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Diversification is an alternative for sustainability and competitiveness for the sugar industry. The objective of this work was to develop an index for diversification, integrating the limiting bio-physical, ecological and socio-economic factors in municipalities producing sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in a sugarcane region of Mexico, using a multi-criteria evaluation of analytical hierarchies in a Geographic Information System as an approach methodology. Results indicate that the impact of social-economic limiting factors has an importance of 71.2%, while the importance for the ecological factors is 29.4%. Regarding the socio-economic factors, experience in diversification projects and quantity and quality production of raw materials represent 30% of the capacity for diversifying cane-producing municipalities. These municipalities ought to be incorporated in the decision-making and the formulation of differentiated public policies for the sustainability of this agro-industry in cane-producing regions. The decisions of technological scope or techniques applied to date to achieve diversification do not depend on one factor alone; therefore, the resources, capacities, abilities, education and motivation of the sugarcane producers could be seen as the essential motor for local diversification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo discurre sobre el desarrollo de estrategias y modelos de negocios. Los autores comentan sobre los métodos necesarios para crear valor y mantener la rentabilidad empresarial. También se consideran varios tipos de modelos de negocios, incluyendo desagregados, diversificados y abiertos.

The discussion with respect to whether there exists a relationship between diversification strategies and a firm's business results has been the subject of abundant analysis in the specialized literature on the subject. The aim of this work is to analyze the theoretical evidence that exists on this relation, by way of an ample revision of the most important studies that have dealt with the question; at the same time emphasizing the most relevant conclusions that have been reached. Lastly, after revising the literature previously mentioned, this study's proposals are presented; as also a chart that synthesizes the different studies that have been made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of an investigation into the social and cultural factors that influence the consolidation of business conglomerates. A neo-institutional theoretical perspective is used, combined with the social camp concept, to study the institutional distance and dominant relationships in the conglomerates. These aspects are qualitatively applied to 39 direct interviews with micro-cluster tool-making businesses, retailers and support agencies. The paper concludes that there is an asymmetrical accumulation of specific capital, a variety of organizational subcultures, and a predominance of commercial relationships characterized by subordination and domination, rather than the cooperation and interaction that are vital to a cluster's success. The results help understand the dynamics and function of clusters, and open a line of socio-cultural investigation of business conglomerates that goes beyond traditional economics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]