choice of this municipality was based on the fact that it owns the most cork companies. Geographically, this is a convenience sample, although it is a representative sample of the industry. The paper is organized into four parts, which are reserved to the review of the literature on the internationalization of cork enterprises, the methodology used to carry out the surveys, to their analysis using descriptive statistics and factorial and finally to discuss the results and respective conclusions. In this research we can conclude that although some companies are heavily established in international markets, the majority are dedicated almost exclusively to the production with a strong orientation towards quality. The factors of success in this sector are: Innovation Capacity, Investment Capacity, Field of Supply Chain, Product Quality.
With the globalization of markets competition is increasing and it is imperative that companies seek to get into new markets, in order to survive the economic conditions and adverse situations. In the current economic context internationalization emerges as a key factor for the increase of the competitiveness of companies. In this market research, there has been developed an exploratory study in order to observe the process of internationalization of the cork industry, that consists mostly of micro and small businesses located in Santa Maria da Feira. This work seeks to analyze, and it tries to understand the internationalization of the cork industry, in the municipality that includes the most companies and cork products, in order to help to identify the prospects of development of this sector, prospects of companies, the competitive advantages internationally, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that come with being world leader in this sector. To study the process of internationalization of the cork industry, we developed a survey. The construction of the questionnaire came from the preliminary study, which went through a literature review and study of theories of authors and their consistency when related to internationalization. The survey was delivered in 200 companies, APCOR members and facilities in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira. 121 companies responded to the survey. The choice of this municipality was based on the fact that it owns the most cork companies. Geographically, this is a convenience sample, although it is a representative sample of the industry. The paper is organized into four parts, which are reserved to the review of the literature on the internationalization of cork enterprises, the methodology used to carry out the surveys, to their analysis using descriptive statistics and factorial and finally to discuss the results and respective conclusions. In this research we can conclude that although some companies are heavily established in international markets, the majority are dedicated almost exclusively to the production with a strong orientation towards quality. The factors of success in this sector are: Innovation Capacity, Investment Capacity, Field of Supply Chain, Product Quality.
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Cortiça, Comércio internacional, Estratégias de internacionalização, Internacionalização, Cork, Internationalization, Internationalization strategies, International trade
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Tavares, F., & Marques, A. M. (2013). A internacionalização no setor da cortiça: Estudo exploratório às empresas. In 17º Workshop da APDR: Atas, Universidade de Aveiro, 19 abr.2013 (pp. 219-236). Disponível no Repositório UPT, http://hdl.handle.net/11328/1956
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