Análisis de los emprendimientos sociales en el Ecuador: “Un enfoque a la estructura del ecosistema emprendedor”

Abstract

The idea of ​​undertaking has been associated with human behavior since societal life was known, first to satisfy needs, and later to innovate in the search for progress as a continuum of modern society. Entrepreneurship has been understood as a synonym of business, in the sense of individual initiative, however, the conformation of the current economy and its social effects have given new meaning to the concept of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship is no longer an exclusive attribute of the business world, it is expanding and All those who generate value, individually or collectively, in the search for participation in the creation and democratization of the distribution of wealth and the well-being of society are part of its scope. It is interesting to study the social entrepreneurship of Zone 6 Cañar, Azuay, Morona Santiago de Ecuador, a cattle-raising area with the presence of approximately 180 entrepreneurs. Considering the above, the objective of this research will be to explain social entrepreneurship, for which the technical subsystem (entrepreneurial ecosystem) will be analyzed, having as study properties the Political and the Regulatory Framework. In order to respond to the proposed objective, a methodology with a non-experimental design and a transversal modality, of a documentary, descriptive and field type, was used. Therefore, the approach was qualitative, for which surveys were applied to a non-probabilistic sample made up of 20 enterprises from the provinces of Azuay Cañar and Morona Santiago, as well as the criteria of 10 technical professionals who work in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Province of Cañar.