Estructura empresarial versus estructura económica: una visión regional en el periodo 2012 - 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The main objective of this research was to determine the impact between business structures and economic structures of the province of Manabi, during the period 2012- 2022 for which it establishes its foundation in regional science to understand the main concepts that encompass the economic and business structure. The research had a quantitative approach, the data collected correspond to official figures from the different economic entities of the country, such as Central Bank of Ecuador, Internal Revenue Service, National Institute of Statistics and Census, secondary information allows analyzing the contribution of the different economic activities and business fabric of the province of Manabi in order to determine the impact of these values in the national economy allowing to corroborate the correlational scope of the research. Likewise, the data obtained allows the calculation of the location index and provincial growth rate for each industry established in the CIIU. The results show that there is an impact between the business structures and economic structures of the province of Manabí, i.e., Manabí companies respond to the economic structure of the country, being a great economic contribution to it, by geography and variety of resources, there are specific industries in which Manabí stands out, thus it is mentioned as: agriculture, livestock, fisheries, manufacturing, construction and trade as the economic activities of greater provincial economic contribution, thus, the secondary sector or industry represents more than 55% of sales and consists of more than 40. 000 active companies. Finally, the location of resources contributes significantly to business structures, the resources available in Manabí influence the exploitation of derived industries, eliminating the need to purchase inputs from other provinces.