Entrepreneurship and Industrialization in Latin America
Author : Lawrence G. Franko
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Latin America
ISBN :
Author : Lawrence G. Franko
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Latin America
ISBN :
Author : Allan H Savage
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 12,92 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Accounting
ISBN :
Author : Daniel Lederman
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464800138
Entrepreneurship is a fundamental driver of growth, development, and job creation. While Latin America and the Caribbean has a wealth of entrepreneurs, firms in the region, compared to those in other regions, are small in size and less likely to grow or innovate. Productivity growth has remained lackluster for decades, including during the recent commodity boom. Enhancing the creation of good jobs and accelerating productivity growth in the region will require dynamic entrepreneurs. Latin American Entrepreneurs: Many Firms but Little Innovation studies the landscape of entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean. Utilizing new datasets that cover issues such as firm creation, firm dynamics, export decisions, and the behavior of multinational corporations, the book synthesizes the results of a comprehensive analysis of the status, prospects, and challenges of entrepreneurship in the region. Useful tools and information are provided to help policy makers and practitioners identify policy areas governments can explore to enhance innovation and encourage high-growth, transformational entrepreneurship.
Author : Eduardo Lora
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464800081
"A copublication of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank."
Author : Robert Gwynne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1351216961
Originally published in 1985, Industrialization and Urbanization in Latin America focuses on the process of industrialisation in Latin America. The book links together the distinctive process of industrialisation to wider issues of urban and regional development in Latin America. The book looks in detail at the process of industrialisation in Latin America and the spatial ramifications in Latin American industrialisation; it argues that industrial growth and its geographical distribution is a principal cause of increasing disparities in income between regions within Latin American countries. This book will appeal to academics working in the field of urbanization and geography.
Author : Paulo Roberto Feldmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 11,22 MB
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319047507
The aim of this book is to analyze the quality of entrepreneurial management and economic development in the Latin American region from a microeconomic point of view. It seeks to explain the Latin American way of business management as well as envision ways in which Latin American businesses can increase productivity and innovation in order to successfully compete in the global market. Latin America comprises nearly 8.5% of the global population and represents over 8% of the global GDP, yet it is home to only 12 (or less than 2.5%) of the world’s 500 largest companies. In this volume, the author analyzes the unique dynamics of Latin American corporate culture to consider the particular obstacles to more successful performance. Drawing evidence from dozens of companies across the eight largest Latin American economies, he notes that Latin American companies have evolved in the context of a highly aristocratic and oligarchic society, dominated by patriarchal families from the upper classes. Corporate structure, especially in family-owned companies, is based largely on patronage and privilege and often characterized by unnecessary hierarchy, redundant responsibilities and poor communication and information management systems. Operating in relative isolation, with little incentive to invest in innovation to compete against foreign products has reinforced this conservative culture. Taking a fresh perspective that focuses at the firm level, with an emphasis on corporate administration, the author presents a compelling explanation for Latin America’s delay in economic development and offers insights for promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, identifying promising industrial sectors and improving productivity and competitiveness on the global stage.
Author : Dale Story
Publisher :
Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Business and politics
ISBN :
Author : E. Brenes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 2012-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137003324
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 : Scott Tiffin
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 2004-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Entrepreneurship drives growth in any economy. It is about combining people with good ideas, vision, and courage, who risk their own capital—and their investors'—to develop new products and services. It is about innovation, technology development, and wealth creation. As a field of research and education, it is relatively new, and in the case of Latin America, it is full of promise. Studies undertaken by Babson College, one of the world's premier centers of entrepreneurship, show that Latin America is a hotbed of new business creation, but largely without the educational or institutional infrastructure to support it. This volume, the first of its kind, documents the initial state of the art in Latin American entrepreneurship—in practice, research, and education. This volume, the first of its kind, documents the initial state of the art in Latin American entrepreneurship—in practice, research, and education. Featuring contributions from local experts, the book explores a wide range of issues, including startups, venture capital and angel financing, technology incubators, family businesses, and management and gender issues, against the backdrop of innovations in education and government policies designed to develop entrepreneurial skills and promote economic growth through new business creation.
Author : Albert Lauterbach
Publisher : Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 32,65 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Investigation into management attitudes, behaviour and Motivation of top management towards and role in economic development and social change in Latin America - covers research methods (questionnaire and interview), recruitment and management development, job satisfaction, efficiency, productivity, government policy, foreign investments and international cooperation.