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To obtain strategic information about the different actors in the bio-industrial cluster in western Colombia, related to decision making and interventions that lead to the competitive development of the cluster and the region, a model based on technological innovation in similar schemes was designed to measure the critical fields and factors of competition. The paper presents: (i) the fields and factors that have an impact on development and competition in the cluster, and (ii) an analysis of evaluation and measuring schemes that have been developed for similar cases at an international, national and regional level. The paper presents a proposal for evaluating and tracking the fields and factors, based on constructing an theoretic framework, identifying tracking and evaluation systems, structuring the monitoring system, and defining and adapting the measuring model. The importance of some factors on development and competition is evidenced, as is the need to measure them and generate strategic information that will support decision making and public policy design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Being conscience of the importance of competition law for the economy and especially for today's markets, this paper develops a deep and detailed analysis of the restrictive practices related to discrimination: Decree 2153 of 1992 Article 47 num 2 and Article 50 num 2 and num 4, taking into account the legal, the doctrinal and the SIC perspectives. The main objective of this article is to demonstrate that the competition law has a limited perspective of discrimination because it has focused on the protection of equality as an absolute right, ignoring that its main objective should be the efficiency. Thus, throughout the text, it is evident that in many cases can become more profitable for competition law to accept discriminatory practices considering that they are efficient practices that will provide greater benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]