APLICAÇÃO DE TÉCNICAS ESTATÍSTICAS MULTIVARIADAS EM EMPRESAS DE OPERAÇÃO LOGÍSTICA NO BRASIL EM FUNÇÃO DE INDICADORES ECONÔMICO-FINANCEIROS

Abstract

Aiming to turn possible the determination of similar behaviors on the financial and operational acting in Logistics Operation Businesses in Brazil, as a result of financial economic indexes, we apply multi-varied methods of factorial analysis and conglomerates analysis in order to determine eventual clusters. Therefore, in this study, economic-financial database from the 21 largest Logistic Operational Businesses in Brazil was used, according to the magazine Balanço Anual da Gazeta Mercantil in 2004. The companies are ranked according to their operational income and dealing with their data through SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), a statistics software. The aim of this study is analyzing the formed clusters, trying to identify common characteristics for each group of enterprises.