The SME Guide to Latin America
The SME Guide to Latin America

Author: Gabriela Castro-Fontoura

Publisher: Harriman House Limited

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 0857195441

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When the first edition of Doing Business with Latin America was published, the region was growing and the possibilities were endless. However, the recent global economic slowdown has hit Latin America, too, and so a second edition was needed in order to help British SMEs understand this new context and maximise their opportunities for success in more challenging times. In this fully revised second edition, Gabriela Castro-Fontoura, a native Latin America with wide experience in the UK, shares in a simple and friendly manner, what every UK SME needs to know about doing business with Latin America: the geography and the people of a fascinating continent; the exciting range of opportunities, as well as honestly exposing the barriers and how to handle them. From business etiquette to import barriers, from currency issues to how to organise a market visit, Gabriela explores the wealth of information that is out there, interviewing key business owners and experts, and translating this into a thoroughly researched yet very user-friendly book, with British efficiency and Latin American charm! The second edition addresses questions such as: How has Latin America changed in the last three years? How do you deal with a less buoyant region? Where are the opportunities now? Why is Latin America still a region worth considering in your export strategy? How do you go about doing business in this region today? A world of possibilities opens up for UK SMEs that know where to look. This book aims to be their first window into Latin America.

Upgrading to Compete Global Value Chains, Clusters, and SMEs in Latin America
Upgrading to Compete Global Value Chains, Clusters, and SMEs in Latin America

Author: Carlo Pietrobelli

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Does enterprise participation in global markets ensure sustainable income growth? Policies have often been designed in the belief that this is true, but competitiveness and participation in international markets may take very different forms, and developing countries do not always benefit. This book presents a series of rich and original field studies from Latin America, conducted by the authors with the same consistent methodological approach, and represents a theory-generating exercise within clusters and economic development literature. The main question addressed is how Latin American small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may participate in global markets in ways that provide for sustainable income growth, the “high road” to competitiveness. In contrast, the “low road” is often typically followed by small firms from developing countries, which often compete by squeezing wages and revenues rather than by increasing productivity, salaries, and profits.

SME Policy Index Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 Policies for Competitive SMEs in the Pacific Alliance and Participating South American countries
SME Policy Index Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 Policies for Competitive SMEs in the Pacific Alliance and Participating South American countries

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-04-24

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9264575464

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This first application of the Index methodology in the Latin American and Caribbean region covers the four Pacific Alliance member countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) and three participating South American countries (Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay).

SME Policy Index: Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 Towards an Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Recovery
SME Policy Index: Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 Towards an Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Recovery

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-07-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9264778160

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This report assesses and monitors progress in the design and implementation of SME policies in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. It was developed as part of the OECD LAC Regional Programme, in co-operation with CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). The 2024 report tracks progress made since 2019 across eight policy dimensions and presents the latest key findings on SME development and related policies. It identifies emerging challenges impacting SMEs in the region and provides recommendations for governments to build a successful SME sector. The 2024 edition, the second in the series, benefits from an updated methodology that analyses SME digital transformation support policies, introduces a green economy pilot dimension, and incorporates a cross-cutting gender approach. This edition extends the coverage by introducing two new countries (Brazil and Paraguay) to the already seven participating countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay), guaranteeing the inclusion of all members of the Pacific Alliance and Mercosur.

Sino-Latin American Economic Relations
Sino-Latin American Economic Relations

Author: K.C. Fung

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-01-30

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1136503765

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This book analyses the economic and policy relationships between China and Latin America. Key issues covered by the contributors include international trade and direct investment, empirical analysis of the complementary and intra-industry trade nature of Latin American and Chinese trade, the comparison of the production and trade of parts and components in East Asia and in Latin America and an examination of policy issues such as policies towards small and medium sized enterprises as well as pension reforms.