Study of culture's influence in entrepreneurship: Case of the Arabic community of Barranquilla, Colombia

This article presents the findings, after studying business cases associated with the Arab community, represented by the Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese in Barranquilla-Colombia, who demonstrate how culture represents a differentiating element, which has strengthened the value proposition of their organizations, in order to examine their impact on entrepreneurial processes, development and permanence of their businesses; for methodological purposes this study was delimited in the city of Barranquilla, analyzing experiences of Arab leaders, migrants and descendants of the near eastern region. A qualitative approach, supported by the methods: phenomenological and case study, is taken together, allowing a conscious interpretation of participants' experiences, their specific perceptions, which facilitated the identification of entrepreneurship in Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese settled in Barranquilla, originates not only as an alternative, but as a need to make face the limitations and opportunities of the environment looking at how culture assumes as a living, proper and determining feature of the system of beliefs and values that are replicable to the organizations and whose lessons have contributed to the sustainability of their enterprises

• Autores: Niño Cardenas, Luis Ricardo; Torres Salazar, Prince; Florez Donado, Jennifer; Morgan Beltran, Josefina; Rodriguez Calderon, Gisella; Melamed Varela, Enrique; Manuel Espinosa, Víctor
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/1943
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/1943; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: Emprendimiento; Cultura; Migración árabe; Organizaciones; Entrepreneurship; Culture; Arab migration; Organizations
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución – No comercial – Compartir igual