The History of Entrepreneurship in Mexico

Araceli Almaraz Alvarado, PhD, is a Professor at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. She is also a member of the National System of Mexican Researching, an associate editor for the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, and a specialist in the History of Business.  Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez, PhD, is a Professor of Management at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ). Also a member of Mexico's National System of Researchers, he has authored several books on entrepreneurship. His research includes family business, and creativity in entrepreneurship.

Chapter 1. The history of entrepreneurship in Mexico: A recent view from the academic lens; Oscar Montiel, Guadalupe Calderon 
Chapter 2. Origins of entrepreneurship: the other faces of the rhombus; Araceli Almaraz 
Chapter 3. Footwear cluster: a history of entrepreneurship in crisis; Lorena del Carmen Álvarez-Castañón 
Chapter 4. Rural Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses in México; Rebeca de Gortari, María Josefa Santos 
Chapter 5. Cultural Milieu and Business Initiatives in Mexico’s Midwest; Carlos Riojas, Angélica Basulto 
Chapter 6. Sea Urchin, the Origin of an Export Venture Driven by Japanese Immigrants; Virginia Guadalupe López Torres, Luis Ramón Moreno Moreno, Mónica Lorena Sánchez Limón 
Chapter 7. Challenges and perspectives of entrepreneurship in the regions of Mexico; Moisés Librado González and Natanael Ramírez Angulo 
Chapter 8. Entrepreneurship in Mexico: Myths, Realities and Challenges; Carlos Santamaria, Maribel Guerrero 
Chapter 9. Public Policies on Entrepreneurial Activity in the Mexico of the 20th Century; Anel Flores, Ana Laura Bojórquez Carrillo, María Cristina Mata 
Epilogue; Bernardo Batiz