The Future of Entrepreneurship in Latin America

by Brenes, Esteban R.; Haar, Jerry

• ISBN13: 9780230279186
• ISBN10: 023027918X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book examines the outlook for Latin American entrepreneurs in the new global environment. Using case studies from across the region, the book highlights liberalization measures nations are adopting to facilitate small and medium size enterprise (SME) creation and growth, and existing barriers that are threatening SME sector gains.

Author Biography

Esteban R. Brenes is the Steve J. Aronson Full Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and was Dean of INCAL Business School, Costa Rica. He has been a veiling professor at the University of Michigan and has taught in executive programs at Duke University, USA. Jerry Haar is Associate Dean, Director of the Pino Entrepreneurship Center, and Professor in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University, USA. He has held visiting appointments at Wharton, Harvard, Oxford and Stanford. He was also a research associate at Columbia University and a Fulbright scholar in Brazil.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vi
List of Tables	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Notes on Contributors	p. xvi
Introduction: The Emergence of an Entrepreneurial World	p. 1
Entrepreneurship in Argentina	p. 57
Entrepreneurship in Brazil: The Role of Strategy and the Institutional Environment	p. 77
Entrepreneurship in Chile	p. 106
The Emergence of an Entrepreneurial World: The Colombian Case	p. 139
Costa Rica: IT Entrepreneurs Leapfrogging for Innovations	p. 166
Entrepreneurship in Mexico	p. 190
The Emergence of an Entrepreneurial World: Peru	p. 215
Entrepreneurship in Venezuela: Case Study	p. 262
Conclusion	p. 292
Index	p. 300
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