title: Competitiveness measurement system in the advertising sector.
abstract: In this paper a new approach to find indicators that can be used to measure companies' competitiveness and performance in an efficient and reliable way is presented. The aim is to assist managers of companies within a specific industrial sector by providing information about their relative position in the market so as to define better action plans that may improve the company's performance. The approach combines the use of the Analytic Network Process, a multicriteria decision method, with the Balanced Scorecard. It allows the definition of a number of competitiveness indicators based on the performance and setting of the advertising sector. In this way it is possible to obtain a Competitiveness Index that allows a company to know its relative position with respect to other companies in the sector, and establish a ranking of the companies ordered by their competitiveness level. A case study in the advertising industry of Venezuela is provided. Results show that improvement plans for the agencies analyzed should promote creativity, innovation and the use of new technologies, as a particular form of innovation. These factors were considered to be the most relevant indicators in the advertising sector. The participating experts agreed that the methodology is useful and an improvement over current competitiveness assessment methods.
authors: Departamento de Proyectos de Ingeniería, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de vera s/n, Valencia, 46022 Spain.
authors: Rocío
authors: R
authors: Poveda-Bautista
authors: Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Universitat Politècnica de València, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Camino de vera s/n, Valencia, 46022 Spain.
authors: Mónica
authors: M
authors: García-Melón
authors: Departamento de Procesos y Sistemas, Universidad Metropolitana de Caracas, Caracas 1071, Edo Miranda, Venezuela.
authors: Doris C
authors: DC
authors: Baptista
keywords: Advertising; Analytic Network Process (ANP); Competitiveness measurement system; Innovation; Measurement indicators