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The History of Entrepreneurship in Mexico

ISBN: 978-1-83909-172-8, eISBN: 978-1-83909-171-1

Publication date: 3 June 2020

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(2020), "Prelims", Alvarado, A.A. and Montiel Méndez, O.J. (Ed.) The History of Entrepreneurship in Mexico, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xii. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-171-120201013

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The History of Entrepreneurship in Mexico

Endorsements

Required reading for those that wish to understand entrepreneurship in Mexico. It provides a realistic, practical and down-to-earth understanding of structures, processes, and cultures associated with effective entrepreneurship specific to Mexico.

Mark Clark, PhD, Director –Prelims MPrelimscNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise

Program Coordinator – Master of Science, Management and Entrepreneurship

Finalist – 2019 Opal Goolsby Outstanding Professor Award

Faculty Sponsor – AMA@HBU (Learn, Lead, Innovate)

This is an important book storytelling entrepreneurial identity, its grounding in the family idyll, more about, a sense of place. There are glimpses of a shift from egoistic-hero-narrative to the process of storytelling of place, in which entrepreneurs struggle to gain legitimacy for partners to invest capital needed to mobilize their projects by being part of their community. Mexico’s entrepreneurial partners prefer knowing each other’s families, attending the same school, and growing up in the same place. Grounding entrepreneurship in the storytelling of place, community, and family makes all the difference to sustaining effective practice.

David M. Boje, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University, Professor, Aalborg's University, Business College, Denmark

This book responds to research calls for contextualizing entrepreneurship in emerging economies and developing countries and invites us to understand the field of entrepreneurship in Mexico better. The book gathers Mexican contributors, who are mostly based in Mexican universities, researching entrepreneurship in Mexico. The chapters in this book include descriptive studies, applied research, as well as case studies. The chapters help build awareness of the practice of entrepreneurship across industries, clusters, urban and rural places, as well as individuals' backgrounds. The chapters also analyzes public policies and programs developed over time. The book is a valuable tool to study how institutional frameworks at the micro-, meso-, and macro- levels shape the Mexican entrepreneurial spirit.

Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University

The History of Entrepreneurship in Mexico has moved thinking forward in an important, but understudied topic – entrepreneurship in Mexico. Drs. Oscar Javier Montiel Mendez and Araceli Almaraz have brought together the cutting-edge perspectives of twenty Mexican scholars from distinguished universities inside and outside of Mexico who share their views on innovation, creativity, entrepreneurial diversity, business history, the impact of context on entrepreneurialism, and of course the process of entrepreneurship. The History of Entrepreneurship in Mexico, a rare compendium, will become a comprehensive, important, and valuable resource for scholars and students around the world.

Mary B. Teagarden, PhD, Associate Dean of Faculty and Administration, Professor of Global Management, Editor of Thunderbird International Business Review, Editor of Journal of International Business Studies, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

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The History of Entrepreneurship in Mexico: Contextualizing Theory, Theorizing Context

Edited By

Araceli Almaraz Alvarado

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, A.C., México

Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez

Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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List of Figures and Graphs

Figure 1.1	Terms Encoded in Documents
Figure 1.2	Web of Science Categories
Figure 1.3	Percentage by Total of Documents Found (204)
Figure 1.4	Document Types
Figure 2.1	First Cycle of Startups
Figure 2.2	Interrelation of Internal and External Dimensions
Figure 3.1	General Distribution of Mexican Ventures by Industry and Region, 2017
Figure 3.2	Obstacles for Doing Business in Mexico, 2017
Figure 3.3	The Entrepreneurial Process
Figure 3.4	Evolution of Entrepreneurship Indicators, Mexico, 2001–2017
Figure 3.5	Evolution of the Conditions That Foster Entrepreneurship, Mexico, 2001–2017
Figure 3.6	Evolution in the Participation of Informal Economy in the GDP, Mexico, 2003–2017
Figure 3.7	Evolution of Quality Indicators of the Entrepreneurial Activity, Mexico, 2001–2017
Figure 3.8	Pillars of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Benchmarking 2013
Figure 4.1	Entrepreneurial Regions by State, Mexico (2014)
Figure 4.2	From Unemployment to the Training of Entrepreneurs with a High Social Impact
Graph 4.1	Entrepreneurship in Mexico by Gender
Graph 4.2	Age of Entrepreneurs in Mexico (2015)
Graph 4.3	Age of Microenterprises in Mexico (2015)
Figure 6.1	Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)
Figure 6.2	World Production
Figure 6.3	Sea Urchin Production
Figure 6.4	Sea Urchin Fishing Locations
Figure 6.5	Sea Urchin Trade Balance
Figure 6.6	Sea Urchin Exports
Figure 7.1	Main Urban Localities in Mexico's Midwest
Figure 8.1	GDP's Contribution Trend from 1993 to 2018
Figure 10.1	A Cloud Map of Entrepreneurship in Mexico

List of Tables

Table 1.1	Researcher’s Institution
Table 2.1	Internal and External Dimensions
Table 2.2	Typology of the Ventures Considering External and Internal Dimensions
Table 3.1	Position of Mexico in the International Entrepreneurship Rankings, 2014–2018
Table 3.2	Challenges for Improving the Elements of the Mexican Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Table 4.1	Volume of New Enterprises by State, Mexico (1999–2014)
Table 4.2	Microenterprises According to the Type of Enterprise (2015)
Table 4.3	Educational Level of Entrepreneurs in Mexico
Table 6.1	Population of the Main Towns of Baja California, 1900–1940
Table 6.2	Main Fishing and Aquaculture Producing States (2014)
Table 6.3	Fishing and Aquaculture Production of Baja California in 2014
Table 6.4	Sea Urchin Production (Tons) in Baja California (2006–2013)
Table 6.5	Sea Urchin Production Areas in Baja California, Pacific Coast
Table 6.6	Sea Urchin Fishermen in 1990 in Baja California
Table 7.1	Emblematic Enterprises in Jalisco over Time
Table 8.1	Analysis of Productivity Indexes from 2005 to 2017

List of Contributors

Araceli Almaraz Alvarado	El Colegio de la Frontera Norte A.C., México
Lorena del Carmen Álvarez-Castañón	Universidad de Guanajuato, México
Angélica Basulto	Universidad de Guadalajara, CUCEA, México
Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo	Bangor University, UK
Ana Laura Bojórquez Carrillo	Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México
María Guadalupe Calderón	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Cuajimalpa, México
Anel Flores-Novelo	Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México
Rebeca de Gortari	School of Business and Economics, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile/Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK
Maribel Guerrero	School of Business and Economics, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile; and Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK
Moisés Librado González	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México/Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain
María Cristina Mata Castro	Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México
Luis Ramón Moreno Moreno	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México
Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez	Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, México
Natanael Ramírez Angulo	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México/Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Carlos Riojas	Universidad de Guadalajara, CU Ciénega, México
Mónica Lorena Sánchez Limón	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México
Carlos Alberto Santamaría-Velasco	Universidad de Guadalajara, CUValles, México
María Josefa Santos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, México
Virginia Guadalupe López Torres	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México

Book Chapters

Prelims

Introduction Mexico and the Routes of Entrepreneurship: Beyond Traditional Discussions

Chapter 1 The History of Entrepreneurship in Mexico: A View from the Academic Lens

Chapter 2 Origins of Entrepreneurship: The Other Faces of the Rhombus

Chapter 3 Entrepreneurship in Mexico: Reality, Myths, and Challenges

Chapter 4 Challenges and Perspectives of Entrepreneurship in the Regions of Mexico

Chapter 5 Rural Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses in Mexico

Chapter 6 Sea Urchin, the Origin of an Export Venture Driven by Japanese Immigrants

Chapter 7 Cultural Milieu and Business Initiatives in Mexico's Midwest

Chapter 8 Footwear Cluster: A History of Entrepreneurship in Crisis

Chapter 9 Public Policies on Entrepreneurial Activity in the Mexico of the Twentieth Century

Chapter 10 Epilogue: Back to the Future or Total Recall?

Index