Esfuerzos de innovación de las pequeñas empresas en América Latina

Autores/as

  • Christian Daniel Falaster Programa de Posgrado en Administración de Empresas, Universidad Regional de Blumenau - FURB, Blumenau, SC https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9502-4475
  • Priscila Rezende da Costa Programa de Posgrado en Administración de Empresas, Universidad 9 de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo, SP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7012-0679

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14211/regepe.v10i1.1957

Palabras clave:

Esfuerzos de innovación, Dinámica institucional, Reformas institucionales, Reversiones institucionales

Resumen

Objeto del estudio: en este trabajo analizamos los efectos de la dinámica institucional en los esfuerzos de innovación de las pequeñas empresas en América Latina. Metodología/enfoque: utilizamos una muestra de encuesta de 11,446 pequeñas empresas latinoamericanas del Banco Mundial; La encuesta comprendió preguntas respondidas sobre sus esfuerzos de innovación en los últimos tres años: innovación de productos, innovación de procesos e inversiones en investigación y desarrollo; Para evaluar el efecto de la dinámica institucional (reformas y retrocesos), se capturaron datos del Índice de Libertad Económica. Principales resultados: concluimos que en las pequeñas empresas de los países latinoamericanos, los esfuerzos de innovación pueden estar más vinculados a la preparación para enfrentar un entorno institucionalmente ineficiente que a aprovechar los entornos que han tenido una mejora institucional. Aportes teóricos/metodológicos: estos movimientos de la pequeña empresa pueden estar más vinculados a la búsqueda de la supervivencia en un entorno incierto, contradiciendo los efectos esperados de que habría más esfuerzos de innovación cuando el entorno lo propiciara. Relevancia/originalidad: este estudio es valioso porque permite analizar qué tipos de dinámicas institucionales pueden conducir a qué tipos de respuestas en los esfuerzos de innovación de las pequeñas empresas. Aportes sociales/gerenciales: el estudio también contribuye al demostrar si la formulación de reformas institucionales puede impactar a las pequeñas empresas en el contexto latinoamericano, siendo así importante para el desarrollo de políticas públicas.

JEL CODE: O32

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Biografía del autor/a

Christian Daniel Falaster, Programa de Posgrado en Administración de Empresas, Universidad Regional de Blumenau - FURB, Blumenau, SC

Christian Daniel Falaster es profesor de estrategia y negocios internacionales en FURB (Universidade Regional de Blumenau), Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Tiene un doctorado. en Gestión por la Universidade Nove de Julho. Sus intereses de investigación se refieren a instituciones, adquisiciones transfronterizas y desempeño.

Priscila Rezende da Costa, Programa de Posgrado en Administración de Empresas, Universidad 9 de Julho - UNINOVE, São Paulo, SP

Priscila Rezende da Costais a professor of management and innovation and director of the graduate School of Business Administration at UNINOVE (Universidade Nove de Julho), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Holds a Ph.D. in management by Universidade de São Paulo. Her research interests are company-university cooperation, dynamic capacities, relational capacity, absorptive capacity, and internationalization of innovation.

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25-12-2020

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Falaster, C. D., & Costa, P. R. da. (2020). Esfuerzos de innovación de las pequeñas empresas en América Latina. REGEPE Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal, 10(1), e1957. https://doi.org/10.14211/regepe.v10i1.1957

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