Estrategias para potenciar la industria colombiana de calzado, en un contexto de comercio global: una mirada desde la triple hélice

Abstract

The opening of commercial borders in the world generated a balance with winners and losers. In Colombia, undoubtedly, one of the sectors on the side of the losers, was the manufacturing sector and within it, the footwear production sector. It was due to this sector has low levels of competitiveness originated among other things, in its low rate of incorporation of new knowledge and technologies and therefore, its low innovation capacity. It puts the industry in serious trouble compared to competitors with aggressive strategies, like these used by China. However, this industry has a long tradition in the country and its important from the economic point of view, therefore from the analytical triple helix approach in this paper it was analyzed the interrelationships between company-university-state, in order to make a diagnosis of their status and propose strategies to boost the industry.