Factores determinantes en el desempeño de los emprendimientos empresariales a escala local en Costa Rica. Herramienta metodológica para su identificación, evaluación y diseño de estrategias para su potenciación
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La presente tesis doctoral tiene como objetivo desarrollar una herramienta metodológica para la identificación y evaluación de los factores determinantes del desempeño en los emprendimientos empresariales y la elaboración de estrategias para su potenciación o atenuación a escala local en Costa Rica, tomando como objeto de estudio la provincia de Guanacaste. Se planteó un estudio descriptivo-explicativo, de tipo no experimental, transeccional correlacional, basado en el enfoque cuantitativo de investigación. Los datos fueron recopilados mediante encuestas con preguntas de tipo escala Likert. En donde participaran 468 emprendimientos, seleccionados con una muestra probabilística estratificada. Además del uso de la técnica Delphi a un grupo de 150 expertos. El análisis de datos se realizó con la ayuda de los sistemas informáticos Microsoft Excel, Software IBM SPSS Statistic, AHP Decision y SmartPLS para establecer valores y resultados más exactos y precisos considerando un modelo ecuaciones estructurales PLS-SEM para validar hipótesis. Los resultados de la investigación permitieron la identificación de 47 factores determinantes agrupados en 4 dimensiones: las dimensiones de factores de capital humano, psicológicos, endógenos y exógenos. Asimismo, los factores como: perfil socioeconómico, la ética laboral, la autoestima, las relaciones interpersonales, la orientación al cliente, el conocimiento de la tecnología, microeconómicos y comerciales presentan un factor de ponderación promedio de 30,75 siendo de los factores con mayor impacto en el desempeño, por lo que aquellos emprendimientos que desarrollen sus estrategias a partir de estos determinantes estarán más cerca de lograr el éxito, de tal manera que la herramienta metodológica propuesta contribuye a la toma de decisiones de política pública costarricense. La herramienta metodológica desarrollada en esta investigación contribuye a garantizar el éxito de los emprendimientos empresariales a escala local en Costa Rica permitiendo tener un punto de referencia para la toma de decisiones, asesoramiento, realimentación, evaluación, planeación y control de las personas emprendedoras y de todas aquellas instituciones públicas o privadas que deseen involucrarse con el tema de los negocios emprendedores.
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Loáiciga Gutiérrez, Jorge Luis
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jorge.loaiciga@doctorado.unib.org
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Factores determinantes en el desempeño de los emprendimientos empresariales a escala local en Costa Rica. Herramienta metodológica para su identificación, evaluación y diseño de estrategias para su potenciación.
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La presente tesis doctoral tiene como objetivo desarrollar una herramienta metodológica para la identificación y evaluación de los factores determinantes del desempeño en los emprendimientos empresariales y la elaboración de estrategias para su potenciación o atenuación a escala local en Costa Rica, tomando como objeto de estudio la provincia de Guanacaste. Se planteó un estudio descriptivo-explicativo, de tipo no experimental, transeccional correlacional, basado en el enfoque cuantitativo de investigación. Los datos fueron recopilados mediante encuestas con preguntas de tipo escala Likert. En donde participaran 468 emprendimientos, seleccionados con una muestra probabilística estratificada. Además del uso de la técnica Delphi a un grupo de 150 expertos. El análisis de datos se realizó con la ayuda de los sistemas informáticos Microsoft Excel, Software IBM SPSS Statistic, AHP Decision y SmartPLS para establecer valores y resultados más exactos y precisos considerando un modelo ecuaciones estructurales PLS-SEM para validar hipótesis. Los resultados de la investigación permitieron la identificación de 47 factores determinantes agrupados en 4 dimensiones: las dimensiones de factores de capital humano, psicológicos, endógenos y exógenos. Asimismo, los factores como: perfil socioeconómico, la ética laboral, la autoestima, las relaciones interpersonales, la orientación al cliente, el conocimiento de la tecnología, microeconómicos y comerciales presentan un factor de ponderación promedio de 30,75 siendo de los factores con mayor impacto en el desempeño, por lo que aquellos emprendimientos que desarrollen sus estrategias a partir de estos determinantes estarán más cerca de lograr el éxito, de tal manera que la herramienta metodológica propuesta contribuye a la toma de decisiones de política pública costarricense. La herramienta metodológica desarrollada en esta investigación contribuye a garantizar el éxito de los emprendimientos empresariales a escala local en Costa Rica permitiendo tener un punto de referencia para la toma de decisiones, asesoramiento, realimentación, evaluación, planeación y control de las personas emprendedoras y de todas aquellas instituciones públicas o privadas que deseen involucrarse con el tema de los negocios emprendedores.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Desempeño, Emprendimiento, Empresario, Factores, Instrumentos, Metodologías |
| Subjects: | Subjects > Social Sciences Subjects > Teaching |
| Divisions: | Ibero-american International University > Research > Doctoral Thesis |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Feb 2025 23:30 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 23:30 |
| URI: | https://repositorio.unib.org/id/eprint/12896 |
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