Sector empresarial y sostenibilidad en el Ecuador: análisis multicriterio. Año 2011
The need to develop mechanisms to measure sustainability in the countries has grown
considerably in recent years, therefore this research aims to determine the sustainability of
business in Ecuador for 2011, building a synthetic index or added to allow measuring
sustainability, as well as obtain a ranking of the provinces and economic sectors in terms
of sustainability. For this, the sustainability of the business sector will be characterized
based on a set of indicators of economic, social and environmental issues, using a
methodology based on goal programming.
As a result as the provinces of Pichincha and Guayas are most sustainable due to factors
such as concentration of large firms, more skilled work, among other factors. And overall,
the Ecuadorian business sector is not sustainable, is not perform their operations within a
framework of sustainable relationship with the environment.