Latin American small and medium enterprises: Internationalization Difficulties
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For small and medium enterprises (SMEs) born in Latin America, internationalization can represent difficulties. In order to create a contribution to the existing literature on the subject and a basis for the generation of new knowledge, a systematic review of these difficulties was carried out. From the databases: Scopus, Scielo, Elsevier and Redalyc, it was possible to obtain 880 results, corresponding to the period between 2000 and 2021, with specific exceptions. These results were filtered to obtain a final list of 67 sources whose content contributed to the understanding of the proposed topic. Thus determining that the main difficulties that these SMEs born in Latin American and Caribbean countries may encounter are; little financing availability; a poorly regulated legal framework and unstable institutions, which creates insecurity for potential investors; insufficient innovation, resistance to transformation and little knowledge about the market; as well as, limited access to duly qualified personnel.
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