Competitividad y planeación estratégica en las pymes a nivel nacional

Abstract

Competitiveness is the ability of a company to achieve and maintain a higher than average profit established in the sector, based on a competitive advantage. Therefore, Competitiveness is an important and determining factor in the success that a company achieves over time. In the case of Pymes in Colombia, this economic sector must be able to compete with other industries already established in the market and subsequently supply customer satisfaction, wishes and needs. The concept of Strategic Planning has become the fundamental axis of organizations that seek to fulfill their objectives. In the same way, companies prepare strategic plans, which aim to execute routes of action in order to face the different challenges in the business environment. The following article aims to review articles to analyze the concepts of competitiveness and strategic planning about Pymes in Colombia. Next, an exhaustive search was conducted in the following ScienceDirect, Scopus and Taylor databases with the keywords such as; Competitiveness, strategic planning and strategy, 30 articles dealing with the aforementioned topics were selected. The definition of competitiveness, strategic planning, importance and evolution of Pymes in Colombia was found, with this approach organization achieve efficient performance that allows them to be competitive and position themselves in the markets. Finally, it was concluded that there is a relationship between the two, in order to be competitive, strategic planning must be formulated, since companies apply this tool from senior management generating an empowerment in each of the functional areas, achieving the objectives and using different instruments that are related to the mission and vision, which are the rationale of the companies