An experiment in knowledge co-creation on the subsistence entrepreneurial ecosystem of metropolitan La Paz, Bolivia

Barja Daza, Gover (2020): An experiment in knowledge co-creation on the subsistence entrepreneurial ecosystem of metropolitan La Paz, Bolivia. Published in: Journal of Accountancy & Bedrijfskunde, https://tijdschriftaccountancyenbedrijfskunde.be/home#/ , Vol. 2020, No. 9 [Social Entrepreneurship Summit] (26 August 2020): pp. 81-90.

Abstract

The Ecosistema del Emprendedor por Subsistencia Paceño, in Spanish, is a collection of books produced by the Bolivian Catholic University, with the active participation of graduating students involved in fieldwork research on a common topic of interest. Subsistence entrepreneurship is an important issue in a developing country context like Bolivia where it has not been studied from its ecosystem perspective. The collection concentrates mostly on the metropolitan area of La Paz. This article reviews the knowledge co-creation experiment among graduating students from different careers and their professors in studying and analyzing the La Paz’s subsistence entrepreneurial ecosystem under conditions of research constraints.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Subsistence entrepreneurship; Social entrepreneurial ecosystems; Research constraints; Research experiments; Knowledge co-creation
• Subjects: A - General Economics and Teaching > A3 - Collective Works > A32 - Collective Volumes; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D83 - Search ; Learning ; Information and Knowledge ; Communication ; Belief ; Unawareness; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O35 - Social Innovation; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O54 - Latin America ; Caribbean

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