Posts Tagged competitiveness

Through Invest Chile, Corfu is betting entice foreign companies to invest in the salmon industry. This course gives a range of services to investors, such as strategic business analysis, information services, access to business networks and public services, guidance in project management, guidance on the identification and selection of instruments, and help location and location of land, among others.
Indeed, on Tuesday kicked off in Puerto Vargas at the First International Forum “Chile: Investment Opportunities in the salmon industry cluster,” which brought together more than 80 Chilean and foreign companies seeking investment opportunities. Pablo Grate, the program manager, told the Aqua portal that instances of this kind are necessary to increase competitiveness and generate business sector.

Jose Hurt ado, general manager of the Spanish Coast Consult, who in September opened its first office in Valparaiso, said, “the new Chilean legislation on aquaculture is well under way and it motivates us even more to invest.”
Meanwhile, Gunner Mol land, quality manager well boats Sultans-shipping of fish transport, “argued that their presence is due to the interest of the company” meet the public and private funds that exist to develop joint projects with Chilean companies “. Since 2005, Sultans had operations in Norway, Chile, Canada and Scotland. However, in 2009 decided to freeze their business in our country.

Boost For Alternative Industrial SA, a consulting firm in the areas of engineering and architecture, its director Jorge Suarez said that “for now, CORFO has been the entity that has made entry into the country and get where we are today: explore possible agreements with engineering firms aquaculture in Chile. “

The strong economic recovery in Latin America that are expected this year will impact positively in the field of information technology to promote greater investment in this area, experts predicted on Thursday.

The takeoff of the region and how it is reflected in the market for information technology (IT, for its acronym in English) was one of the topics discussed at the CIO Leadership Forum on Latin America 2010, held in Miami (USA) for the Microsoft Corporation.

“We are optimistic about the economic development of the region is driven by the improvement of competitiveness based on improved productivity and largely due to investment in technology that have made all countries,” he told reporters Herman Rincon, president of Microsoft Latin America.

Cesar Bermuda, vice president of sales, marketing and services of that company, said this year there have been sales of 31 million computers in the region, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).

“That’s significant growth over the previous year. This is an increase from 13 to 15 percent in sales of computers. That makes the revival of the IT sector,” said Corny.

Corner during his presentation said the region over the past five years to 2008 recorded an average economic growth of 5.5 percent annually and inflation generally remained in
But “now we are seeing a strong recovery” to highlight the growth figures released on Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with Brazil leading the recovery in the region.

“The economic and social changes are rigged with advances in technology that are accompanying this growth,” Rincon said about 200 chief information officers of public and private sector from about 25 countries in Latin America.

In 2005, the Chilean market for call center promised to grow at rates of 20% annually, while dramatically increasing the number of companies competing to offer specialized services telesales, marketing, retention, collections in the form of outsourcing, relying on sophisticated technology tools and in a workforce prepared to meet the demanding needs of customers.

Five years later the scenario is changing dramatically. The Federation of Call Center Workers of Chile on the red light to warn that the costs are becoming less competitive local industry and that this would be driving to various Chilean companies to migrate their call centers to other countries in Latin America such as Peru and Colombia, where the price of labor is less tied to the service.

The competitiveness report 2009 World Economic Forum supports the concern of the Chilean union because it was determined that Chile had fallen two places in their competitiveness, moving from number 28 to 30, while Peru and Colombia rose five positions . The result is that from 2009 to date has already lost 1,500 jobs in India, recently announced the Federation of Workers Call Center in the country, detailing to hire phone operators in Peru is up to 25% cheaper than in Chile and in Colombia, up to 17% cheaper.

“The hour of Chilean operator call center actually is superior and has an average cost of $ 4.82 while in Colombia the cost is $ 1.10 and Peru is $ 1.03, according to data published in the local media, “says Juan Fernando Guzman, a professor of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Economics and Business and Universidad Andres Belo Consultants CMG consulting partner, Chilean consultant specializing in strategic management of people. These figures, he says, clearly show why Chile platforms customer are moving to neighboring nations.

Moreover, in his view, there is great similarity between this phenomenon developing in Chile and what happened a few years ago in the U.S. call center industry, where many multinational companies staged an exodus of its call centers in Mexico, India, Philippines and South Africa, encouraged mainly due to lower labor costs. According to data published by the magazine in 2003 Call Center Magazine, a U.S. company could save up to 40% of their costs in personnel, if you operate your customer platform in those nations.

The Department of Commerce, Industry and Energy today released the four tools has made to improve the competitiveness of entrepreneurs in the islands, such as the reprinting of the Guide aids, services and financial instruments for companies and entrepreneurs Balearic Guide resources for the internationalization trends Guide 2011 for the trade, as well as the Market Promotion Program Affairs.

The minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Francesca Vies, was in charge of presenting these tools, along with Chief of Business Revitalization of the Institute for Business Innovation (IDI), Salve Puns, and the Chief of Infrastructure and Industrial Land the IDI, Francesco Morel.

These four new tools are basic and primary goal to help increase the competitiveness of businesses, shops on the islands so that they can improve business expectations, and ensure the permanence in the market. These provide as much information as possible to help them find the tools most appropriate for their business project.

In the case of the Help guide, services and financial instruments, met in a publication “simple and easy to see” all the information about different types of subsidies that have been opened this year from the Department and the IDI. This is the second edition of the guide, the information that has been extended and completed with the catalog of the services provided by the Government from the IDI, Fairs and Conferences, the Balearic Center Centre Bit and Europe.

Resource Guide for internationalization is a tool for companies that want to open up to foreign markets. Includes services, programs and support that various made accessible to businesses. The guide presents different options depending on whether it is a company with no international experience but want to go outside if you are a regular exporter, if it raises the regular export to a specific country or if it is a company that wants to make a foreign investment.

The Market Promotion Program addresses Foreign MSE of the Balearic Islands (one to ten employees), with little or no export experience, who want to design an expansion plan. An external consultant (consultant) made, first, a diagnosis of management of the company and then specialized training required as needed. When the company is already in position to define its action plan, will have the technical support of a fellow, to help them implement the plan. All this is coordinated and managed technicians IDI. The undertaking must pay a participation fee of 300 euros.

This year, for the third time, has designed the Guide trends for summer 2011, to merchants and shopkeepers in the field of fashion and accessories in the Balearics. This guide includes trend lines that follow the fashion in clothes, jewelry, accessories and footwear, for example. This guide is published in digital format, so you can access it from anywhere.