Entrepreneurship and Its Analysis in Colombia: A Contextualized Literature Review

Abstract

This paper presents a literature review contextualized through the different stages of Colombian industrial history up to the first decade of the XXI century, when an attempt is made to organize the growing interest in the topic of entrepreneurship. We find a tight connection between public policy agenda setting and the definition of the research agenda of the topic. We also find a dualistic approach in the research of the topic, with universities and think-tanks leading the investigation on accumulative / innovative entrepreneurship, and a consultancy-bias group dedicated to the study of subsistence entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, public policy, micro-business history, enterprise policy, industrial policy

JEL Classification: L26, J48, N86, L53, L52