Estudo sobre a longevidade de empresas do pólo calçadista da cidade de Jaú (SP) além de dez anos

Abstract

This study is dedicated to know the reasons, that allowed the long time survival of more than ten years, of the shoe companies, concentrated in the region of Jaú (SP) , due to finding articles , of studies on survival and mortality of companies, in the first , third and fifth years from their foundation. A bibliographical revision on the subject, followed with a survey, with interviews half-tructuralized of the 12 companies, of this polarized region, was carried out to those who had exceeded ten years of their existence. Knowing about the limitations of a study of this type, related to the generalization of the results, the main reason of survival mentions the production, and commercialization of their good products and their main difficulties, which were pointed out, as being due to the lack of governmental support and high taxes. Due to their presence in this cluster environment , the survival factors were considered bigger than if they were geographically isolated.