Diagnóstico da estrutura de cluster da indústria de móveis de madeira do estado do Pará

Abstract

The fundamental aim of this paper is to use multivariate analysis to a set of heterogeneous in order to draw a diagnosis of cluster structure of wooden furniture industry in Pará data. Methodologically, the methods used were agglomerations, also called clustering with application of 84 questionnaires in mobile firms in the state of Pará, in order to reveal the industrial clusters and the relationships between some variables indicative of the competitiveness and wooden furniture companies in the region. The main conclusion of this work concerns the identification of the usefulness and application of the technique of cluster analysis in the field of industrial economics, which was quite significant, especially with the use of SPSS-12 software, which served to analyze the cases of groups of wooden furniture Para companies that have good empirical potential formation of competitive industrial clusters, therefore, to break the status quo, we have to define a national policy of regional development that promotes the formation of vertically integrated production chains, and a foreign trade policy that encourages exports of higher value-added arising from the furniture industry of Pará.