Cultura emprendedora y empresarial en la Economía Popular y Solidaria del cantón Machala

Abstract

The economic system of Ecuador presented changes in its commercialization processes incorporating forms of cooperation and training networks for enterprises in various economic sectors, associative groups with fair and solidary practices were strengthened. For this reason, the objective of the research was to identify the entrepreneurial and entrepreneurial culture in the associative sector of the Popular and Solidarity Economy, in order to fulfill the objective, it was necessary to train entrepreneurial attitudes of leadership, relations of solidarity, cooperation and reciprocity. of the associations of the Machala canton, Province of El Oro. The methodology was non-experimental research, longitudinal type, correlational scope, the research instrument was applied corresponding to a survey type form applied before and after the induction addressed to representatives of the associative sector, the items were distributed in random order and were measured ordinally with a Likert scale of four levels. The main results showed three items with higher incidence, access to lines of credit, monitoring-control of the businesses and the conditions of the financial system for the development of the enterprises. The general conclusions emphasized that the Popular Economy and Solidarity system to the entrepreneurs to be part of the process of productivity transformation of the canton, to grow at the level of productivity as values ​​and principles of solidarity with their networks, achieving a better motivation, entrepreneurial and entrepreneurial culture of the sector they belong to.