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The Earlier Impact of COVID-19 on Entrepreneurship on Latin America: A Review and Research Agenda

Rosalina Torres-Ortega (Linnaeus University, Sweden)
Carlos Alberto Santamaria-Velasco (Linnaeus University, Sweden)

The Emerald Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Latin America

ISBN: 978-1-80071-956-9, eISBN: 978-1-80071-955-2

Publication date: 23 June 2022

Abstract

COVID-19 has spread so quickly and uninterruptedly that it has put great pressure on the capacities of emerging countries, especially the Latin America area. Its impacts that will have on businesses and entrepreneurs, it can be inferred that the duration of this crisis is still uncertain; thus, the aim on this chapter is to aggregate the current knowledge on how COVID-19 has impacted the entrepreneurship, and their expectations in the short and medium term. We examined 37 articles published between 2020 and 2021. To develop the discussion, we conducted descriptive review including year, affiliation of the first author, type of study, research methods in reviewed papers, and the origin of the empirical sample. We follow our thematic analysis within four broad categories: (1) crisis; (2) digitalization; (3) education; and (4) employment. Our results show that the call to address grand challenges, particularly relate to digitalization, public policies focused on supporting entrepreneurs and education in entrepreneurship in the Latin America context.

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Torres-Ortega, R. and Santamaria-Velasco, C.A. (2022), "The Earlier Impact of COVID-19 on Entrepreneurship on Latin America: A Review and Research Agenda", Montiel Méndez, O.J. and Alvarado, A.A. (Ed.) The Emerald Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Latin America, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 343-378. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-955-220221021

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2022 Rosalina Torres-Ortega and Carlos Alberto Santamaría-Velasco. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited