The relationship between industrial competitiveness and clustering potential: Investigation of red meat industry in Bishkek

This study aims at finding out the relationship between clustering potential and sectoral competitive of the red meat sector in Bishkek. The study was carried out in Bishkek and a ques-tionnaire, semi-structured interview form and secondary data were used to collect data for ana-lyzing the research question. The questionnaire is composed of four parts. In the first part, there are items to elicit answers about characteristics of the respondents and the institutions surveyed in the sector; the second part includes the "scale to determine the level of competitiveness of the sector adapted from Padmore and Gibson; the third part is include the scale of determining the Critical Competitive Factor for the sector; and last part of the questionnaire is "Clustering Potential Scale" developed by by the researcher himself. The validity of the scales was tested by reliability analysis and the experts. The validity coefficient for total scale was a=0.97; for Sectoral Competitiveness Level Scale was a= 0.95; for the Critical Competitive Factor Scale was 0.95; and for the Clustering Potential Scale Scale was 0,63. The questionnaire was applied by face-to-face via researcher himself. Seventy-eight institutions have been identified in Bishkek red meat products industry. 57 questionnaires were answered and sent back by the authorities. 17 of them were eliminated because of improper answers. The analysis was carried out by using 40 questionnaires. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS 21. As a result of analysis of the data collected, Sectoral Competitiveness Level, Critical Competitive Factor and Clustering Potential were determined. Key words: Cluster, Clustering potantiel, Competitiveness, Red meat industry, Industrial competitive