Performance of firms in a small insular economy of the Caribbean: The case of Guadeloupe ; Performance des entreprises dans une petite économie insulaire de la Caraïbe : Le cas de la Guadeloupe

The advent of globalization and more open markets has accelerated the competitive forces between firms from different nations. These global market forces tend to penalize smaller nations and firms that compete with large multinationals. Competitive bidding, restrictive pricing, favour larger firms. However, if we analyze the French territories and the Caribbean as a sum of the parts we see that smaller countries can play a pivotal role within geographic economic clusters. This thesis examines the strategic role of small islands firms faced with insular conditions and those factors that lead to... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Ernatus, Hélène
Dokumenttyp: doctoralThesis
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Verlag/Hrsg.: HAL CCSD
Schlagwörter: petites économies insulaires / paradigme SCP / avantage concurrentiel / syndrome hollandais / ocm / small insular economies / SCP paradigm / competitive advantage / dutch disease / MTO / [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance
Sprache: Französisch
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The advent of globalization and more open markets has accelerated the competitive forces between firms from different nations. These global market forces tend to penalize smaller nations and firms that compete with large multinationals. Competitive bidding, restrictive pricing, favour larger firms. However, if we analyze the French territories and the Caribbean as a sum of the parts we see that smaller countries can play a pivotal role within geographic economic clusters. This thesis examines the strategic role of small islands firms faced with insular conditions and those factors that lead to successful firms that embrace the challenges generated by micro and macro socio-economic factors. Those firms can use the resources provided by public policies. But they should confront the toughness of their paradoxical situation. We chose to use the concepts developed by Industrial Organization to prove the existence, for the most exposed firms, of a small strategic path, based upon the search of differentiation for their products. But the less exposed firms can choose strategies opposite to the social optimum ; L'ouverture des économies et la mondialisation accentuent la compétition entre firmes et territoires économiques. Dans un espace mondial dominé par les grands pays et les firmes multinationales, les petites économies insulaires peinent à trouver leur place. Ces petites économies ont certes des atouts, mais surtout de nombreux handicaps qui désavantagent leurs entreprises. Celles-ci sont le plus souvent de petites ou moyennes entreprises, doublement pénalisées par leur taille et leur environnement insulaire. Nous voulons analyser cette situation particulière à partir de l'exemple de ces petits territoires, qui présentent les handicaps propres aux petites économies insulaires, mais qui sont aussi intégrés dans un espace économique développé plus vaste : il s'agit des économies de l'Outre-mer français situées dans la Caraïbe. La thèse examine les comportements stratégiques des entreprises situées sur un petit ...