COMPLEX THOUGTH FOR THE STUDY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES. PROPOSAL FOR DISCUSSION

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Complex thought, Edgar Morin, epistemology of complexity, small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs

Abstract

Most of the research about the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been studied from different approaches, giving isolated explanations to their possible causes, and ignoring the relationship between all the issues that are involve in this sector and its context. This document propose the study of these businesses using the complex thought approach, based on the ideas of French philosopher Edgar Morin, like an alternative to go beyond the reduccionism that characterizes most of the research developed so far.

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2013-05-20

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Vera Colina, M. (2013). COMPLEX THOUGTH FOR THE STUDY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES. PROPOSAL FOR DISCUSSION. Tendencias, 7(2), 127–138. Retrieved from https://revistas.udenar.edu.co/index.php/rtend/article/view/655

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2006): Vol. VII No. 2 Segundo Semestre Julio-Diciembre 2006

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