Multivariate analysis for the assessment of factors affecting industrial competitiveness: The case of Greek food and beverage industries

Lipovatz, D; Mandaraka, M; Mourelatos, A

dc.contributor.author	Lipovatz, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Mandaraka, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Mourelatos, A	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:15:43Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:15:43Z
dc.date.issued	2000	en
dc.identifier.issn	1524-1904	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13687
dc.subject	multivariate analysis	en
dc.subject	industrial competitiveness	en
dc.subject	causal factors	en
dc.subject.classification	Operations Research & Management Science	en
dc.subject.classification	Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications	en
dc.subject.classification	Statistics & Probability	en
dc.title	Multivariate analysis for the assessment of factors affecting industrial competitiveness: The case of Greek food and beverage industries	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1002/1526-4025(200004/06)16:2<85::AID-ASMB384>3.0.CO;2-D	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1526-4025(200004/06)16:2<85::AID-ASMB384>3.0.CO;2-D	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2000	en
heal.abstract	Principal component analysis is integrated with canonical analysis to examine aspects of the competitiveness of two different sectors of the Creek manufacturing, i.e. the food and the beverage industries. Different measures of labour productivity, vertical integration, technological innovation and size of the firms which are considered as critical factors of industrial competitiveness are used in the application of the principal component analysis. Canonical analysis is then applied to correlate the variables of labour productivity with the other variables. In the case of the food and beverage integrated sector, the results of the principal component analysis pinpoint that there are two main principal components: (a) labour productivity and vertical integration, and (b) technological innovation and size. The first factor depicts the internal organizational, structural and production processes changes realized so that the competitiveness of the sector firms improves, whereas the second factor reflects the response of the sector to technological and growth trends. The two variables of labour productivity are affected by the degree of vertical integration and, at a lesser degree, by a common factor of the size of the firm and the level of investment for technological innovation. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.	en
heal.publisher	JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD	en
heal.journalName	APPLIED STOCHASTIC MODELS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/1526-4025(200004/06)16:2<85::AID-ASMB384>3.0.CO;2-D	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000087810300001	en
dc.identifier.volume	16	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	85	en
dc.identifier.epage	98	en