Guest editorial: the entrepreneurship challenges in Latin America

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue “The Entrepreneurship Challenges in Latin America”. Design/methodology/approach Latin America and the Caribbean is a region with many potentialities. Like one of the largest markets in the world, entrepreneurship activities can constitute a key element to enhance regional competitiveness. Findings This study makes a general overview of entrepreneurship dynamics in Latin America and its contexts. This study presents the eight manuscripts that constitute the special issue. Originality/value This study contributes to current academic conversations and highlights the relevance of continuing inquiring about the entrepreneurship phenomena at the regional level. Contribution to impact This study expects that this special issue will help the region’s scholarly entrepreneurship community and others interested in Latin America. This study also believes that this special issue manuscript makes a relevant contribution to policy and practice.

Sustainable strategy as a lever for corporate legitimacy and long-term competitive advantage: an examination of an emerging market multinational

“…However, limited knowledge exists about the process of integrating sustainability into the corporate strategies of MNEs and the dynamic responses of subsidiaries in addressing internal and external institutional pressures (Beddewela, 2019;Park, 2018). Latin America's features, in particular, make this region an appealing laboratory for research on these topics (Amor os et al, 2021). For instance, Latin America, like other Emerging market multinational emerging market regions, is characterized by unstable markets, poor infrastructure, institutional voids and weak international credibility (Correa da Cunha et al, 2022;Floriani et al, 2023;Madhok and Keyhani, 2012).…”

“…Latin America’s features, in particular, make this region an appealing laboratory for research on these topics (Amorós et al , 2021). For instance, Latin America, like other emerging market regions, is characterized by unstable markets, poor infrastructure, institutional voids and weak international credibility (Correa da Cunha et al , 2022; Floriani et al , 2023; Madhok and Keyhani, 2012).…”

Fall seven times, stand up eight: the neuropsychological and managerial configurations of resilience Configurations of resilience

“…Moreover, developing new businesses in Latin America is challenging. Latin America is a rapidly changing region with present paradoxes such as industrialized economies on the one side, and the other side, adverse economic and political environments, and structural voids such as economic inequality, corruption and political instability (Amorós et al , 2021).…”

Mapping the research about organisations in the latin american context: a bibliometric analysis

“…Although the Latin American region has been recognized as an opportunity for theory building and testing in management and business research (Vassolo et al 2011 ), the contexts remain largely unexplored (Aguinis et al 2020 ). While some articles have surveyed the research productivity of authors affiliated with Latin American universities (see Table 1 for a review), our knowledge about how the Latin American context influences organizations and its practices (as a unit of analysis) remains scarce (Amorós et al 2021 ). Therefore, we aim to close this research gap by mapping the knowledge about research that has theorized employing the Latin American context.…”

“…Therefore, we aim to close this research gap by mapping the knowledge about research that has theorized employing the Latin American context. In doing so, we follow the recent calls (Aguinis et al 2020 ; Amorós et al 2021 ) to provide a research path for theoretical building and testing using this contextual setting.…”