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<journal-id>2521-2737</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Investigación y Negocios]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación y Negocios]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2521-2737</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales y la Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2521-27372023000100025</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.38147/invneg.v16i27.155</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El emprendimiento y su aporte a la economía ecuatoriana]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship and its contribution to the ecuadorian economy]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernand Desfrancois]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pierre Gilles]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,pdesfrancois@uisrael.edu.ec  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>27</numero>
<fpage>25</fpage>
<lpage>40</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2521-27372023000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2521-27372023000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.bo/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2521-27372023000100025&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El presente trabajo científico aborda la temática relacionada con el emprendimiento y su aporte a la economía ecuatoriana. El Ecuador se ubica como uno de los países con los mayores niveles de emprendimiento; sin embargo, se evidencia que el ecosistema emprendedor no es adecuado y no contribuye a facilitar e impulsar los nuevos negocios en el país. Para esta investigación, se ha tomado en cuenta como referencia los principales indicadores macroeconómicos que miden el ecosistema empresarial nacional y el nivel de emprendimiento e innovación en el país. Los principales resultados evidencian la existencia de brechas que impiden que el emprendimiento pueda generar un círculo virtuoso, para el crecimiento económico, en especial, el marco normativo, el acceso al financiamiento, el grado de innovación y la cultura y talento humano, que constituyen los principales obstáculos para impulsar el emprendimiento y lograr una economía competitiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This scientific work addresses the theme related to entre- preneurship and its contribution to the Ecuadorian economy. Ecuador ranks as one of the countries with the highest levels of entrepreneurship, however, it is evident that the entrepreneurial ecosystem is not adequate and does not contribute to facilitating and promoting new businesses in the country. For this research, the main macroeconomic indicators that measure the national business ecosystem and the level of entrepreneurship and in- novation in the country have been taken into account as a reference. The main results show the existence of gaps that prevent entrepreneurship from generating a virtuous circle for economic growth, especially the regulatory framework, access to financing, the degree of innovation and culture and human talent are the main obstacles to promote entrepreneurship and achieve a competitive economy.]]></p></abstract>
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