Condicionantes de la formaciónen las Pymes industriales
- Aragón Sánchez, Antonio
- Sanz Valle, Raquel
- Barba Aragón, María Isabel
ISSN: 0422-2784
Year of publication: 2000
Issue Title: PyME y distritos industriales
Issue: 334
Pages: 35-44
Type: Article
More publications in: Economía industrial
Abstract
. A growing international competition and an accelerating technological change characterizes current business environment. To face up with this challenges, firm's capacity of adaptation is critical. To develop that capacity companies needs skilled, motivated and flexible employees. Then, training is becoming an indispensable element in order to be more flexible and, therefore, to maintain and improve fim¿s competitiveness. However, companies¿s investment in training is still low. Using data collected from 380 manufacturing companies in Murcia (Spain), this papers analyzes which variables determine company's investment on training. The identification of those factors can help public authorities in their actions to encourage firm's efforts in training.