Latin American Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Historical Perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1344/jesb2022.1.j097Keywords:
Latin America, Small and Medium EnterprisesAbstract
This special issue seeks to appreciate the long-term study of SMEs as key players in the Latin American economies, with contributions on six countries: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile. This is a representative sample of the Latin American subcontinent’s diversity when it comes to economy size, population, and inequality index. The articles presented spot key topics in the study of Latin American SMEs. This introduction focus on three central issues that arise from those articles: the role of public policies in SME emergence and development, the strategies pursued by these firms to adapt to environment changes, and the links between informality and SME creation.
Downloads
References
Altemburg, Tilman and Jörg Meyer-Stamer.1999. “How to promote Clusters: Policy Experiences from Latin America.” World Development 27(9): 1693-1713. doi: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00081-9.
Aparicio, Sebastian, David Urbano and David Audretsch. 2016. “Institutional Factors, Opportunity Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Panel Data Evidence.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 102: 45-61. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.04.006.
Bulmer-Thomas, Victor.2014. The Economic History of Latin America since Independence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
CEPAL 2019. Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 2019. Santiago de Chile: CEPAL. https://www.cepal.org/es/publicaciones/45353-anuario-estadistico-america-latina-caribe-2019-statistical-yearbook-latin. Retrieved December 9, 2021
Dini, Marco and Giovanni Stumpo, coords. 2018. “Mipymes en América Latina: un frágil desempeño y nuevos desafíos para las políticas de fomento.” Documentos de Proyectos (LC/TS.2018/75). Santiago de Chile: Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, CEPAL).
Donato, Vicente and Barbero, María Inés, comps. 2009. Contra viento y marea. Historias de pequeñas y medianas empresas argentinas. Buenos Aires: Prometeo/Bononiae Libris.
Ferraro, Carlo and Giovanni Stumpo, comps. 2010. Políticas de apoyo a las pymes en América Latina Entre avances innovadores y desafíos institucionales. Santiago de Chile: Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, CEPAL).
López Lira, Alfonso, Elisa Cobas and Cecilia Calderón Valencia. 2014. “Reducing SMEs’ Informal Economy through Institutionalization: the MNC-Academia-SMEs Business Model.” InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs 11(21): 101 – 115. doi: 10.29105/rinn11.21-5.
Lluch, Andrea, Martín Monsalve and Marcelo Bucheli. 2021. Historia Empresarial en América Latina: temas, debates y problemas. Bogotá y Lima: Universidad de los Andes-Universidad del Pacífico.
Maloney, William. 2004. “Informality Revisited.” World Development 32(7): 1159-1178. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.01.008.
Salinas, Aldo, Moreno Muffato and Rafael Alvarado. 2018. “Informal Institutions and Informal Entrepreneurial Activity: New Panel Data Evidence from Latin American Countries.” Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal 24(4): 1-16.
World Bank. 2021. “Gini index (World Bank estimate) - Latin America & Caribbean.” Retrieved December 16. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI?end=2019&locations=ZJ&name_desc=true&start=2019&view=map.
Zevallos, Emilio. 2003. “Micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas en América Latina.” Revista de la CEPAL 79: 53-70.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
