Embeddedness as a Differentiating Element of Indigenous Entrepreneurship: Insights from Mexico

Ericka Molina-Ramírez and Virginia Barba-Sánchez
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Ericka Molina-Ramírez: Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis, s/n, Santo Tomas, Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México 11340, Mexico

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-19

Abstract: The present work aims to know the motives of why Indigenous entrepreneurs start companies, as well as how the characteristics of these groups influence the motives for company creation and determine entrepreneurial behavior. Through qualitative research, using interviews from five Indigenous entrepreneurs in Mexico, and the comparative case studies, this research identifies the motivators and characteristics of Indigenous entrepreneurs, as well as community embeddedness as an element of core business, without which company creation could not happen. The results show that embeddedness, identity, comunalidad (communal way of life), and worldview contribute positively to entrepreneurial project achievements, which also impact the community itself. Recommendations for different economic and social agents, concerning supporting the sustainability of Indigenous communities, and the protection of their culture and historical legacies, are derived from this study.

Keywords: indigenous entrepreneurship; embeddedness; worldview; comunalidad; motivators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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